nginx

Options

services.nginx.enable

Whether to enable nginx.

Type: boolean

Default:

false

Example:

true

Declared by:

• https://github.com/cachix/devenv/blob/main/src/modules/services/nginx.nix

services.nginx.package

The nginx package to use.

Type: package

Default:

pkgs.nginx

Declared by:

• https://github.com/cachix/devenv/blob/main/src/modules/services/nginx.nix

services.nginx.defaultMimeTypes

Default MIME types for NGINX, as MIME types definitions from NGINX are very incomplete, we use by default the ones bundled in the mailcap package, used by most of the other Linux distributions.

Type: absolute path

Default:

${pkgs.mailcap}/etc/nginx/mime.types

Example:

${pkgs.nginx}/conf/mime.types

Declared by:

• https://github.com/cachix/devenv/blob/main/src/modules/services/nginx.nix

services.nginx.eventsConfig

The nginx events configuration.

Type: strings concatenated with “\n”

Default:

""

Declared by:

• https://github.com/cachix/devenv/blob/main/src/modules/services/nginx.nix

services.nginx.httpConfig

The nginx configuration.

Type: strings concatenated with “\n”

Default:

""

Declared by:

• https://github.com/cachix/devenv/blob/main/src/modules/services/nginx.nix

Last updated Oct 11, 2026