OpenResty

OpenResty is nginx bundled with LuaJIT and the lua-nginx-module, turning the world's most deployed web server into a fully programmable HTTP edge. Build caching, origin-shielding, request routing, URL signing, header rewriting, auth and other edge logic in Lua, right in the request path, with nginx-class performance.

Key features

• nginx core + LuaJIT + lua-nginx-module: scriptable access/rewrite/content phases
• Built-in HTTP proxy cache (proxy_cache) to shield and accelerate an origin
• Ships a ready config: a landing/instructions page at /, a LuaJIT demo at /lua-demo, a health probe at /healthz, and a cached reverse-proxy at /cache/
• Runs the official, unmodified openresty/openresty container
• First boot runs openresty -t and fails closed on an invalid config
• Simple seeded configuration: one HTTP port and one optional upstream origin, no web console to manage

Use cases

• A programmable caching / origin-shield tier in front of a media origin or API
• Edge logic for media delivery: URL signing, token auth, A/B routing, rewrites
• A lightweight API gateway or reverse proxy you extend in Lua

Why run it on the NetActuate edge Running OpenResty in a PoP near your audience serves cacheable content locally, cuts round-trips and egress back to your origin, and puts programmable edge logic on infrastructure you control.

Deployed from the NetActuate marketplace, OpenResty boots pre-configured: set the published HTTP port and, optionally, an upstream origin to proxy and cache at /cache/. There is no login to configure; the server answers on the instance IP as soon as the instance is up. Leave the origin blank and /cache/ caches the appliance's own landing page so you can confirm caching works, then point it at your backend and extend the shipped nginx.conf with your own Lua.