nginx-luaHow to use Luarocks and other modules in Nginx Lua
After installation of Luarocks module, we need to add its include path into Nginx Lua environment:
lua_package_path "/usr/local/share/lua/5.3/?.lua;";
init_by_lua_block {
uuid = require("uuid")
}
server {
location / {
content_by_lua_block {
local id = uuid()
}
}
}ctrl + clua_package_pathspecify include path for Lua modules | /usr/local/share/lua/5.3/possible path to Luarocks installed modules (find your own path) |
init_by_lua_blocknginx-lua module directive to run specified Lua code on server startup | require("uuid")loads UUID Luarocks module |
content_by_lua_blocknginx-lua module directive to specify block of Lua code | local id = uuid()UUID module sample usage |