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# NGINX documentation

If you want to contribute to [F5 NGINX documentation](https://docs.nginx.com), you've come to the right place. We've organized a series of README-type files to help you get started:

- [Contributing](/CONTRIBUTING.md) describes how you can contribute to our documentation.
  - [Contributing guidelines for experts](/CONTRIBUTING_DOCS.md) describes how you can contribute (and check your work) with Hugo, our static site generator
- [Code of Conduct](/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) describes expectations in the NGINX open source community.
- [License](/LICENSE) shows the license associated with work on this repository.
- [Security](/SECURITY.md) describes the procedures we would like you to follow if you find a security issue.
- [Support](/SUPPORT.md) lists how you can get support as a customer or a community member.

## Explanation

This repository contains user documentation for NGINX's products, as well as the requirements for linting, building, and publishing the documentation.

Our documentation is written in Markdown, specifically the [Goldmark](https://github.com/yuin/goldmark) Markdown parser.
We build our docs using [Hugo](https://gohugo.io) and host them in custom URLs on Azure.

## License

[BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License](/LICENSE)

&copy; [F5, Inc.](https://www.f5.com/) 2025


## Credits

- [The Good Docs Project](https://www.thegooddocsproject.dev/), whose templates we've adapted for our use.