NGINX Community Forum Categories and What Each Is For

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The NGINX Community Forum (community.nginx.org) is organized into a small set of categories so that questions and discussions land where the right people will see them. If you are unsure where to post, start with General Discussion; if your topic is about a specific NGINX project, use that project's category. The forum is powered by Discourse and is described as "a gathering place for all things NGINX."

Project Categories

These categories cover specific NGINX projects and products. Use them when your question, bug report, or configuration discussion is tied to one of these components.

Category What it is for
NGINX ingress-nginx Discussion around the community ingress-nginx project.
NGINX Ingress Controller Topics specific to the NGINX Ingress Controller.
NGINX Gateway Fabric Discussion of the NGINX Gateway Fabric project.
NGINX Commercial Products Questions and discussion about NGINX commercial offerings.
Other Projects NGINX-related projects that do not fit the categories above.

The forum listing also groups Migration Help alongside these project areas, which is where migration-related questions are collected.

How to choose among them

  • If your issue involves Kubernetes ingress behavior, decide first whether you are using ingress-nginx or NGINX Ingress Controller — they are listed as separate categories, so posting in the correct one matters.
  • If you are working with Gateway API resources, use NGINX Gateway Fabric.
  • If your question concerns a paid/commercial NGINX product rather than an open-source project, use NGINX Commercial Products.
  • Anything project-related that has no dedicated category belongs in Other Projects.

Community Categories

These categories are about the community itself rather than technical support.

  • Community Showcase — "discover or share NGINX-related content, demos, projects, and modules." Use this to post something you built or to browse what others have shared.
  • Events — "Find upcoming NGINX-related events." Use this to locate events; it is not a support channel.
  • Announcements — "Keep an eye out for announcements from the NGINX team." This is a read-oriented category for official news.

General and Meta Categories

  • General Discussion — "Discuss topics about NGINX and related technologies here. If your question or thoughts do not fit neatly into other categories, this is the right place." This is the catch-all for technical discussion that spans projects or does not match a specific category.
  • Site Experience — "If you have any feedback about this forum specifically, let us know here!" Use this for forum bugs, layout issues, or suggestions about community.nginx.org itself — not for NGINX configuration questions.
  • Uncategorized — a residual bucket for posts that have not been placed in a category. It is better to pick a real category so your post reaches the right readers.

A Quick Decision Path

  1. Is your question about the forum itself (layout, bugs, feedback)? → Site Experience
  2. Is it about a specific NGINX project or product? → the matching project category (ingress-nginx, Ingress Controller, Gateway Fabric, Commercial Products, or Other Projects).
  3. Are you sharing content, a demo, or a module? → Community Showcase
  4. Are you looking for an event? → Events
  5. None of the above? → General Discussion

Before posting, it is also worth reading the forum's Guidelines and Terms of Service, which are linked from the forum home page.