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nginx-module-device-type (aarch64) - Device detection module for NGINX
- Description:
Comprehensive device detection at the NGINX edge. Classifies HTTP requests by
device type, browser, operating system, and bot classification using 3,600+
regex patterns.
Exposed Variables (22 total):
- Device type: $device_type (mobile/tablet/desktop/tv/console/car/wearable/camera/peripheral/bot)
- Device booleans: $is_mobile, $is_tablet, $is_desktop, $is_bot, $is_tv, $is_console, $is_wearable
- Device details: $device_brand, $device_model
- Browser: $browser_name, $browser_version, $browser_family, $browser_engine
- OS: $os_name, $os_version, $os_family
- Bot: $bot_name, $bot_category, $bot_producer, $is_ai_crawler
- JSON: $device_json (complete detection result)
Key Features:
- Client Hints support (Sec-CH-UA, Sec-CH-UA-Mobile, Sec-CH-UA-Platform)
- AI crawler detection for 50+ AI bots (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, etc.)
- Bot categorization: search_engine, ai_crawler, crawler, monitoring, scraper
- Zero configuration: load module, use variables
- All regexes compiled once at NGINX startup
- Per-request caching prevents redundant detection
- PCRE with JIT support for optimal performance
To enable this module after installation, add the following to /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
and reload NGINX:
load_module modules/ngx_http_device_type_module.so;
Alternatively, you can enable all installed modules by placing this line at the top of /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:
include /usr/share/nginx/modules/*.conf;
- Architecture:
Optimized for aarch64 (ARM64) architecture. It can be used on AWS Graviton instances, as well as Raspberry Pi 4 and newer.
How to Install nginx-module-device-type (aarch64)
sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo dnf -y install nginx-module-device-type
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