new post: compile nginx

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+I'm using [nginx][] as my main webserver and proxy for all my other projects (let it be node.js or ruby things).
+
+Now that [ipv6][] is more and more used, I decided to let this blog get served over ipv6 as well.
+
+Get nginx' latest version (1.0.6 at this time) from their [downloads section][download].
+To compile nginx with ipv6 support all you need to do is let `configure` know about this (last line):
+
+    ./configure \
+      --prefix=/usr/local \
+      --with-http_ssl_module \
+      --with-http_realip_module \
+      --with-http_gzip_static_module \
+      --with-ipv6
+
+Then compile and install it:
+
+    make
+    su -c 'make install'
+
+Add this line to your nginx.conf:
+
+    listen [::]:80;
+
+Restart your server and it just works.
+
+
+[nginx]: http://nginx.org/en/
+[download]: http://nginx.org/en/download.html
+[ipv6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipv6