Learning NGINX

Learn how to set up a high-performance architecture with NGINX, the industry-standard, open-source web server.

Introduction

• What is NGINX?
• NGINX, Linux, and web technologies
• Comparing NGINX to Apache
• Set up a lab server

1. Install and Configure NGINX

• Your NGINX learning environment
• Install NGINX on Ubuntu
• The NGINX command-line interface
• NGINX files and directories
• Inside nginx.conf
• Configure a virtual host, part 1
• Configure a virtual host, part 2
• Add files to the root directory
• Challenge: Set up an NGINX server on Ubuntu Linux
• Solution: Set up an NGINX server on Ubuntu Linux

2. Additional NGINX Configurations

• Additional configurations and troubleshooting
• Configure locations, part 1
• Configure locations, part 2
• Configure logs
• Troubleshoot NGINX
• Challenge: Customize an NGINX Configuration
• Solution: Customize an NGINX Configuration

3. Reverse Proxies and Load Balancers

• Using NGINX as a proxy and load balancer
• Reverse proxies and load balancing
• Configure NGINX as a reverse proxy
• Configure NGINX as a load balancer
• Challenge: Set up a load balancer using NGINX
• Solution: Set up a load balancer using NGINX

4. NGINX Security

• Getting secure with NGINX
• Secure sites with NGINX
• Configure allow and deny directives
• Configure password authentication
• Configure HTTPS
• Create an SSL certificate
• Configure NGINX to use an SSL certificate
• Challenge: Secure a website with NGINX
• Solution: Secure a website with NGINX

5. Using NGINX with Docker

• Using NGINX with Docker
• Run an NGINX container
• Build an NGINX container image
• Challenge: Build an NGINX container image
• Solution: Build an NGINX container image

Conclusion

• Decommission cloud resources
• Next steps