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4 Hands-on labs

NGINX Web Server Deep Dive

By Keith Thompson

In this course, you will learn how to install, configure, and customize NGINX for a wide variety of uses. While following along with lessons, you will be educated in how to use the NGINX documentation to assist you as you work with NGINX. By the end of the course, you will have experienced configuring NGINX as a web server, reverse proxy, cache, and load balancer while also having learned how to compile additional modules, tune for performance, and integrate with third-party tools like Let's Encrypt.

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9 hours

44 Lessons
4 Hands-On Labs
6 Course Quizzes

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Chapter 1 4 Lessons Getting Started 6:58

An Important Note About A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Courses
1:19

Course Introduction
1:03

About the Course Author
0:57

Course Features and Tools
3:39
Chapter 2 4 Lessons Introducing NGINX 17:05

What is NGINX?
2:57

What is HTTP and How Does It Work?
5:21

NGINX vs. Apache
4:24

Differences Between NGINX and NGINX+
4:23
Chapter 3 2 Lessons Installing and Running NGINX 9:45

Installing NGINX on CentOS 7
5:04

Installing NGINX on Ubuntu 16.04
4:41
Chapter 4 4 Lessons Basic Web Server Configuration 42:38

Understanding the Default NGINX Configuration
10:35

Simple Virtual Host and Serving Static Content
18:57

Error Pages
5:42

Access Control with HTTP Basic Auth
7:24
Chapter 5 2 Lessons Basic NGINX Security 7:53

Generating Self-Signed Certificates
2:52

Configuring the Host for SSL/TLS/HTTPS
5:01
Chapter 6 2 Lessons NGINX Rewrites 21:13

Cleaning Up URLs
13:45

Redirecting All Traffic to HTTPS
7:28
Chapter 7 5 Lessons NGINX Modules 3:03:39

Overview of NGINX Modules
5:31

Adding Functionality to NGINX with Dynamic Modules
13:08

Using NGINX as a Web Server
15:00 Quiz

Installing and Configuring NGINX as an HTTP Server
1:15:00 Hands-On Lab

Forcing HTTPS Traffic with NGINX
1:15:00 Hands-On Lab
Chapter 8 11 Lessons Reverse Proxy 3:27:08

What is a Reverse Proxy?
1:16

Preparing a Node.js Sample Application
10:13

Reverse Proxy with proxy_pass
22:29

Setting Up The LEMP Stack
12:25

FastCGI Proxy for PHP/WordPress with fastcgi_pass
9:58

Deploying a uWSGI Application
6:57

Proxying to uWSGI Python Web Application with uwsgi_pass
10:44

Simple Caching for Static Content
19:33

Microcaching for Non-Personalized Dynamic Content
8:33

Using NGINX as a Reverse Proxy and Content Cache
15:00 Quiz

Using NGINX as a Reverse Proxy for an Application and Blog
1:30:00 Hands-On Lab
Chapter 9 3 Lessons Load Balancing 32:33

Load Balancing to Multiple Servers
7:49

Examining Load Balancing Methods
9:44

Using NGINX as a Load Balancer
15:00 Quiz
Chapter 10 2 Lessons Logging 28:14

Configuring Logging
13:14

Configuring NGINX Logging
15:00 Quiz
Chapter 11 4 Lessons Security 50:44

Improving SSL Configuration
15:14

Utilizing ModSecurity WAF
10:30

Use Case: Generating SSL Certificates using Let's Encrypt
10:00

Configuring NGINX for TLS/SSL
15:00 Quiz
Chapter 12 6 Lessons Performance 1:41:56

Content Compressions and Decompression
11:17

Workers & Connections
15:02

HTTP/2
6:37

Use Case: PageSpeed by Google
9:00

NGINX Performance Tuning
15:00 Quiz

Configuring NGINX for Performance
45:00 Hands-On Lab
Chapter 13 1 Lesson Final Steps 1:11

What's Next?
1:11

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

NGINX Web Server Deep Dive

About the course

Lab Highlights

An Important Note About A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Courses

Course Introduction

About the Course Author

Course Features and Tools

What is NGINX?

What is HTTP and How Does It Work?

NGINX vs. Apache

Differences Between NGINX and NGINX+

Installing NGINX on CentOS 7

Installing NGINX on Ubuntu 16.04

Understanding the Default NGINX Configuration

Simple Virtual Host and Serving Static Content

Error Pages

Access Control with HTTP Basic Auth

Generating Self-Signed Certificates

Configuring the Host for SSL/TLS/HTTPS

Cleaning Up URLs

Redirecting All Traffic to HTTPS

Overview of NGINX Modules

Adding Functionality to NGINX with Dynamic Modules

Using NGINX as a Web Server

Installing and Configuring NGINX as an HTTP Server

Forcing HTTPS Traffic with NGINX

What is a Reverse Proxy?

Preparing a Node.js Sample Application

Reverse Proxy with proxy_pass

Setting Up The LEMP Stack

FastCGI Proxy for PHP/WordPress with fastcgi_pass

Deploying a uWSGI Application

Proxying to uWSGI Python Web Application with uwsgi_pass

Simple Caching for Static Content

Microcaching for Non-Personalized Dynamic Content

Using NGINX as a Reverse Proxy and Content Cache

Using NGINX as a Reverse Proxy for an Application and Blog

Load Balancing to Multiple Servers

Examining Load Balancing Methods

Using NGINX as a Load Balancer

Configuring Logging

Configuring NGINX Logging

Improving SSL Configuration

Utilizing ModSecurity WAF

Use Case: Generating SSL Certificates using Let's Encrypt

Configuring NGINX for TLS/SSL

Content Compressions and Decompression

Workers & Connections

HTTP/2

Use Case: PageSpeed by Google

NGINX Performance Tuning

Configuring NGINX for Performance

What's Next?

What are Hands-on Labs

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