NGinx - High-Performance HTTP Server and Reverse Proxy

NGinx – High-Performance HTTP Server and Reverse Proxy

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Linux Administration

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Configure and Administrate NGinx HTTP Server

Nginx is an open source reverse proxy server for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols, as well as a load balancer, HTTP cache, and a web server (origin server). The nginx project started with a strong focus on high concurrency, high performance and low memory usage.

It can be deployed to serve dynamic HTTP content on the network using FastCGI, SCGI handlers for scripts, WSGI application servers or Phusion Passenger module, and it can serve as a software load balancer.

Overview

The Nginx Training Course covers the details of installing and configuring the most popular reverse proxy server. Candidates learn the details of the nginx.conf configuration file, Enable/Disable modules, Caching parameters, Django site integration, Reverse proxy concepts.

Prerequisites

Base experience with system administration on Microsoft Windows, UNIX, or Linux operating systems.

Lessons

Introduction to Nginx
Complexity: Standard
Installation of Nginx
Complexity: Standard
Understaning Nginx Configuration
Complexity: Hard
Logging on Nginx
Complexity: Standard
Setting up Basic HTML site on Nginx
Complexity: Easy
Setting up correct reverse proxy timeouts
Complexity: Standard
Setting up caching on the reverse proxy
Complexity: Hard
Using multiple backends for the reverse proxy
Complexity: Hard
Setting up a Django site using Nginx as a reverse proxy
Complexity: Hard
Serving CGI files
Complexity: Hard
Setting up load balancing with reverse proxy
Complexity: Hard
Splitting requests based on various conditions using split-clients
Complexity: Hard

NGinx – High-Performance HTTP Server and Reverse Proxy