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Nginx For Beginners

Master NGINX and elevate your web infrastructure skills with hands-on labs covering deployment, security, and performance optimization. Join today to unlock the power of NGINX!

Anthony De La Rosa

DevOps Expert and consultant

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NGINX has become the backbone of modern web infrastructure, known for its high performance, scalability, and flexibility. Whether you're a web developer, system administrator, or DevOps engineer, understanding NGINX is crucial for building fast, secure, and reliable web applications.

This course takes you from the fundamentals of NGINX to advanced configurations, equipping you with the skills to deploy, manage, and optimize NGINX for various real-world use cases. Through hands-on labs and practical exercises, you'll gain experience configuring NGINX as a web server, reverse proxy, load balancer, and security gateway.

What You'll Learn

Introduction to NGINX

Understanding NGINX’s role in web infrastructure
Exploring its architecture and key use cases

Installation & Configuration

Setting up NGINX on your system
Hosting websites and configuring essential settings
Securing communication with firewall rules

Intermediate Configurations

Setting up virtual hosts and URL redirections
Deploying NGINX as a load balancer
Configuring NGINX as a reverse proxy for backend services

Security Enhancements

Implementing HTTPS with SSL/TLS certificates
Configuring secure HTTP headers and authentication mechanisms
Protecting applications from common web threats

Performance Optimization

Enabling caching for faster content delivery
Using compression techniques to reduce load times
Implementing rate limiting to prevent abuse
Monitoring and troubleshooting performance issues

By the end of this course, you’ll have the expertise to deploy and optimize NGINX in production environments. Join us to master NGINX and take your web infrastructure skills to the next level!

About the instructor

Anthony De La Rosa has nearly two decades of experience in the IT field. His expertise spans container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and in-depth knowledge of the three major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, and Azure). He is also proficient in networking tools such as Istio, Cilium, and Calico, as well as GitOps technologies including ArgoCD, Flux, and Helm. A Linux expert, Anthony has hands-on experience with a variety of distributions, including Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, RedHat, and Fedora. Additionally, he is highly skilled in the HashiStack, including Vault, Packer, Consul, Terraform, and Vagrant.

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Introduction

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Introduction and Objectives 02:02

Web Servers 03:00

Introduction to NGINX 03:25

Nginx Architecture 06:04

Nginx Use Cases 06:19

Summary 00:55

How to Reach Out to KodeKloud and Engage with the Community

Install & Config

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Install & Config Introduction 01:23

Nginx Overview 18:11

Install & Config 05:36

NGINX Install & Config Demo 06:38

First Website with NGINX Demo 14:59

Firewall & Ports 07:26

Firewall & Ports Install & Config Demo 07:25

Summary 03:01

Install NGINX & Configure Hello World Page Lab

Intermediate Config

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Intermediate Config introduction 01:21

Virtual Servers & Multiple Sites 05:36

Configure Multiple Sites Demo 10:40

Configure Multiple Sites Lab

URL Redirect & Rewrite 19:53

Configure URL Redirect Demo 08:30

Configure URL Rewrite Demo 03:56

Configure URL Redirects & Rewrites Lab

Load Balancer 10:32

Load Balancer Demo 09:42

Load Balancer Lab

Reverse Proxy 05:57

Reverse Proxy Demo 07:34

Reverse Proxy Lab

Summary 02:08

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Security Introduction 01:49

HTTPS 11:19

HTTPS Demo 10:02

HTTPS Lab

HTTP Headers 16:21

HTTP Headers Demo 16:04

HTTP Headers Lab

Basic Authentication 06:20

Authentication Demo 07:57

Authentication Lab

Blocking Traffic 09:01

Blocking Traffic Demo 18:13

Blocking Traffic Lab

Summary 03:11

Performance

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Performance Introduction 01:28

Rate Limiting 11:48

Rate Limiting Demo 14:09

Rate Limiting Lab

Caching 10:47

Caching Demo 20:10

Caching Lab

Compression 09:53

Compression Demo 15:18

Compression Lab

Connection Handling 12:13

Monitoring & Troubleshooting 19:45

Monitoring Demo 11:41

Troubleshooting Demo 10:01

Summary 02:16

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Outro 02:37

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