Target Audience for NGINX Core

NGINX Core is a comprehensive course designed for IT professionals looking to master web server technology and enhance server performance.

• System Administrators
• Network Administrators
• DevOps Engineers
• Site Reliability Engineers (SREs)
• Infrastructure Architects
• Security Professionals
• Cloud Engineers
• Full Stack Developers
• Technical Support Specialists
• Web Developers with a focus on performance optimization
• IT professionals responsible for managing web server environments
• Operations personnel managing high-availability systems
• Individuals seeking to learn about reverse proxy services, load balancing, and HTTP caching

Learning Objectives - What you will Learn in this NGINX Core?

Introduction to the NGINX Core Course Learning Outcomes

Gain expertise in NGINX as a high-performance web server and reverse proxy. Master static content serving, advanced configuration, security essentials, load balancing techniques, monitoring, caching, and dynamic server management.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

• Understand the fundamental principles of serving static content using NGINX, ensuring fast and efficient web content delivery.
• Acquire the skills to proxy connections to upstream servers, enabling NGINX to act as a reverse proxy and pass requests to other servers.
• Learn to configure and customize NGINX logging to monitor server traffic effectively and troubleshoot issues.
• Implement HTTPS to secure communications and apply best practices for site security, including certificate management and secure protocols.
• Utilize variables for dynamic rewrites, routing, and maps to create flexible and scalable URL structures.
• Master the techniques for routing connections based on request parameters and client conditions.
• Configure various load balancing methods such as weighted Round Robin, Least Time, Least Connections, Hash, and IP Hash to optimize resource utilization and improve user experience.
• Enable real-time activity monitoring for NGINX servers and upstreams to assess performance and identify potential bottlenecks.
• Implement and manage caching strategies to reduce latency, decrease server load, and enhance the speed of content delivery.
• Learn to leverage NGINX's API for dynamic server configuration at runtime, allowing for on-the-fly updates without service interruptions.
• Gain the knowledge to install NGINX from both binary and source files, providing the foundation to work with custom NGINX deployments.