Learn Nginx Step-by-Step for New Users

Nginx 2018 - Beginner to Advanced

Beginners Guide to master the HTTP Protocol and NGINX

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Last Updated: 2024-11-14 11:11:49 English Course Type: Self Learning

Have in-depth understanding of HTTP Protocol.
Can setup their own website with Reverse Proxies
Have solid foundation for Load Balancers and would know how to practically implement them.
Configure Web Application Firewall

NGINX is one of the top grade HTTP Server which powers most of the top Enterprise websites like Netflix, Dropbox , Wordpress, GitHub, Discovery and many others.

This is one of the first course which is specially designed for Beginners who would like to master NGINX. NGINX is not just a HTTP Server but can also act as a Reverse Proxy, Load Balancer.

Mastering NGINX means having a solid foundation for HTTP Protocol. Thus this course initially focuses on HTTP Protocol and then we slowly move to NGINX and using NGINX in an High Performance Enterprise Environment . All designed for beginners.

This course is designed from absolute scratch for beginners.
Computer with minimum 2GB RAM.
Internet Connection to Download NGINX packages.

This course is for students / professionals who would love to master NGINX

Section 1 : Setting Up Labs 5 Lectures 00:35:28
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to Docker Containers Preview
Lecture 2 :
Setting up Docker Environment
Lecture 3 :
Setting up MobaXterm
Lecture 4 :
Introduction to Nginx Plus Offering
Lecture 5 :
Subscribing to NGINX Plus Subscription (New)
Section 2 : HTTP Protocol 11 Lectures 01:16:04
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to Protocols (New)
Lecture 2 :
HTTP - Protocol (New)
Lecture 3 :
HTTP - GET (New)
Lecture 4 :
HTTP - Partial GET (New)
Lecture 5 :
HTTP - Conditional GET (New)
Lecture 6 :
HTTP POST
Lecture 7 :
HTTP - Head (New)
Lecture 8 :
HTTP Trace
Lecture 9 :
HTTP - OPTIONS Header (New)
Lecture 10 :
HTTP Request Methods (New)
Lecture 11 :
HTTP Response Status Code (New)
Section 3 : Getting Started with NGINX 6 Lectures 00:43:09
Lecture 1 :
Installing Nginx on Docker (New)
Lecture 2 :
Understanding NGINX Architecture (New)
Lecture 3 :
NGINX Configuration - Events and HTTP (New)
Lecture 4 :
NGINX Configuration - Include directive (New)
Lecture 5 :
Creating Virtual Hosts in NGINX (New)
Lecture 6 :
MIME Types (New)
Section 4 : Reverse Proxy 4 Lectures 00:37:08
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to Reverse Proxy (New)
Lecture 2 :
Configuring NGINX as a Reverse Proxy (New)
Lecture 3 :
Need for X-Real-IP (New)
Lecture 4 :
Proxy Host Header (New)
Section 5 : Load Balancers 11 Lectures 01:12:54
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to Load Balancers
Lecture 2 :
Simple Load Balancer with NGINX Docker - Practical
Lecture 3 :
Health Checks in Load Balancer (New)
Lecture 4 :
Understanding Passive Health Monitoring (New)
Lecture 5 :
Parameter Configurations in Passive Health Checks (New)
Lecture 6 :
Active vs Passive Health Monitoring
Lecture 7 :
Understanding Active Health Monitoring (New)
Lecture 8 :
Match Condition (New)
Lecture 9 :
Shared Memory & Active Health Monitoring
Lecture 10 :
Load Balancer - Server Weights (New)
Lecture 11 :
Least Connect Method
Section 6 : The Caching Subsystem 10 Lectures 01:23:14
Lecture 1 :
Introduction to HTTP Caching (New)
Lecture 2 :
Understanding the HTTP Cache Control Headers (New)
Lecture 3 :
Adding no-store response header in Nginx (New)
Lecture 4 :
If-Modified-Since Header (New)
Lecture 5 :
The Q Factor
Lecture 6 :
Cache Control : no-cache and must-re validate
Lecture 7 :
Cache Control Headers : max-age & s-max-age
Lecture 8 :
Cache Time & Browser Analysis
Lecture 9 :
Understanding the Keep Alive connections
Lecture 10 :
Date & Expires Header
Section 7 : Static Assets 2 Lectures 00:18:24
Lecture 1 :
Understanding Static Assets
Lecture 2 :
Configure Reverse Proxy with Static Assets
Section 8 : Access Control 6 Lectures 01:06:03
Lecture 1 :
White Listing
Lecture 2 :
limit_connection module
Lecture 3 :
Basic Authentication
Lecture 4 :
Understanding Digest Authentication
Lecture 5 :
Digest Authentication Practical
Lecture 6 :
GeoIP
Section 9 : Logging Subsystem 3 Lectures 00:24:36
Lecture 1 :
Access Logs
Lecture 2 :
Configuring Custom Access Logs
Lecture 3 :
Error Logs
Section 10 : HTTP Compression 3 Lectures 00:25:05
Lecture 1 :
HTTP Compression
Lecture 2 :
Accept Content Encoding
Lecture 3 :
Getting started with Gzip for Nginx
Section 11 : Yet To Decide 2 Lectures 00:17:41
Lecture 1 :
HTTP Referrer
Lecture 2 :
Accept Language & Content Language
Section 12 : Web Application Firewall 5 Lectures 00:42:47
Lecture 1 :
Understanding the Modular NGINX Architecture
Lecture 2 :
Compiling Nginx from Source
Lecture 3 :
Web Application Firewall
Lecture 4 :
Installing & Configuring WAF on Nginx
Lecture 5 :
WAF - Custom Messages on Rule Matching Patterns
Section 13 : Cryptography Module 4 Lectures 00:36:40
Lecture 1 :
Understanding Asymmetric Key Encryption ( IHT )
Lecture 2 :
HTTPS Internal Working ( IHT )
Lecture 3 :
SSL with Nginx
Lecture 4 :
SSL Termination

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