Learn NGINX By Example

Name: Learn NGINX By Example
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Learn NGINX through building out a typical web application environment

Created byMike Walton

Last updated 12/2019

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What you'll learn

What NGINX is
Setup a basic Linux NGINX Web Server for serving static web pages
Setup a basic Windows NGINX Web Server for serving static web pages
Setup NGINX to proxy connections to another server or port
Setup NGINX to Load Balance your Web Site
Enable caching on NGINX to improve site performance
Generate a Certificate using Let's Encrypt
Setup HTTPS on NGINX

Course content

6 sections • 25 lectures • 1h 49m total length

My Introduction1:40
In this lecture I am going to give you a brief background on myself. I like to do this as the first lecture in all of my course.
Please Introduce Yourself0:18
Please feel free to introduce yourself in the comments section of this course. I really look forward to hearing from my students.
Join our Online Community0:20
How this course is laid out0:40
In this lecture I am going to give you a brief overview on how this course is laid out.
Our Environment4:08
In this lecture I am going to go over the environment that we will be working with as we go through this course.

Course files for website0:28
Prepare our server12:34
In this lecture we are really going to start getting into it here and we are going to prepare our first NGINX server running CentOS.
NGINX Configuration Files7:52
In this lecture we are going to copy down our site to our new server. Then we will go over the NGINX configuration files.
Using the GIT repository0:15
Quick update to the GIT Clone commands that you will need vs the commands I use in the next lecture.
Configure NGINX as Frontend4:57
In this lecture we are going to update our NGINX configuration files and get our frontend site up and running.
Configure NGINX as Passthrough Proxy for Backend8:13
In this lecture we are going to configure NGINX to do a proxy passthrough for our BackEnd site which will get our entire site up and running.

Prepare our server11:24
Prepare a Windows server for Nginx by downloading, extracting, starting from the command line, and testing on localhost; install Python and Git, clone the code, and run the backend.
Configure NGINX as Frontend7:37
In this lecture we are going to go through the NGINX configuration file and setup our Frontend website.
Configure NGINX as Passthrough Proxy for Backend2:29
In this lecture we are going to setup our Windows NGINX server to proxy our connection and get our backend site working.

Prepare our server5:24
In this section we are going to go through the NGINX install again on our CentOS server that will be our Load Balancer.
Configure NGINX Server as Load Balancer6:47
In this lecture we are going to do all the configuration we need to get our load balancer up and running. Then we will go over some of the different types of load balancing that can be done.
Configure NGINX as Caching Server10:01
In this lecture we are going to enable caching to help improve the load time on our website.

What is Let's Encrypt1:43
In this lecture I will introduce you to Let's Encrypt and what they can do for us.
Using CertBot to Request a Certificate6:36
In this lecture we will install CertBot on our Load Balancer and request a certificate from Let's Encrypt using CertBot.
Add our Certificate to our Site5:50
In this lecture we will take our newly generated certificate and create an HTTPS location on our Load Balancer.
Sum up the Course1:40
In this lecture we will sum up the entire course and go over everything that we have accomplished!
BONUS Lecture0:15

Requirements

Eagerness to learn NGINX
Lab environment if you want to follow along
Familiarity with Linux and Windows

Description

With over 2700 new students in the first week, Learn NGINX By Example is a very popular new course.

In this course, we will start from the very beginning and introduce you to what NGINX is. We will then discuss a real-world project and how we can use NGINX to set up our site to be scale-able for increased traffic loads. Then we will go through and build our servers to host our web page and load balance them using NGINX. Lastly, we will enable caching on our site to increase site performance and then we will secure our site using Let's Encrypt and HTTPS.

Who this course is for:

DEVOPS
Anyone looking to learn about NGINX
Anyone looking to expand their knowledge of Web Servers (NGINX)

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Course content

Introduction5 lectures • 7min

Introduction to NGINX3 lectures • 8min

Build our first Linux NGINX Server6 lectures • 34min

Build our NGINX Windows Server3 lectures • 22min

Build our NGINX Load Balancer / Caching Server3 lectures • 22min

Setup HTTPS5 lectures • 16min

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