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NGINX Training Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to NGINX

  • Installation
  • Installing NGINX Plus
  • Verifying Your Installation
  • Key Files, Directories, and Commands
  • Serving Static Content
  • Graceful Reload

Module 2: High-Performance Load Balancing

  • HTTP, TCP, UDP Load Balancing
  • Load-Balancing Methods
  • Sticky Cookie, Sticky Learn, and Sticky Routing with NGINX Plus
  • Connection Draining with NGINX Plus
  • Passive and Active Health Checks

Module 3: Traffic Management

  • A/B Testing
  • Using the GeoIP Module and Database
  • Restricting Access Based on Country
  • Finding the Original Client
  • Limiting Connections, Rate, and Bandwidth

Module 4: Massively Scalable Content Caching

  • Introduction
  • Caching Zones and Locking
  • Caching Hash Keys
  • Cache Bypass and Performance
  • Cache Purging with NGINX Plus

Module 5: Programmability and Automation

  • NGINX Plus API
  • Using the Key-Value Store with NGINX Plus
  • Extending NGINX with a Common Programming Language
  • Automating Configurations with Consul Templating

Module 6: Security Controls

  • Access Based on IP Address
  • Allowing Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
  • Upstream Encryption
  • Securing a Location
  • Generating a Secure Link with a Secret
  • HTTPS Redirects
  • Redirecting to HTTPS Where SSL/TLS Is Terminated Before NGINX
  • HTTP Strict Transport Security
  • NGINX Plus Dynamic Application Layer DDoS Mitigation

Module 7: Sophisticated Media Streaming

  • Serving MP4 and FLV
  • Streaming with HLS with NGINX Plus
  • Streaming with HDS with NGINX Plus
  • Bandwidth Limits with NGINX Plus

Module 8: Cloud Deployments

  • Auto-Provisioning on AWS
  • Routing to NGINX Nodes Without an AWS ELB
  • Deploying from the AWS Marketplace
  • Deploying to Google Compute Engine
  • Creating a Google App Engine Proxy

Module 9: Containers/Microservices

  • Using NGINX as an API Gateway
  • Using DNS SRV Records with NGINX Plus
  • Creating an NGINX Dockerfile
  • Building an NGINX Plus Docker Image
  • Kubernetes Ingress Controller
  • Prometheus Exporter Module

Module 10: Debugging and Troubleshooting

  • Configuring Access and Error Logs
  • Forwarding to Syslog
  • Request Tracing
  • OpenTracing for NGINX

Module 11: Performance Tuning

  • Automating Tests with Load Drivers
  • Keeping Connections Open to Clients and Upstream
  • Buffering Responses and Access Logs
  • OS Tuning

Module 12: NGINX Controller

  • Setup Overview
  • Connecting NGINX Plus with Controller
  • Driving NGINX Controller with the API
  • Enable WAF Through Controller App Security

 

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Who should attend this NGINX Training Course?

This NGINX Training Course is designed to equip delegates with the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively deploy, configure, and manage the NGINX web server and reverse proxy server. This course can benefit the following professionals:

  • Network Engineers
  • System Administrators
  • Web Developers
  • DevOps Engineers
  • Information Technology (IT) Security Professionals
  • Software Engineers
  • Web Hosting Providers

Prerequisites of the NGINX Training Course

There are no formal prerequisites for this NGINX Training Course. However, a basic understanding of network security, web server management, and cybersecurity would be beneficial for the delegates.  

NGINX Training Course Overview

NGINX Training provides delegates in a thorough exploration of the NGINX web server, recognised for its exceptional performance and versatility as a load balancer. In the contemporary digital landscape, where web server efficiency is paramount, NGINX stands as a crucial component for handling web traffic and optimising server scalability.

In this landscape of web technologies, a nuanced understanding of NGINX is integral for professionals seeking to optimise web server performance and enhance overall system efficiency. NGINX's significance lies in its capacity to efficiently handle concurrent connections and serve as a versatile reverse proxy. Web developers, system administrators, and network engineers are especially poised to benefit from mastering NGINX, as it equips them to address challenges related to website responsiveness, scalability, and the secure distribution of workloads across servers.

In this 1-day course provided by The Knowledge Academy, delegates receive practical insights into NGINX configuration, optimisation, and troubleshooting. Encompassing critical topics such as load balancing, reverse proxy setups, and caching strategies, delegates will gain the knowledge and hands-on skills necessary to implement NGINX effectively within their web infrastructure.

Course Objectives

  • To understand the fundamental concepts of the NGINX web server
  • To acquire practical skills in configuring and optimising NGINX for performance
  • To master load balancing techniques using NGINX
  • To explore the implementation of reverse proxy setups for enhanced server security
  • To learn effective caching strategies to improve website response times
  • To understand troubleshooting methods for common NGINX-related issues

Upon completing this course, delegates will emerge with a comprehensive understanding of NGINX, capable of configuring, optimising, and troubleshooting the web server effectively. Armed with practical skills in load balancing, reverse proxy setups, and caching strategies, delegates will significantly enhance their ability to ensure optimal web server performance and scalability in their respective professional domains.

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What’s included in this NGINX Training Course

  • World-Class Training Sessions from Experienced Instructors
  • NGINX Certificate
  • Digital Delegate Pack

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NGINX is open-source web server software that gives load balancing, email proxy, reverse proxy, and HTTP cache services.
In this NGINX Training course, there are no formal prerequisites. However, having basic knowledge about Web servers will be beneficial.
This NGINX Training is designed for any individual who wants to gain in-depth knowledge about NGINX software.
NGINX is mainly used as a load balancer and reverse proxy to handle incoming traffic and divide it into slower upstream servers.
There are various features of NGNIX such as reverse proxy with caching, IPv6, load balancing, FastCGI support with caching, WebSockets, TLS/SSL with SNI, etc.
NGINX core codebase is very stable and secure, though vulnerabilities in the leading binary pop up occasionally.
This NGINX Training course aims to provide you with a comprehensive knowledge of NGINX software. You will also learn about various essential topics such as caching hash keys, HTTPS redirects, Kubernetes ingress controller, and many more.
The training fees for NGINX Trainingin Halifax starts from CAD3395
The Knowledge Academy is the Leading global training provider for NGINX Training.
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