Nginx has become the backbone of modern web infrastructure, known for its high performance, scalability, and flexibility. Its event-driven architecture delivers high performance at scale, making it the go-to choice for web servers, reverse proxies, and load balancers across organizations of every size.

Introduction to NGINX

Introduction to NGINX
This course is part of NGINX Essentials: Web Server to Cloud-Native Specialization

Instructor: Mumshad Mannambeth
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Explain NGINX's event-driven architecture and identify its key use cases as a web server, reverse proxy, and load balancer.
Install NGINX on Linux, navigate its configuration structure, and deploy a custom HTML site via hands-on lab.
Configure virtual servers and implement URL redirect and rewrite rules to manage multi-site routing.
Implement Round Robin and Least Connections load balancing and configure NGINX as a reverse proxy.
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