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documentation, poc, testbeds, how-tos, etc

nginx-practice

documentation, poc, testbeds, how-tos, etc

quick key concepts

1. nginx can serve static content, do load balancing, reverse-proxy, content cache, rate limiter etc
2. default.conf is used to configure
3. context and directives, 2 key concept to manage entire nginx configuration.
4. Core contexts are: Main, Event, Http, Server, Location
5. Other contexts used are: upstream, if
6. important directives are: root, index, try_files, autoindex, internal, listen etc

references

1. nginx docs: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/
2. detail blog on context: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/understanding-the-nginx-configuration-file-structure-and-configuration-contexts
3. Http core module doc for directives application in context: http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html
4. directive list: https://nginx.org/en/docs/dirindex.html

courses or other sources

1. Linkedin learning course: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-nginx-17014605/