Certificate Authentication

Module 1: Installing Nginx

• Installing Nginx using a package manager
• Configuring for web 
• Configure the options to specify paths
• Table: HTTP configure options
• Enabling various modules
• Table: HTTP module configure options
• Disabling unused modules
• Table: Disable configure options
• Installing third-party modules

Module 2: A Configuration Guide

• The basic configuration format
• Nginx global configuration parameters
• Table: Global configuration directives
• Using include files
• The HTTP server section Client directives, File I/O directives, Hash directives, Socket directives
• The virtual server section
• Configuring Locations – where, when, and how

Module 3: Nginx as a Reverse Proxy

• The proxy module
• Proxy module directives
• The upstream module: Keepalive connections and Load-balancing algorithms
• Types of upstream servers: Single upstream server, Multiple upstream servers, Non-HTTP upstream servers
• How to handle upstream problems

Module 4: Reverse Proxy Advanced Topics

• Introduction to Security
• Encrypting traffic with SSL
• Authenticating clients using SSL
• Blocking traffic based on originating IP address
• Isolating application components for scalability
• Reverse proxy performance tuning: Buffering, Caching, Compressing

Module 5. The Nginx HTTP Server

• HTTP server directives
• HTTP logging directives
• HTTP file-path directives
• Name resolution directives
• HTTP client interaction directives
• HTTP limits directives
• HTTP access module directives
• HTTP streaming directives

Module 6. Nginx Load Balancing

• About Load Balancing
• Setting up the environment
• Using the Upstream Module
• Using the right directives (Weight, Hash, Max Fails, etc.)
• Testing your configuration

Module 7: Troubleshooting Techniques

• Analyzing log files
• Configuring advanced logging
• Common configuration errors
• Performance problems
• Using the Stub Status module