Course Outline
Introduction
Nginx as a front-end for IoT (serving as a load balancer, reverse proxy, and application delivery platform)
- Differences between Nginx and Nginx Plus
Management and monitoring capabilities
- Overview of TCP, HTTP, and UDP protocols
- Bandwidth requirements
- The role of UDP in IoT communications
Overview of Nginx Architecture and Functionality
- How Nginx maintains connection 'state'
- How Nginx handles TCP and UDP (including conversations)
- How Nginx passes IP addresses to the backend
Case Study: Nginx as an IoT server
- IoT Architecture: sensors, hubs, and servers
Installing Nginx
- Debian, Ubuntu, and source installations
Using Nginx as a Load balancer
- Insights on performance and scalability
- Load balancing TCP and HTTP connections
- Load balancing UDP connections
Using Nginx as a reverse proxy
- Replacing the default configuration with a custom one
- Modifying request headers
- Fine-tuning response buffering
Using Nginx as a forward proxy
- Configuring Nginx
- Forwarding traffic to a variable host rather than a predefined one
Case study: Nginx in Very Large Industrial IT Systems
Maximizing Performance
- Optimising performance (Nginx parameters, OS parameters, virtual machine CPU/memory ratio)
- Client-side performance optimisation
Securing
- Restricting access
- Authentication
- Secure links
- Common security issues in Nginx configurations
Scaling
- Deploying content across multiple servers
- Configuration sharing
Enhancing Nginx with LUA scripts and other plugins
- OpenResty, LuaJIT, and Lua libraries
Logging in Nginx
- Accessing log and error files across multiple servers
- Optimising logging
Monitoring Nginx
- Enhancing maintainability and reliability
Troubleshooting Nginx
Closing remarks
Requirements
- A fundamental understanding of TCP/IP
- Practical experience with the Linux command line
Testimonials (2)
the training on the job mode
PIERANDREA LAMBERTINI - Istituto Europeo di Oncologia Srl
Course - HAProxy Administration
The ability of the trainer to align the course with the requirements of the organization other than just providing the course for the sake of delivering it.
