Welcome to the NGINX Open Source Masterclass — a complete beginner-to-intermediate practical course designed to help learners master one of the world’s most widely used web servers and application delivery platforms.

NGINX powers:

• modern websites
• cloud-native applications
• APIs
• Kubernetes ingress
• reverse proxy architectures
• and enterprise-scale platforms.

In this hands-on course, you will learn how to:

• Install and configure NGINX
• build reverse proxy architectures
• optimize website performance
• secure applications using HTTPS
• monitor and troubleshoot production systems
• deploy production-ready NGINX environments
• and understand the differences between Open Source NGINX and F5 NGINX enterprise capabilities.

This course focuses heavily on:
Hands-on Labs

•  EC2 Deployments
•  Real-world Scenarios
•  Production Concepts
•  Troubleshooting Skills
•  Enterprise Architecture Awareness

Whether you are:

• a beginner
• DevOps engineer
• cloud engineer
• Linux administrator
• infrastructure professional
• or platform engineer

this course provides practical NGINX skills used in real production environments.

🎯 What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

•  Install and configure NGINX
•  Understand NGINX architecture
•  Configure reverse proxy and load balancing
•  Serve static content efficiently
•  Enable Gzip compression and caching
•  Configure HTTPS and SSL/TLS
• Monitor and troubleshoot NGINX
•  Understand production deployment concepts
•  Understand high availability and scaling
•  Compare Open Source NGINX with F5 NGINX
•  Understand enterprise traffic management concepts
•  Deploy production-ready NGINX environments

 Prerequisites

• Basic Linux knowledge
• Basic networking concepts
• AWS EC2 account (recommended)
• Ubuntu Linux server
• Internet connection
• Browser and SSH client

No prior NGINX experience required.