Hands-On Introduction to Web Serving with NGINX
Hands-On Introduction to Web Serving with NGINX, Learn to serve websites and apps using NGINX with a hands-on approach — from setup to load balancing and HTTP.
Course Description
Welcome to Hands-On Introduction to Web Serving with NGINX — a practical and beginner-friendly course designed to help you understand how modern websites and apps are actually served to users.
I’m Lucas, a tech lead in an international team, and I’ve created this course to give you the skills and confidence to start using NGINX in real-world scenarios — no slides, just hands-on practice in your terminal and browser.
In this course, you’ll learn:
- What a web server is and why NGINX is so widely used
- How to set up a Linux-based environment with NGINX installed
- How to serve static websites and reverse proxy to backend applications like Node.js
- How to load balance across multiple backend servers
- How to set up a domain name with Route 53 and secure your site with HTTPS using Let’s Encrypt in the Cloud (AWS)
- How to password-protect parts of your site and restrict access by IP address
- How to read logs and troubleshoot issues using tail, journalctl, and browser developer tools
So if you’re just getting started with DevOps or want to understand how servers handle web traffic, this course walks you through it all — step by step.
By the end, you’ll know how to serve and secure real applications with NGINX and feel ready to explore more advanced topics.
