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What You'll Learn
  • Nginx 22 guides
  • Apache HTTP Server 16 guides
  • Reverse Proxy 10 guides
  • SSL/TLS Setup 10 guides
  • Virtual Hosts 8 guides
  • Load Balancing 12 guides
  • Caching 8 guides

Nginx

Server blocks, reverse proxy, SSL, rate limiting and upstream

22 guides

Apache HTTP Server

.htaccess, virtual hosts, mod_rewrite and Apache modules

16 guides

Reverse Proxy

Proxy_pass, upstream pools, timeouts and connection handling

10 guides

SSL/TLS Setup

Let's Encrypt, Certbot, certificate renewal and SSL testing

10 guides

Virtual Hosts

Hosting multiple domains on one server with Nginx/Apache

8 guides

Load Balancing

Round-robin, IP-hash, least-conn algorithms and health checks

12 guides

Caching

Browser caching, proxy caching, Varnish and cache-control headers

8 guides

Core Concepts

Nginx Configuration

Server blocks, locations, upstream, and proxy_pass directives.

SSL Termination

Let's Encrypt, certificate management, and HTTPS redirection.

Load Balancing

Distributing traffic across backend servers with health checks.

Performance Tuning

Worker processes, connection limits, gzip, and caching headers.

Learning Roadmap

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Phase 1: Beginner

Install Nginx, serve a static site, configure a basic virtual host.

Nginx
Apache HTTP Server
Reverse Proxy
SSL/TLS Setup
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Phase 2: Intermediate

Set up reverse proxy, configure SSL with Let's Encrypt, add load balancing.

Virtual Hosts
Load Balancing
Caching
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Phase 3: Advanced

WAF integration, rate limiting, connection draining, and high-availability Nginx clusters.

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