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NGINX Learning Roadmap

Web serving, reverse proxying, and load balancing from config basics to production tuning.

Estimated time:3–4 weeks

1🌱

Phase 1 — Fundamentals

nginx.conf structure (contexts, directives)

Serving static content

Reverse proxy basics (proxy_pass)

server blocks & virtual hosting

2🔀

Upstream blocks & load-balancing algorithms

Health checks (active/passive)

Path-based & header-based routing

Rate limiting (limit_req)

3🔐

TLS termination configuration

HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 support

Security headers & hardening

ModSecurity / WAF integration

4📈

important

nginx Ingress Controller for Kubernetes

Performance tuning (worker processes, keepalive)

Caching strategies

Log format & access log analysis

Begin with interview questions to assess your current level.