Mastering NGINX for Site Reliability and Performance Optimization

Unlock the power of NGINX to boost performance and scale effortlessly.


Book Description

NGINX is the backbone of the modern web—powering high-performance websites, APIs, and microservices at scale. Trusted by tech giants and startups alike, it’s a must-have tool for any developer, DevOps engineer, or sysadmin aiming for speed, scalability, and security.


[Mastering NGINX for Site Reliability and Performance Optimization] is your ultimate guide to mastering NGINX, from basic setups to advanced configurations. You’ll gain hands-on experience configuring NGINX as a web server, deploying load balancers, and optimizing traffic with caching, compression, and rate limiting. Dive into advanced topics like health checks, canary deployments, and using the NGINX Plus API for dynamic reconfiguration and real-time metrics.


With actionable examples, you'll master techniques for performance tuning, securing infrastructure, and fine-tuning NGINX for maximum efficiency in production. Whether deploying microservices, managing APIs, or optimizing high-traffic sites, this guide equips you to tackle any challenge confidently.


This book doesn’t just teach you how to use NGINX—it empowers you to build production-grade infrastructure with precision. If you're not leveraging NGINX to its fullest, you're missing out on one of the most powerful tools in modern infrastructure engineering.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Nginx

2. Get Started with Nginx Configurations

3. Load Balancing

4. Health Checks

5. Nginx Plus API

6. Canary Testing with Nginx

7. Nginx as a Web Server

8. Caching in Nginx

9. Advanced Activity Monitoring

10. Debugging and Troubleshooting Nginx

11. Performance Enhancements

12. Security with Nginx

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