HTTP Web Server (Nginx, Apache, JBoss) Training Course

Section 1: Nginx (Day 1, Duration: 1.5 Days)

Module 1: Installing Nginx and Third-Party Modules

• Installing Nginx via a package manager
• Basic web configuration
• Configuring options to specify file paths
• Reference: HTTP configuration options
• Enabling specific modules
• Reference: HTTP module configuration options
• Disabling unused modules
• Reference: Configuration options for disabling modules
• Installing third-party modules

Module 2: Configuration Guide

• Understanding the basic configuration format
• Nginx global configuration parameters
• Reference: Global configuration directives
• Utilizing include files
• HTTP server section directives: Client, File I/O, Hash, and Socket
• Configuring the virtual server section
• Configuring Locations: determining where, when, and how

Module 3: Nginx as a Reverse Proxy

• Overview of the proxy module
• Proxy module directives
• The upstream module: Keepalive connections and Load-balancing algorithms
• Upstream server types: Single, Multiple, and Non-HTTP upstream servers
• Strategies for handling upstream issues

Module 4: Advanced Reverse Proxy Topics

• Introduction to security considerations
• Encrypting traffic using SSL
• Client authentication via SSL
• Blocking traffic based on source IP addresses
• Isolating application components to enhance scalability
• Reverse proxy performance tuning: Buffering, Caching, and Compressing

Module 5: The Nginx HTTP Server

• HTTP server directives
• HTTP logging directives
• HTTP file-path directives
• Name resolution directives
• HTTP client interaction directives
• HTTP limits directives
• HTTP access module directives
• HTTP streaming directives

Module 6: Nginx Load Balancing

• Concepts of Load Balancing
• Setting up the environment
• Utilizing the Upstream Module
• Appropriate directives usage (Weight, Hash, Max Fails, etc.)
• Testing your configuration

Module 7: Troubleshooting Techniques

• Analyzing log files
• Configuring advanced logging
• Identifying common configuration errors
• Addressing performance problems
• Leveraging the Stub Status module

Section 2: Apache (Day 2, Duration: 1 Day)

Module 1: Installation

• Installing Apache
• Managing Apache: starting, stopping, and restarting
• Uninstalling Apache
• Locating Apache files

Module 2: Adding Common Modules

• Installing generic modules
• Installing Unix mod_dav
• Installing mod_perl
• Installing Unix mod_php
• Installing mod_ssl (Secure Socket Layers)
• Finding modules via modules.apache.org
• Installing mod_security

Module 3: Logging

• Retrieving detailed log entries
• Log rotation

Module 4: Virtual Hosts

• Setting up Name-Based Virtual Hosts
• Setting up Address-Based Virtual Hosts

Module 5: Aliases, Redirecting, and Rewriting

• Mapping a URL to a directory
• Creating a new URL for existing content
• Enabling users to have their own URLs
• Redirecting to another location
• Redirecting multiple URLs to the same destination
• Rewriting elements between the path and query string
• Converting URL segments into query arguments

Module 6: SSL

• Installing SSL
• Generating self-signed SSL certificates
• Generating a trusted CA
• Serving a portion of the site via SSL
• Authenticating with client certificates

Module 7: Dynamic Content

• Enabling a CGI Directory
• Enabling CGI Scripts in Non-ScriptAliased Directories
• Specifying a Default Document in a CGI Directory
• Enabling and utilizing WebDAV
• Complex Configurations and security issues with WebDAV

Section 3: Java Virtual Machine (Day 3, Duration: 0.5 Days)

Tuning the Java Virtual Machine

Choosing JVM settings

• Sizing the garbage collector generations
• Where to configure JVM settings
• Handling scenarios with insufficient memory allocation for the JVM
• Determining the appropriate memory allocation for your application
• Setting the correct heap size

Optimizing the ratio between young and old generations

• Garbage collector algorithms
• Selecting the right garbage collector for your application
• The G1 garbage collector
• Debugging garbage collection
• Maximizing memory usage efficiency
• Handling 'Out of Memory' errors
• Identifying memory leaks in your code

Section 4: Java Web

Introduction to Java Web technologies

• What is a Servlet and when to use one
• Introduction to JSP
• Servlet versus JSP
• What is a JavaBean
• Introduction to JEE
• The role of EJB (Session Beans, Entity Beans, MDB Beans) in enterprise applications
• The MVC pattern
  - The role of the Model
  - The role of the View
  - The role of the Controller

Section 5: Multimedia content and HTML 5

• HTML 5 Audio and Video elements
• Different streaming protocols
  - Internet Protocol television (IPTV)
  - HTTP Live Streaming
• Server implementations
• The role of OTT streaming

Section 6: JBoss (Day 4, Duration: 1 Day)

Module 1: Installing Core Components

• Installing the Java environment
• Installing JBoss AS
• Application server features
• Creating a custom server configuration

Module 2: Customizing JBoss AS Services

• Monitoring JBoss AS services
• JBoss AS thread pool management
• Configuring logging services
• Configuring database connections
• Configuring the transaction service

Module 3: Deploying EJB 3 Session Beans

• Developing Enterprise JavaBeans
• Configuring the EJB container

Module 4: Deploying a Web Application

• Developing web layout
• Configuring JBoss Web Server

Module 5: Deploying Applications with JBoss Messaging Service

• Overview of the new JBoss Messaging system
• Developing JMS applications
• Advanced JBoss Messaging

Module 6: Managing JBoss AS

• Introduction to Java Management Extensions
• JBoss AS Administration Console
• Managing applications
• Administering resources

Module 7: JBoss Drools - Introduction

• Obtaining the software
• Installing the BRMS/Guvnor
• Installing the Drools plug-in

Module 8: Using the Guvnor

• General Navigation
• Administration (Rules, Packages, Deployment)
• Building Guided Rules with the Guvnor
• Migrating from Guvnor to JBoss IDE
• Testing your Rules