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@Tristan@catnest.net

Post #431861

2026-02-26 15:33 UTC

Does anyone have any recommendations on books to really learn reverse proxies and #NGINX? The ones I've found seem to have little to no reviews and I don't want to pay for AI generated crap. I really can't learn from videos at all. #textbooks #systemsadministration #sysop #selfhosting

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  • @Tristan@catnest.net 2026-02-26 16:50

    I should probably clarify I'm a sysadmin looking for skill development, not just to get up and going. something like "mastering Nginx by Dimitri Aivaliotis" or "Mastering NGINX for Site Reliability and Performance Optimization by richa garg" SEEM to cover what I want, but I've bought technical IT books before that turned out to just be copy and pasted man pages and screenshot tutorials.

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  • @tristan i would say howtoforge for vetted howtos - i totally agree on format - 10 steps in text on a web page beats a video - you can't cut and paste the video!

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  • @TheOneDoc@tech.lgbt 2026-02-26 16:01

    @tristan https://phoenixnap.com/kb/nginx-reverse-proxy and https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/web-server/reverse-proxy/ should have you covered No idea how one would write an entire book on that topic. Unless you want to do load/geo balancing, clustering etc.

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  • @tristan slight deviation: do you know nginx proxy manager (NPM)? I've found this a great reliëf compared to the bare bones nginx and its documentation has been very helpful to me as well. https://nginxproxymanager.com/

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