Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this series, OSS Technologist Dave McAllister sits down with the NGINX community to discuss what they love about open source. Brought to you by F5!
This episode is a Bits & Bytes, where we uncover exciting new projects and technologies that are making waves in the open source tech world. 👾 Today's guest, NGINX Software Engineer Ava Hahn, dives into the details of unitctl unit.nginx.org/unitctl/, which is a powerful CLI for NGINX Unit. This versatile tool allows you to deliver the best possible user experience without compromising the core NGINX Unit codebase.
Watch as Ava discusses how unitctl provides a one-command solution for deploying an NGINX Unit Docker container with your app pre-configured, acts as an API client for configuring NGINX Unit, and integrates seamlessly with your native text editor. You'll also learn about some of Ava's current favorite open source projects!
Check out NGINX Unit: unit.nginx.org
Where to find the NGINX Community:
💚 Website – nginx.org
💬 Community Forum – community.nginx.org
⭐ GitHub – github.com/nginx
🚀 Twitter – https://x.com/nginxorg
🦋 Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/nginx.org
Where to find F5:
🔴 Website – f5.com
💬 DevCentral – community.f5.com
🚀 Twitter – https://x.com/F5
Other technologies mentioned in this episode:
⬢ NGINX as a Service for Azure – docs.nginx.com/nginxaas/azure
⬢ NGINX Agent – github.com/nginx/agent
⬢ Distributed Cloud – f5.com/products/distributed-cloud-services
⬢ Envoy Proxy – envoyproxy.io
⬢ NGINX Rust – github.com/nginxinc/ngx-rust
⬢ OpenTelemetry – opentelemetry.io
⬢ WebAssembly – webassembly.org
⬢ Docker containers – docs.docker.com/get-started/docker-concepts/the-basics/what-is-a-container
⬢ Home Assistant – home-assistant.io
⬢ Nextcloud – nextcloud.com
⬢ Collabora Online – github.com/CollaboraOnline
⬢ Neovim – neovim.io
⬢ Emacs – gnu.org/software/emacs
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:29 - Meet Ava Hahn
02:06 - Working on Open Source at NGINX
02:58 - What is NGINX Unit?
05:03 - How unitctl Enhances User Experience
08:15 - Favorite Open Source Projects
10:45 - Advice for Getting Started with Open Source
11:44 - Final Thoughts
#NGINX #OpenSource #CLI #NGINXUnit #unitctl #DevOps #CloudComputing #TechTalks #Docker #Wasm #HomeAssistant #SoftwareDevelopment #Community
In this series, OSS Technologist Dave McAllister sits down with the NGINX community to discuss what they love about open source. Brought to you by F5!
This episode is a Bits & Bytes, where we uncover exciting new projects and technologies that are making waves in the open source tech world. 👾 Today's guest, NGINX Software Engineer Ava Hahn, dives into the details of unitctl unit.nginx.org/unitctl/, which is a powerful CLI for NGINX Unit. This versatile tool allows you to deliver the best possible user experience without compromising the core NGINX Unit codebase.
Watch as Ava discusses how unitctl provides a one-command solution for deploying an NGINX Unit Docker container with your app pre-configured, acts as an API client for configuring NGINX Unit, and integrates seamlessly with your native text editor. You'll also learn about some of Ava's current favorite open source projects!
Check out NGINX Unit: unit.nginx.org
Where to find the NGINX Community:
💚 Website – nginx.org
💬 Community Forum – community.nginx.org
⭐ GitHub – github.com/nginx
🚀 Twitter – https://x.com/nginxorg
🦋 Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/nginx.org
Where to find F5:
🔴 Website – f5.com
💬 DevCentral – community.f5.com
🚀 Twitter – https://x.com/F5
Other technologies mentioned in this episode:
⬢ NGINX as a Service for Azure – docs.nginx.com/nginxaas/azure
⬢ NGINX Agent – github.com/nginx/agent
⬢ Distributed Cloud – f5.com/products/distributed-cloud-services
⬢ Envoy Proxy – envoyproxy.io
⬢ NGINX Rust – github.com/nginxinc/ngx-rust
⬢ OpenTelemetry – opentelemetry.io
⬢ WebAssembly – webassembly.org
⬢ Docker containers – docs.docker.com/get-started/docker-concepts/the-basics/what-is-a-container
⬢ Home Assistant – home-assistant.io
⬢ Nextcloud – nextcloud.com
⬢ Collabora Online – github.com/CollaboraOnline
⬢ Neovim – neovim.io
⬢ Emacs – gnu.org/software/emacs
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:29 - Meet Ava Hahn
02:06 - Working on Open Source at NGINX
02:58 - What is NGINX Unit?
05:03 - How unitctl Enhances User Experience
08:15 - Favorite Open Source Projects
10:45 - Advice for Getting Started with Open Source
11:44 - Final Thoughts
#NGINX #OpenSource #CLI #NGINXUnit #unitctl #DevOps #CloudComputing #TechTalks #Docker #Wasm #HomeAssistant #SoftwareDevelopment #Community
