Explore the Config API and Unit Components @nginx

Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Learn about the main NGINX Unit components and why the config API is important.

NGINX Unit is a universal web app server – intended as a building block for any web architecture regardless of its complexity, from enterprise-scale deployments to your pet's home page. It is equally suited to simplifying modern microservices environments as it is to modernizing legacy and monolithic applications.

We've developed a whole course covering all of the ins and outs of NGINX Unit, how to install it, exploring the configuration api, writing your first hello world, web-server configuration, intro into unit languages modules and so much more.

Resources:
NGINX Unit
unit.nginx.org

What is NGINX Unit?
bit.ly/3wInuPM

Real World Use Cases and Success Stories Using NGINX Unit
youtu.be/0dPEuvX6mbY

What's New with NGINX Unit?
youtu.be/VRHcok0mf4U

Chapters:
0:00 - Exploring the Config API and NGINX Unit Components
0:16 - What To Do with Unit After Successful Installation
0:56 - Test if Unit is Installed and Running
4:10 - Main, Controller, and Router Processes
5:16 - Checking Processes
7:22 - How to Change Socket to IP Address Endpoint
10:19 - Next Lecture: Hello World Program

Explore the Config API and Unit Components

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