Preparing your Computer for the NGINX Basics Workshop

Introduction

In order to complete the Lab exercises in this Workshop on your own computer and not use F5 provided workshopenvironment, your computer should meet with the following hardware, software, and access requirements. If you are unable to meet these basic requirements, you will likely not be able to complete the Labs as written. It is highly recommended that you have the minimum requirements.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this prerequisite instructions, you will be ready to do the Workshop lab exercises in your own system:

Hardware Requirments

8GB available RAM
50GB available disk space
Optional - second monitor

Software Requirements

Docker Engine
Docker Compose
Chrome or other modern browser
Visual Studio Code, or other test/code editor
Postman or any other API platform that helps running API requests.

Administrative Requirements

Network connection to the Internet
Admin access to install software, Copy and Edit local files
Admin access to control Network Firewalls and VPN settings
Admin access to configure local DNS

Install Docker Engine

https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

Install Docker Compose

https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

Optional - Install Visual Studio Code

https://code.visualstudio.com/download

Optional - Install Postman Tool

https://www.postman.com/downloads/

Cloning the Workshop Repository locally

Once you have setup your system make sure to clone this repository locally in your system.

git clone https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-basics-workshops.git

You are now all set to start with the workshop labs.

References:

NGINX Plus
NGINX Admin Guide
NGINX Technical Specs

Authors

Chris Akker - Solutions Architect - Community and Alliances @ F5, Inc.
Shouvik Dutta - Solutions Architect - Community and Alliances @ F5, Inc.

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