Reference Architecture for Running Modern APIs w/ NGINX Unit & Web Server

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Shows a concrete reference architecture: runtime uses NGINX Unit (dynamic JSON config over a unix socket, polyglot support for eight languages) to host three Node.js Express APIs in Docker, pushed to AWS ECR and pulled on an EC2 instance; gateway uses NGINX web server with TLS, nested locations, upstream blocks and proxy_pass. Demos update an events API live and deploy successfully. Includes rate limiting at 2 req/s, basic auth via htpasswd, and the docker entrypoint.d pattern for startup and config.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:21What we're going to build
3. 5:30Introducing NGINX
4. 8:14What is NGINX Unit
5. 18:15Process overview
6. 19:44Installing NGINX Unit (simple)
7. 22:20Unit configuration
8. 25:37Unit routes 2
9. 47:07Installing NGINX (official)
10. 47:31Installing NGINX (simple)
11. 48:19NGINX Open Source Cycle
12. 55:13Define our API gateway
13. 58:43Define JSON error responses

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