# My NGINX Learning Journey

**URL:** <https://community.nginx.org/t/my-nginx-learning-journey/11202>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** nginx-open-source\
**Created:** [October 2, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.nginx.org/t/my-nginx-learning-journey/11202 "2026-10-02T15:14:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jrahm](https://drob5swvtjqxg.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.nginx.org/jrahm/32/4288_2.png) [@jrahm](https://community.nginx.org/u/jrahm)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.nginx.org/t/my-nginx-learning-journey/11202/1 "2026-10-02T15:14:08Z")

</div>

Hey there, community. I’m a long-time F5 BIG-IP guy. I’ve _used_ NGINX for years, but casually, and I don’t really understand it as it has mostly fallen outside the purview of my day-to-day. So this quarter I’m going on a journey. I’m starting with the foundational concepts and the web server aspects and then I’ll move through the advanced topics. My discovery will primarily be OSS-focused, but I’ll take some enterprise side-quests along the way. I’ll be posting here and there on my progress. If you have insights I’m missing, please share! I’ll consider this project a success if I can articulate the use cases of the NGINX OSS features and functionality while also understanding where an enterprise upgrade might make sense.

My github repo for this effort: [GitHub - f5-rahm/NGINX-Learning-Journey · GitHub](https://github.com/f5-rahm/NGINX-Learning-Journey/)  
My first LinkedIn update: [#nginx #opensource #f5 #learninginpublic #devops | Jason Rahm](https://lnkd.in/p/gpcfG--R)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jrahm](https://drob5swvtjqxg.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.nginx.org/jrahm/32/4288_2.png) [@jrahm](https://community.nginx.org/u/jrahm)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.nginx.org/t/my-nginx-learning-journey/11202/2 "2026-10-02T20:58:04Z")

</div>

Day 1 recap:

> **[\#nginx #f5 #learninginpublic #devops | Jason Rahm](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jrahm_nginx-f5-learninginpublic-share-7511891793412546560-ekL8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAADK_xABBhCVqz1qor7q4k4iDT9mOIxXdX0)**
>
> NGINX Learning Journey, Day 1: Architecture, processes, and signals
> 
> Day 1 is done a tad late, but I think the extra time paid off.
> I started with setup. I installed NGINX mainline from the nginx.org repo instead of Ubuntu's package, mostly because...

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jrahm](https://drob5swvtjqxg.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.nginx.org/jrahm/32/4288_2.png) [@jrahm](https://community.nginx.org/u/jrahm)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.nginx.org/t/my-nginx-learning-journey/11202/3 "2026-10-06T18:13:10Z")

</div>

- [Day 2 (sprint 1, day 2)](https://lnkd.in/p/g9pkVq-g)
- [Day 3 (sprint 2, day 1)](https://lnkd.in/p/ghPf5fjU)