Nginx is a high-performance web server, reverse proxy, and load balancer used by millions of websites worldwide. This recipe provides instant access to Nginx for web hosting, API gateways, and microservices architectures.
Every EasyEnv recipe spins up in seconds on a real Linux VM-not a stripped-down sandbox. The Nginx recipe is provisioned by an open Ansible role, so the machine that boots for you is reproducible, inspectable, and matches what you would get in production.
$ easyenv workspace create --recipe nginx --name nginx-demo
Provisioning Nginx...
Workspace ready in ~45s
$ easyenv workspace ssh nginx-demo
Connected. You're on the machine.NGINX is the high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy that sits in front of a huge fraction of the internet. Its event-driven architecture handles tens of thousands of concurrent connections per worker, and its configuration language-although famously its own DSL-lets you express load balancing, TLS termination, caching, and request rewriting in a single file.
This recipe gives you NGINX preinstalled with a sensible default site, ready for you to drop configs in `/etc/nginx/conf.d/` and reload.
Questions hiring teams use to evaluate engineers on Nginx. Want to ask them on a real, production-like environment? Try EasyEnv for technical interviews.
What is the difference between `proxy_pass` with a trailing slash and without one?
Explain how `location` blocks are matched. What is the precedence order?
How would you set up NGINX to serve as a load balancer with health checks?
Describe how to configure caching for upstream responses.
What is the difference between `worker_processes` and `worker_connections`?
Stop guessing from resumes. Drop candidates into a real Nginx workspace, watch them debug, deploy and operate it, score the result automatically, and replay the session. We also evaluate how they work with AI.
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