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HTTP/HTTPS and Web Server Fundamentals Lab

Master HTTP protocols, web server configuration, and HTTPS security with hands-on Nginx deployment and testing.

120 minutes
platform-engineering/networking
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Lab Overview

In this hands-on lab, you'll learn HTTP protocol fundamentals by building and testing a web server with Nginx. You'll practice HTTP methods, understand status codes and headers, and implement HTTPS security with SSL/TLS certificates.

You'll use curl to test different HTTP methods, analyze request/response headers, create a simple Flask API, and configure SSL certificates for encrypted communication.

By the end of this lab, you'll understand:

  • HTTP protocol basics (requests, responses, methods, status codes)
  • HTTP headers and their purposes
  • Testing APIs with curl flags and options
  • Nginx web server configuration
  • SSL/TLS certificate generation and installation
  • HTTP vs HTTPS security differences
  • Debugging common HTTP errors

Prerequisites

linux command line proficiency

basic networking knowledge (Week 4 IP/DNS)

understanding of client-server architecture

Technologies Covered

httphttpsnginxssltlsweb-serversecuritycurlapi-testing

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