On-Demand Link https://www.nginx.com/watch-on-demand/?id=whats-new-with-nginx-instance-manager About the Webinar We designed NGINX Instance Manager to help app developers and DevOps teams track, configure, and monitor NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus instances at scale. We continue to add features to make life simpler for DevOps and app dev teams. Join this webinar to learn about new capabilities we have introduced to simplify NGINX upkeep and maintenance even further with tagging and certificate management. The webinar includes a demo of NGINX Instance Manager in action.

1. What’s New with
NGINX Instance
Manager
KARTHIK KRISHNASWAMY
DIRECTOR, PRODUCT MARKETING, NGINX
TOM GAMULL
PROUCT MANAGER, NGINX

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#1 97%
Source: NGINX User survey 2020
Source: Netcraft May 2021 Web Server Survey
“Most websites use NGINX” of NGINX deployments
use NGINX open source

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Current Challenges in managing NGINX
at scale
Lack of visibility into
NGINX deployments
Rusty old configurations
Potential exposure
to CVEs and expired
certificates

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Find and Secure instances
• Scan utilizing stealth ports and tagging
• CVE vulnerability and outdated version information
• Lightweight UI for inventory management
• Certificate Management
Configuration Management
• Reads existing conf files
• Works with your existing configurations, tools and processes.
• Centralized Validation
• Tagging
• Recommendations based on best practices
DevOps friendly
• API First Focus
• Metrics provided in Prometheus Query Language
NGINX Instance Manager
OVERVIEW

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DEMO
Confidential – Do
Not Distribute

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Key Capabilities
API for NGINX Instance
Manager
InstanceDiscovery and
Scanning
Certificate
Management
Tagging
Configuration
Management
External Metrics/Alerts
Compatibility with
existing tools
Simple Linux Service
and PackageInstall

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Instance Discovery and Scanning
• Nmap Stealth
Scanning technology
• Identifies HTTP server
type
• CVE list
• Run on demand or
through API

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Configuration
Management
• Analyzer Functionality for finding
errors.
• Built-in editor
• Native VisualStudio Code format
• API
• GET/PUT multiple includes
• Add/Delete files in conf from
Compass

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Scan For Expired Certificates
WITHOUT USING AN AGENT!

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Replace Certificates
PUSH OTHER FILES TO INSTANCES THROUGHUI OR API

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Tag Your Environment
HANDLE LARGE NUMBERS OF INSTANCES USING TAGS
• Powerful way to organize and manage your
configurations
• Categorize instances based on person, purpose,
environment
• Filter views by Tags
• Standardize configurations based on tags

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Cloning Configurations
APPLY CONFIGURATION TO ALL TAGGED INSTANCES

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Roles
MATCH TAGS TO USERNAMES WITH OPENID CONNECT
Roles consist of matching:
• username
• one or more tags
• role type (Full Admin, Read/Write, Read Only).
Full Admins can see all tags
Read/Write and Read Only can only see instances with the tags in the role.

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External Metrics
and Alerts
NGINX Instance Manager
METRICS
Send Data to:
• Analytics as a Service
• Grafana/Prometheus
Configure alerts on
existing systems
Provides all NGINX Plus
metrics and OSS metrics
agent agent agent agent

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API for NGINX
Simple RESTful API
• Declarative Based
• Uses NGINX terminology
UI for Ops/Demos
API for AppDev
CI/CD
Automation
agent agent agent agent

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Simple Linux Server and Install
• Install and Start in seconds
• Native Linux service management
• Updates through yum/apt/dnf

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Compatibility with
Existing Tools
• Works with an existing
pipeline (does not act as
only owner of
configurations)
• NGINX Plus included to
add Authentication and
Encryption Options
UI for Ops/Demos
API for AppDev
CI/CD
Automation
agent agent agent agent

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Learn more
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