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5.1. Getting Started¶

5.1.1. Lab Components¶

The following table lists the virtual appliances in the lab along with their networks and credentials to use.

System Type	Networks	Credentials
NGINX+	Management: 10.1.1.4 Internal: 10.1.10.11	SSH keys
MyApplication Server	Management: 10.1.1.8 Internal: 10.1.10.21	None
NGINX Controller	Management: 10.1.1.7	SSH

5.1.2. Starting the Lab¶

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5.1.3. Using NGINX with Docker¶

We will start by running an NGINX instance in docker on our Linux host. To do this type the following commands on the Linux Shell.
```
docker run -i -t nginx /usr/bin/njs
```

The output will be as follows:

interactive njs 0.2.4

v.<Tab> -> the properties and prototype methods of v.
type console.help() for more information

To test that the docker instance is running type the following command and you will recieve the output below:
```
>> function hi(msg) {console.log(msg)}
undefined
>> hi("Hello world")
'Hello world'
undefined
```
Now type <CTRL> d to stop the interactive docker instance.

5.1.4. Downloading Lab Files¶

We will download the lab njs example and conf files from github by running the following command:
```
git clone https://github.com/xeioex/njs-examples
cd njs-examples
```

Now type 'ls *' to show the files that were just downloaded to your Linux box. The output is as follows:

ls *

README.rst

conf:
complex_redirects.conf  decode_uri.conf  file_io.conf  hello.conf  inject_header.conf  join_subrequests.conf  secure_link_hash.conf

njs:
complex_redirects.js  decode_uri.js  file_io.js  hello.js  inject_header.js  join_subrequests.js  secure_link_hash.js

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