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Nginx HTTP Server

You're reading from   Nginx HTTP Server Harness the power of Nginx to make the most of your infrastructure and serve pages faster than ever before

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788623551
Length 348 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Martin Bjerretoft Fjordvald Martin Bjerretoft Fjordvald
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Preface 1. Downloading and Installing Nginx 2. Basic Nginx Configuration FREE CHAPTER 3. HTTP Configuration 4. Module Configuration 5. PHP and Python with Nginx 6. Nginx as an Application Server 7. Apache and Nginx Together 8. From Apache to Nginx 9. Introduction to Load Balancing and Optimization 10. Case Studies 11. Troubleshooting 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

The reverse proxy mechanism


Running Nginx as an application server is somewhat like the FastCGI architecture described in the previous chapter; we are going to be running Nginx as a frontend server, and for the most part, reverse proxy requests to our backend servers.

In other words, it will be in direct communication with the outside world whereas our backend servers, whether Node.js, Apache, and so on, will only exchange data with Nginx:

There are now two web servers running and processing requests:

  • Nginx positioned as a frontend server (in other words, as reverse proxy), receives all the requests coming from the outside world. It filters them, either serving static files directly to the client or forwarding dynamic content requests to our backend server.
  • Our backend backend server only communicates with Nginx. It may be hosted on the same computer as the frontend, in which case, the listening port must be edited to leave port 80 available to Nginx. Alternatively, you can employ multiple backend...
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