Nginx Proxy Server on Windows Server 2025

Nginx is open source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming, and more. In addition to its HTTP server capabilities, NGINX can also function as a proxy server for email (IMAP, POP3, and SMTP) and a reverse proxy and load balancer for HTTP, TCP, and UDP servers.

Nginx is known for being the fastest web server. The software’s structure is asynchronous and event-driven; which enables the processing of many requests at the same time. NGINX is highly scalable as well, meaning that its service grows along with its clients traffic.

Nginx Proxy Server Features

Reverse proxy with caching

Load balancing with in-band health checks

TLS/SSL with SNI and OCSP stapling support, via OpenSSL

FastCGI, SCGI, uWSGI, support with caching

Name-based and IP-based virtual servers

URL rewriting and redirection

SMTP, POP3, and IMAP proxy

Handling of static files, index files, and auto-indexing

Keep-alive and pipelined connections support

Access control based

Response rate limiting

WebSockets

Nginx Mail Proxy Features

NGINX can proxy IMAP, POP3 and SMTP protocols to one of the upstream mail servers that host mail accounts and thus can be used as a single endpoint for email clients. This may bring in a number of benefits, such as

Easy scaling the number of mail servers

Choosing a mail server basing on different rules, for example, choosing the nearest server basing on a client’s IP address

Distributing the load among mail servers

Support / Documentation

Follow the post setup instructions on our website - Install Nginx Server on Azure

Nginx Port

The following ports are enabled.

TCP - 80

TCP - 443

Disclaimer: This solution is built using Nginx, Inc. and its contributors, an opensource software. NGINX is a registered trademark of F5, Inc. This offering is not affiliated with or endorsed by F5. This is image is maintained by Cloud Infrastructure Services. No warranty of any kind, express or implied, is provided with this image.