NGINX is a powerful and versatile web server, reverse proxy server, and load balancer that plays a crucial role in modern web infrastructures. Originally created to solve the problem of handling ten thousand simultaneous connections, known as the C10k problem, NGINX has grown to become a cornerstone technology for many high-traffic websites and applications.

As a web server, NGINX is renowned for its efficiency in serving static content such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, and videos. Its design allows it to handle a large number of simultaneous connections with minimal resource consumption, making it an excellent choice for websites that need to deliver content quickly and reliably.

NGINX also functions as a reverse proxy server, which means it can forward client requests to other servers, balancing the load among them to ensure no single server becomes a bottleneck. This load balancing capability is critical for maintaining high availability and reliability in web applications, especially those with high traffic volumes. Additionally, NGINX can handle SSL/TLS termination, offloading the task of encrypting and decrypting traffic from backend servers, which improves overall performance and security.

Another significant role of NGINX is as an API gateway. It can route API requests, manage authentication, rate limiting, and caching, which helps to improve the performance and security of APIs. This functionality is essential for modern applications that rely on microservices and need to manage API traffic efficiently.

NGINX also excels in content caching, which helps to speed up the delivery of web content by storing copies of frequently accessed data closer to the users. This reduces the load on backend servers and improves response times, which is especially beneficial in large-scale web applications and content delivery networks (CDNs).

Disclaimer : NGINX® is a registered trademark of F5 Networks, Inc. and is licensed under the 2-clause BSD-like license. No warranty of any kind, express or implied, is included with this software. Use at your own risk; responsibility for damages (if any) to anyone resulting from the use of this software rests entirely with the user. The author and F5 Networks, Inc. are not responsible for any damage that its use could cause.

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Nginx v1.26 on Ubuntu v20

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Nginx v1.26 on Ubuntu v20

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Nginx v1.26 on Ubuntu v20
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