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  1. NGINX Web Server Deep Dive

What's NGINX

NGINX is open source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming, and more. It started out as a web server designed for maximum performance and stability. 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.

Originally open sourced in 2004 by Igor Sysoev

It was written to solve the "CK10" problem - 10.000 concurrent connections.

NGINX Inc. founded to continue development and the creation of commercial offering: NGINX Plus.

Use Cases

  • High-performance web server: Used by 50% of the top 1.000 sites.

  • Reverse Proxy: SSL/TLS Termination and content caching and compression.

  • Load Balancer.

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