As someone with over 10 years of experience working with Linux systems, I can say that setting up a reverse proxy with Nginx is one of the most common and efficient ways to handle traffic to your web applications.
A reverse proxy acts as an intermediary server that forwards client requests to the appropriate backend server, and it’s an essential tool for load balancing, security, and performance.
In this guide, I will walk you through the steps to configure Nginx as a reverse proxy on Ubuntu 24.04, along with an example of hosting a simple web application behind Nginx.
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