Reverse proxy is a kind of a proxy that takes http or https request & transfers/distributes them to one or more backend servers. Reverse proxy is useful in many ways, like – It can hide the origin serve, thus making it more secure & immune to attacks, – It can act as a load balancer, – Reverse proxy can also be used to encrypting/decrypting webserver traffic, thus taking some load off from the backend servers.
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