Understanding Reverse Proxies: Nginx vs Apache Explained

A reverse proxy sits between users and your backend services.

🔹 Why Use Reverse Proxy?

• Security
• Load balancing
• SSL termination

🔹 Nginx Example

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
    }
}

🔹 Apache Example

ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:3000/
ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:3000/

🔹 Use Cases

• WordPress behind proxy
• Docker services exposure
• Internal dashboards