Lesson 4 of 11 · Proxy, cache and Apache
nginx as a reverse proxy — proxy_pass and its slash, forwarded headers, timeouts, WebSocket and the real client IP
Objective
Put nginx in front of an application (Node.js, Python, Java, PHP-FPM…) as in production: URI forwarded correctly, useful headers for the application, controlled timeouts, WebSocket, and the real client address behind a load balancer.
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