Before we get started
A quick, simple question: What happens if we don't use nginx?
- Of course, still working without using nginx....
Let’s say you run a FastAPI app:
- 🚫 Without Nginx: Users connect directly to http://your-server:8000
- ✅ With Nginx:
- Nginx listens on port 80/443 → forwards traffic to http://localhost:8000
- You can add HTTPS, caching, and load balancing — all without touching FastAPI code.
⚡ Another important thing!
You should know about Basic Networking Concepts.
🧠 What is Nginx?
Nginx is a web server — software that delivers web pages to users. But it’s more than that: it can act as a reverse proxy, load balancer, and HTTP cache.
⚙️ What Nginx Actually Does
- Reverse proxy → sends client requests to backend apps
- Web server → serves static content (HTML, CSS, JS, images)
- Load balancer → splits traffic between multiple servers
- SSL/TLS terminator → handles HTTPS encryption
- Cache → stores responses to reduce backend load
🔍 Related Document
👇 Last but not least
🧠 "Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes progress."
