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NGINX started to be known as an open-source web server, but now it’s also used as a reverse proxy, HTTP cache, and load balancer. As a web server, It was designed for maximum performance and stability.

To make it simple and understandable, let me explain how the web server works. When you try to open a website, the browser sends a request to the server, then the server looks for the requested sources and returns it to the browser. Of course, requests are usually much more complicated.

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