What if one server could handle thousands of connections efficiently? That's Nginx.
Nginx is a high-performance web server that does two jobs at once:
→ Serves static files itself — images, CSS, JavaScript, straight off disk,
without ever touching your application.
→ Acts as a reverse proxy — forwarding dynamic requests to your app server.
Why teams run it:
- Handles thousands of concurrent connections on modest hardware
- Load balances across multiple backend servers
- Terminates SSL/TLS so your app doesn't have to
These are capabilities, not defaults — load balancing, caching and HTTPS all
depend on how you configure it.
A typical production flow:
Browser → Nginx → App Server → Database
Nginx takes the incoming connection, serves what it can, and passes the rest
to your application, which handles business logic and database work.
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