codekarim is just a bunch of reminders for fenuapps.com
Reverse proxy can:
* hide existence of original backend servers
* protect backend servers from web based attackes, DOS ...
* provide caching fonctionalities
* optimize the content by using compression
* act as SSL Terminaison proxy
* Route requests
Reverse proxy configuration: proxy_pass directive
proxy_pass directive forwards the request to the proxied server specified along with the directive:
server { listen 80; server_name example.com; location / { proxy_pass http:// 192.168.1.50; } } server { listen 8080; server_name example.com; location / { proxy_pass http:// 192.168.1.100; } }