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Reverse Proxy

NGINX

High performance reverse proxy, load balancer and web server.

HybridOpen Source

Entry record

Supplier
F5
Function
Reverse Proxy
Deployment model
Hybrid
Licensing
Open Source

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Proxies & Reverse Proxies

Intermediaries that terminate and re originate connections, enabling inspection, caching, publishing and policy enforcement.

Topics that reference this platform

Load Balancing

Distributing client requests across multiple backend servers to provide scale, resilience and maintainability.

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