Nginx is an open-source HTTP web server and also one of the most well-known web servers for its performance. By using Nginx in your VPS, you have the ability to redirect the URL of a website to another address. In a Linux based VPS, a reverse proxy serves as a medium between the client and the server by receiving client requests and forwarding them to other servers, and then it returns the server’s response back to the client. In this article, we will discuss the advantages of Nginx reverse proxy.

Reverse proxies are usually used on a web server and it is a fairly well-known tool. Here are the reasons why people use Nginx reverse proxies and their advantages.

• It is easy to set up and provides high-level protections against web server threats like DDoS and DoS.
• It provides caching for slower back-end servers and assists in the distribution of load over multiple back-end servers.
• It is possible to be used as a reverse proxy server for various protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, UDP, TCP, and more.
• It could support more than 10,000 connections with a low memory footprint. Nginx can manage several web servers from a single IP address and route requests to the appropriate server within a LAN.
• Nginx is among the best web servers in the market for its enhancement of the performance of static content. To reduce the load from the webserver, it can also assist in serving cache content, and perform SSL encryption.
• It is also useful for improving the loading time by optimizing the content with content compression.
• It can also run randomized experiments or A/B tests without requiring the use of JavaScript.

These are the advantages you will need to know. However, these aren’t all and you will be able to find other useful features when using them.