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Understanding Nginx Web Server

By Admin · October 13, 2026
Understanding Nginx Web Server

Understand how Nginx serves static files and works as a reverse proxy for web applications.

Nginx is a high-performance web server commonly used to serve static content and forward requests to application servers. For a Flask application, Nginx can receive incoming HTTP requests and forward them to an application server such as Gunicorn. It can also handle HTTPS, custom domains, caching, and other important production web server tasks. Learning Nginx is useful when deploying websites on Linux servers.