What is NGINX commonly used for?
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Test NGINX knowledge across reverse proxies, static files, caching, TLS, and load balancing.
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Topics covered
- Reverse proxy
- Load balancing
- Caching
- TLS
- Configuration
What is NGINX commonly used for?
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Reverse proxy and web server
NGINX can serve static files, proxy requests, terminate TLS, cache, and load balance.
What does a reverse proxy do?
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Forwards client requests to backend servers
A reverse proxy sits in front of backend services and routes incoming traffic.
Why enable gzip or Brotli compression?
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Reduce transferred text asset size
Compression reduces bytes for HTML, CSS, JS, and other text responses.
What does TLS termination mean?
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Handling HTTPS encryption at NGINX
NGINX can handle HTTPS certificates and forward requests to upstream services.
Which directive is commonly used to send traffic to an upstream app?
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proxy_pass
proxy_pass forwards matching requests to an upstream server or upstream group.
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