Compare suitability, operational responsibilities and limits before choosing this technology for a project. Which trade-offs should guide the decision?

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NGINX is useful as a reverse proxy, static-content server and load balancer when its configuration model fits the application. Decide which layer terminates TLS and owns redirects. A proxy must forward the correct host and client information without trusting arbitrary headers from untrusted callers.

When is NGINX a good fit?

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