Nginx

What is it?

Nginx is an open-source web server, reverse proxy, and load balancer. It is designed to handle a large number of concurrent connections with low memory usage and high throughput.

What does it do?

Nginx serves web content, routes incoming requests, balances traffic across services, and acts as a gateway between clients and backend systems. It also supports caching, SSL termination, and security controls.

Where is it used?

Nginx is widely used in web applications, SaaS platforms, APIs, microservices architectures, and cloud infrastructures as a frontend server, reverse proxy, or load balancer.

When & why it emerged

Nginx was created in 2004 by Igor Sysoev to solve the C10k problem—handling thousands of simultaneous connections efficiently. It emerged as a modern alternative to traditional web servers.

Why we use it at Internative

We use Nginx to ensure high availability, performance, and secure traffic management. It plays a key role in our production infrastructures, API gateways, and scalable deployment architectures.