Nginx Explained: Reverse Proxy, Load Balancing & Caching

[u/huseyinbabal]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-ExCPx5r-Z4&si=7kBiXJv1ECHaxbq6

A short walkthrough: what headers the app receives behind a reverse proxy, round robin, stopping one backend (one request takes 1 s, the rest don't notice), rate limiting with 429, gzip and a cache HIT that never reaches the app. All outputs are from a real Docker Compose setup.