OP here—huge thanks for all the replies! Y’all made the proxy and reverse proxy thing way clearer.
I messed around with Nginx as a reverse proxy last night, and it’s wild how much faster my test site feels. Still gotta figure out load balancing, but this is a solid start.
Quick follow-up: Any gotchas or common mistakes when setting these up? Heard SSL config can be a pain.
(Also, shoutout to the person who mentioned Traefik—gonna check that out next!)
I messed around with Nginx as a reverse proxy last night, and it’s wild how much faster my test site feels. Still gotta figure out load balancing, but this is a solid start.
Quick follow-up: Any gotchas or common mistakes when setting these up? Heard SSL config can be a pain.
(Also, shoutout to the person who mentioned Traefik—gonna check that out next!)