What's the difference between a forwarding proxy vs reverse proxy? Which one do I need? Alternatively:

OP here—wow, thanks for all the replies! This makes way more sense now.

I tried setting up Nginx as a reverse proxy for my test site, and it worked like a charm. Still wrapping my head around SSL termination, but your examples helped a ton.

Quick follow-up: Any gotchas I should watch for with reverse proxies? Like, do they add much latency?

Thanks again! 🚀