As we all know, reverse proxy refers to the client that receives the connection request on the Internet through the proxy server, then forwards the request to the server on the internal network, and returns the result obtained from the server to the client requesting the connection on the Internet. At this point, the proxy server is displayed externally as a server. So what is its function? Please see the introduction below.
1. Protect website security. Any request from the Internet must first pass through the proxy server. In short, all requests of our website must be secured through the reverse proxy server, which can solve the whole problem.
2. Speed up network requests by configuring caching. It can cache some static resources on the real network server to reduce the load pressure of the real network server; Some static resources can be cached on the reverse proxy server, so that the resources existing on the reverse proxy server do not need to be obtained from the network server, which reduces the pressure on the network server.
3. Achieve load balancing. As a load balancing server, it balances the distribution requests and balances the load pressure of each server in the cluster
The reverse proxy server can distribute requests to different servers to reduce the pressure of the server. It can also prevent the website from being inaccessible after a server hangs up, so as to achieve high website availability and reduce accidents.
The above are the three functions of reverse proxy. I hope it will be helpful to you. Roxlabs provides high-quality agency services, covering all regions of the world and supporting designated regions. We look forward to your trial.
