DevOps: What is Nginx?

1# nginx.conf
2worker_processes auto;
3
4events {
5    worker_connections 1024;
6}
7
8http {
9    upstream backend {
10        server app1:3000;
11        server app2:3000;
12    }
13
14    server {
15        listen 80;
16
17        location / {
18            proxy_pass http://backend;
19            proxy_set_header Host $host;
20            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
21        }
22
23        location /static/ {
24            root /var/www;
25            expires 30d;
26        }
27
28        gzip on;
29        gzip_types text/plain application/json;
30    }
31}