What’s the Real Difference Between NGINX keepalive and HTTP keep‑alive?
Explain that “keepalive” is a concept used in both NGINX and HTTP protocol but with different meanings. In HTTP, keep‑alive (or persistent connection) is a header that allows a TCP connection to be reused for multiple requests, reducing latency. In NGINX, keepalive refers to the connection‑pool settings for upstream servers, controlling how many persistent connections are kept and their timeout.
