Understanding Nginx: HTTP Server, Reverse Proxy, and Scalable Architecture

The article shows how adding HTML tags turns a plain‑text file into a web page, explains the need for an HTTP service to serve it, introduces reverse proxies for load‑balancing and address hiding, and outlines Nginx’s event‑driven architecture with master and worker processes, shared memory, proxy cache, multi‑protocol support, configurable modules, and scaling options, while warning of a single‑instance failure and recommending cluster mode.

HTTP serverMaster ProcessNGINX

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Understanding Nginx: HTTP Server, Reverse Proxy, and Scalable Architecture

Tencent Cloud Developer

Jun 10, 2021 · Backend Development

Understanding Nginx Architecture: Master/Worker Processes, Hot Reload, Epoll, and Load Balancing

The article explains Nginx’s master‑worker architecture, showing how the master process handles signals, restarts workers, and performs hot configuration or binary reloads, while workers use an event‑driven epoll loop with an accept‑mutex to efficiently process connections and balance load across cores without multithreading.

Backend DevelopmentMaster ProcessNGINX

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Understanding Nginx Architecture: Master/Worker Processes, Hot Reload, Epoll, and Load Balancing

Java High-Performance Architecture

Oct 7, 2015 · Operations

Understanding Nginx’s Three Process Types: Master, Worker, and Cache

This article explains the three types of Nginx processes—master, worker, and cache—detailing each one's responsibilities, from configuration loading and socket management to request handling, cache indexing, and inter‑process communication, while also covering smooth reloads, upgrades, and cache index management.

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Understanding Nginx’s Three Process Types: Master, Worker, and Cache