<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,153)">Nginx can proxy HTTP requests to backend through the <a href="http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html">proxy module directives</a>.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,153)">If your backend is able to handle those requests on its own (ie if it is able to handle connections without any webserver), then make nginx as a load-balancer directly talk with it.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,153)">If your Web applications need support from a webserver, you could use any (nginx being one of the best) to talk with the frontend.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,153)">Hope I helped,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">---<br></span><b><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">B. R.</span></b><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"></span></font>
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