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Why do so many people use NGINX? (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I see so many posts and people who run NGINX as their reverse proxy. Why though? There's HAProxy and Apache, with Caddy being a simpler option.

If you're starting from scratch, why did you pick/are you picking NGINX over the others?

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[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 month ago

Some good answers in here already. It boils down to a couple points for me:

Back when I started selfhosting, it was either nginx or apache, and I found nginx better and easier to set up
All the nginx knowledge I learned years ago still works just the same as it did back then, so why potentially mess things up by switching if it all still works
Basically every project has an example nginx config for reference, that can't be said about other proxies
It is easier to find support online for edge cases that might pop up with nginx due to the ubiquity of its use and years of history