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What Nginx Used For

Sarah Jenkins • • 7 min read
What Nginx Used For

NGINX is open source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming, and more. It started out as a web server designed for maximum performance and stability.

Does Ubuntu have NGINX?

Since Nginx is available in Ubuntu’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

Is NGINX an API gateway?

As the leading high‑performance, lightweight reverse proxy and load balancer, NGINX has the advanced HTTP processing capabilities needed for handling API traffic. This makes NGINX the ideal platform with which to build an API gateway.

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Sarah Jenkins is a veteran tech journalist with over 12 years of experience covering artificial intelligence, mobile innovations, and digital ethics. Her insights have appeared in leading technology publications worldwide.