Web Servers

Major Concepts & Key Terminology

• Web Servers Used in this Course:
  • Caddy HTTP, automatic HTTPS, and reverse proxy server to serve web applications
    • Caddyfile: config file required for caddy
    • caddy reload: command to reload web server with config file updates
  • NGINX - HTTP, HTTPS, and reverse proxy server to serve web applications
    • .conf file: config file required for nginx
    • nginx -s reload: command to reload web server with config file updates

Content Links

• Caddy
• NGINX
• Exercises
• Next Steps