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798: Self Hosting: Reverse Proxy Servers
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Scott and Wes serve up an episode on reverse proxy servers. They discuss popular options like CF Tunnels, Caddy, Nginx, Apache, and more, explaining why you might need one for load balancing, SSL certificates, security, and managing multiple servers.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:30 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
02:25 What is reverse proxy?
03:16 Some examples of reverse proxies.
05:04 Why do you need a reverse proxy? 05:09 Combining multiple servers.
06:51 Load balancing.
07:23 SSL certificates.
10:30 Security. 10:37 Conceal your true IP.
11:24 Access management.
12:31 Routing static assets.
13:31 CDN / local.
15:55 Caddy × websocket support.
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