Docker Compose Nginx Tutorial

1. What is nginx? Nginx is a reverse proxy, HTTP cache and load balancer. It aims to enhance performance by using less memory. Nginx is event-driven. That measns it uses one thread to receive requests, then it dispatch it to one or multiple threads asynchronously. In this post, you will learn how to deploy a load balancer using nginx in docker. 2. Requirements Docker Docker compose For this tutorial, you need a linux machine.