Overview
Proxy Server using Nginx On Windows Server 2022
Nginx is open source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, media streaming, and more. In addition to its HTTP server capabilities, NGINX can also function as a proxy server for email IMAP, POP3, and SMTP and a reverse proxy and load balancer for HTTP, TCP, and UDP servers.
Nginx is known for being the fastest web server. The softwares structure is asynchronous and event-driven. Which enables the processing of many requests at the same time. NGINX is highly scalable as well, meaning that its service grows along with its clients traffic.
Nginx Server Features Reverse proxy with caching Load balancing with in-band health checks TLS/SSL with SNI and OCSP stapling support, via OpenSSL FastCGI, SCGI, uWSGI, support with caching Name-based and IP-based virtual servers URL rewriting and redirection SMTP, POP3, and IMAP proxy Handling of static files, index files, and auto-indexing Keep-alive and pipelined connections support Access control based Response rate limiting WebSockets
NGINX can proxy IMAP, POP3 and SMTP protocols to one of the upstream mail servers that host mail accounts and thus can be used as a single endpoint for email clients. This may bring in a number of benefits, such as
Easy scaling the number of mail servers Choosing a mail server basing on different rules, for example, choosing the nearest server basing on a clients IP address Distributing the load among mail servers
Highlights
- Reverse proxy with caching
- Load balancing with in-band health checks
- NGINX can proxy IMAP, POP3 and SMTP protocols to one of the upstream mail servers that host mail accounts and thus can be used as a single endpoint for email clients
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$0.104/hour
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
t2.nano | $0.04 | $0.008 | $0.048 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.04 | $0.016 | $0.056 |
t2.small | $0.04 | $0.032 | $0.072 |
t2.medium Recommended | $0.04 | $0.064 | $0.104 |
t2.large | $0.04 | $0.121 | $0.161 |
t2.xlarge | $0.04 | $0.227 | $0.267 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.04 | $0.433 | $0.473 |
t3.nano | $0.04 | $0.01 | $0.05 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.04 | $0.02 | $0.06 |
t3.small | $0.04 | $0.039 | $0.079 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Latest OS patches have been installed. Simply run Windows update to install the latest Microsoft patches
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RDP into instance, username is: Administrator
Scroll down to 'Getting Started' on the following URL: https://cloudinfrastructureservices.co.uk/how-to-setup-nginx-on-windows-in-azure-aws-gcp/
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