Item: NGINX
Rating: 10
Author: Ranu Singh

Overall Satisfaction with NGINX

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We're using NGINX as a reverse proxy and load balancer for all projects, and it is a standard tool we use with all our clients. With NGINX, we don't have to open multiple ports for HTTP requests, nor do we have to expose real application servers. There are a lot of security measures that we handle only with NGINX.

Pros and Cons

Pros

We use NGINX for reverse proxy to route requests to multiple applications accepting then on same port and route them on the basis of address.
The other application is of load balancer where application is running them on multiple servers and it routes to servers.
We manage security headers, port mapping, health-check for server and applications too.

Return on Investment

Faster application delivery
Open source as per our requirement

Usability

This tool is really easy to use and configure. Consumes very less system resources. It is highly modular and configurable. You can easily use it with other tools like certbot for SSLs. You can configure basic security with configuration and headers.

Key Insights

Do you think NGINX delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with NGINX's feature set?

Yes

Did NGINX live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of NGINX go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy NGINX again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

This is well suited for reverse proxy and load balancer so you can easily configure and use it. Very light wight tool and easy to use.

NGINX Feature Ratings

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Light-weigh modular and resource optimised tool for Load Balancing and Reverse Proxy

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