awesome-kubernetes/docs/web-servers.md

Web Servers & Reverse Proxies: Apache, Nginx, HAProxy, Traefik and more

1. Introduction
2. Apache
   1. Apache Configuration Samples
3. Nginx
   1. Nginx Unit
   2. Nginx playground
4. HAProxy (HTTP router and reverse proxy)
5. Traefik (HTTP router and reverse proxy)
6. Skipper (HTTP router and reverse proxy)
7. Videos
8. Tweets

Introduction

• opensource.com: A beginner's guide to load balancing Load balancing distributes resources to where they're needed most at that moment.

Apache

• Apache
• Dzone Refcard: Essential Apache HTTP Server
• nixCraft: How to secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt Certificates on RHEL 8
• Apache Reverse Proxy Guide

Apache Configuration Samples

• Apache Reverse Proxy for Jenkins Reverse Proxy configuration with HTTPS for Jenkins, Sonarqube and Nexus. Based on RHEL 7 Apache config.

Nginx

• Nginx
• Dzone: Nginx Reverse Proxy Ubuntu 18.04 In this post, we will show you how to install Nginx Web Server and configure it as a reverse proxy on Ubuntu Server 18.04.
• Dzone: DevOps 101: Set Up Nginx in Front of Your Spring Boot Application [Video]
• NGINXConfig 🌟🌟 The easiest way to configure a performant, secure, and stable NGINX server.
• How To Use the Official NGINX Docker Image
• medium: Using Nginx-Ingress as a Static Cache for Assets Inside Kubernetes Optimizing Nginx on Kubernetes Without a Adding a Cloud CDN.
• ==freecodecamp.org: The NGINX Handbook== 🌟
• ==nginx.com: The Complete NGINX Cookbook== 🌟 Get sample NGINX configurations for load balancing, cloud deployment, automation, containers and microservices, service mesh, security, and more.

Nginx Unit

• unit.nginx.org open source multi-language application server

Nginx playground

• jvns.ca: New tool: an nginx playground It would be cool to have an nginx playground website where you can just paste in an nginx config and test it out. And then I realized it might actually be pretty easy to build, so got excited and started coding and I built it.
• nginx-playground.wizardzines.com 🌟

HAProxy (HTTP router and reverse proxy)

• Wikipedia: HAProxy
• haproxy.org
• dzone.com: How to Configure HAProxy as a Proxy and Load Balancer
• tecmint.com: How to Setup High-Availability Load Balancer with ‘HAProxy’ to Control Web Server Traffic
• Tecmint.com: How to Setup HAProxy as Load Balancer for Nginx on CentOS 8
• nixCraft: 9 Awesome Open Source Web Performance Software For Linux and Unix-like Systems
• High priority request queue with HAProxy

Traefik (HTTP router and reverse proxy)

• Traefik
• opensource.com: Directing Kubernetes traffic with Traefik
• blog.tomarrell.com - Kustomize: Traefik v2.2 as a Kubernetes Ingress Controller
• thenewstack.io: Using Traefik Ingress Controller with Istio Service Mesh
• medium.com/beyn-technology: Is Nginx dead? Is Traefik v3 20% faster than Traefik v2?

Skipper (HTTP router and reverse proxy)

• opensource.com: Try this Kubernetes HTTP router and reverse proxy

Videos

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Tweets

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THREAD

Nginx has a service mesh too. Is it any good?

Let's find out. pic.twitter.com/890EIahXGq

— Daniele Polencic (@danielepolencic) February 3, 2021

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