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HAProxy: Using HAProxy for SSL termination on Ubuntu


Categories: DevOps, Linux

HAProxy is a high performance TCP/HTTP (Level 4 and Level 7) load balancer and reverse proxy.  A common pattern is allowing HAProxy to be the fronting SSL-termination point, and then HAProxy determines which pooled backend server serves the request.

Nginx: Using Nginx for SSL termination on Ubuntu


Categories: DevOps, Linux

Nginx is a popular reverse proxy and load balancer that focuses on level 7 (application) traffic.  A common pattern is allowing Nginx to be the fronting SSL-termination point, and then Nginx determines which pooled backend server is best available to serve the request.