<P> Nginx ( / ˌɛndʒɪnˈɛks / EN - jin - EKS ) ( stylized as NGINX , NGiИX or nginx ) is a web server which can also be used as a reverse proxy , load balancer and HTTP cache . The software was created by Igor Sysoev and first publicly released in 2004 . A company of the same name was founded in 2011 to provide support . </P>
what is nginx and what is it used for
a web server which can also be used as a reverse proxy , load balancer and HTTP cache