Reverse proxy

• Steps:

  1. Client's requests first reach reverse proxy.

  2. The reverse proxy forwards requests to internal servers and gets the response.

  3. The reverse proxy forwards the response to clients.

• Pros:

  • Integrated together with reverse proxy. No additional deployment.

• Cons:

  • Reverse proxy operates on the HTTP layer so not high performance. It is usually used on a small scale when there are fewer than 100 servers.

• There is a flow chart Caption in Chinese to be translated