Hands-On Reactive Programming with Python

Chapter 11

What is a proxy?

A proxy is network equipment or software that filters all HTTP requests coming from clients inside a local network. Proxies can be used for several purposes:

• Restricting internet access
• Analyzing traffic to avoid viruses and attacks
• Caching content retrieved by a lot of people to speed up access

What is a reverse proxy?

A reverse proxy is network equipment or software present on the backend. Its role is to route incoming HTTP requests to the service that handles it. A reverse proxy allows us to hide the fact that multiple servers are used behind a single IP address.

What is a load balancer?

A load balancer allows us to easily scale a service. When several instances of a service are running, a load balancer distributes ...