What is your experience with using and configuring the Nginx web server in projects?

In projects with Python, I used Nginx as a reverse proxy server for Flask and Django applications. The main tasks I solved with Nginx include:

• Load balancing between multiple application instances.
• Handling static files (css, js, images) to reduce load on the application.
• Configuring SSL to ensure secure connections.
• Reverse proxy to forward requests to the application's internal port.

An example of a simple configuration for proxying requests to an application on port 8000:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;

    location /static/ {
        alias /path/to/static/files/;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }
}

Configuring Nginx helps improve the performance and security of the web application.