🌐 Phase 3: Reverse Proxy with Nginx

This phase introduces Nginx as a reverse proxy, acting as the single entry point to route traffic to backend microservices.

🎯 You’ll Learn:

• What is a reverse proxy and why it's important
• Routing and load balancing strategies
• How to serve APIs and static content behind Nginx
• Configuring HTTPS (SSL termination)

🛠 Topics Covered:

• Installing and configuring Nginx on Linux
• nginx.conf structure and virtual hosts
• Path-based routing:

  /api/users → User Service  
  /api/books → Book Service  
  /api/loans → Loan Service

• Static file delivery for frontend (optional)
• Logging requests centrally
• Handling 404s and upstream errors