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I see so many posts and people who run NGINX as their reverse proxy. Why though? There's HAProxy and Apache, with Caddy being a simpler option.

If you're starting from scratch, why did you pick/are you picking NGINX over the others?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Counter question: Why does everyone call it "engine X" and not "enjinx", which would be the way cooler pronunciation?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Directly from the nginx home page:

nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server, originally written by Igor Sysoev.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I call it N Jinx. Always have and I’ll never be convinced otherwise that it’s not.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

oh I've only ever read it, never heard it pronounced, do people really pronounce it engine X?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

That is the way it’s pronounced, yes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It's actually n-jynx duh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Huh. That is way cooler

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I always said "in GIN icks" (gin like the alcohol) based on someone else's pronunciation years ago. I never realized it was meant to have anything to do with "engine" as a result.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I always did? A friend pointed out to me once the "correct" pronunciation. I like this way more.