nixCraft → Howto → CentOS → nginx: Setup SSL Reverse Proxy (Load Balanced SSL Proxy) A reverse proxy is a proxy server that is installed in a server network. Typically, reverse proxies are used in front of Web servers such as Apache, IIS, and Lighttpd. How do I setup nginx web server as SSL reverse proxy? When you’ve multiple backend web servers, encryption / SSL acceleration can be done by a reve