Caddy web server with automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt, ideal for quickly serving static sites, APIs, and reverse proxies with a minimal, human-friendly configuration.
HAProxy directing traffic to two Nginx backends alongside Caddy, ideal for hands-on load balancing and routing practice.
Nginx high-performance web server and reverse proxy, ready for serving static assets, load balancing, and fronting application backends.
Apache HTTP Server, the battle-tested modular web server for hosting static sites, PHP applications, and reverse-proxying backends with mature configuration and a rich module ecosystem.
High-performance HAProxy TCP/HTTP load balancer and reverse proxy for distributing traffic across backend services with health checks, SSL termination, and ACL-based routing.