Proxy vs Reverse Proxy vs Load Balancer | Simply Explained

Understand the difference of Forward Proxy vs Reverse Proxy and Load Balancer with examples

Whether you are an engineer or just curious about how the internet works behind the scenes, in this video we will break down this complex concepts in simple, easy to understand terms.

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In this video, you will learn
- What a Proxy or Forward Proxy is
- What a Reverse Proxy is and how it differentiates from a Forward Proxy
- What a Load Balancer is and why it's used in addition to Reverse Proxy

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00:00 - Intro
00:31 - What is a Forward Proxy?
03:32 - What is a Reverse Proxy? Proxy vs Reverse Proxy
05:57 - Are Cloud Load Balancer a replacement or addition? And Why?
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[TechWorldwithNana]

Let me know what other topics you would like to see on my channel? 😊Also who spots the typo in the video? 😄🙈

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[EduardoMarcano-sf]

Идеально, добавить нечего. Автор гений. Очень всё доходчиво, без воды, учтены все детали, всё объяснено. Стиль повествования приятный, голос располагающий к себе, примеры с чуваком и остальные просто вышка!

[davelovesdrums]

Brilliant, thanks Nana! I don't work in Networks or IT but I'm a software engineer and we often end up assisting on outage calls where the problems typically lie outside my area of expertise. Videos like this (that are so clearly explained) are invaluable in helping me understand the general architecture of our services. (Well, some of them, anyway. Haha. It really varies between our mix of brand new and decades-old applications 😂)

[MrDevilwing]

this 13 min video on reverse proxy / nginx make me understood things that i wasnt able to in the last 6 months

[fischmukke]

A really good video for those new to IT Administration. Or for people who just want to understand the Infrastructer of the Internet.

[mkashif]

your videos are very informative and no non-sense talking, to the point and clear with solid examples, keep it up, Thanks and Bless you

[utkarshagarwal]

Thanks for explaining this in such a clear and engaging way, especially by setting up the story! The restaurant example is brilliant—I'll never forget the difference between proxy, reverse proxy, and load balancer now.

Appreciate all the effort that went into making this video

[SachinWickramasinghe-xs]

It is very important give content without confusing topics with same context. Explaining about other load balancers in cloud providers is very important to deliver content very clearly with best practices in practically. Thank you

[iposipos]

Thank you always for your simplified explanations.

I would like to see a tutorial on:
1. Bash scripting for cloud/devops Engineers
2. Linux for cloud/devops engineers
3. Linux networking for cloud/devops engineers

Thank you :)

[javabeanz]

I wish you had this video out a few weeks earlier, it would have saved me many hours of reading, getting an understanding most of what was in this video. You had a few things that I didn't know about, mostly because I wasn't looking for them. But, now I know are few more things than I did 20 minutes ago.

[arafamahmood]

You are naturally talanted. Thanks for this clear explanation <3

[kjyu]

thank u
very good explanation
i think the load balancing thing really helps me to remember what a reverse proxy is

[artmispotter]

This was unimaginably useful, thanks a bunch!

[prathapcharan]

Thanks for such a simple and elegant explanation 🙂

[icycat]

This was amazing! I'm glad to have watched this!

[yannkefeleck]

Outstanding teacher as usual. thanks Nana

[samsonyusuff]

Thank you for the invaluable contribution to IT. I am waiting for end to end course on MLOPS or AIOPS from you.

[RobertMartensFly]

Thank you for this good summary and explanation. Regarding using two reverse proxies for additional featgures and security I think that current cloud-load balancers (like AWS Application LB) already offer a lot of the features like NGINX, e.g. SSL termination, URL Paths and request headers which in many cases make an internal LB obsolete.

[berserk]

I would like to add that cloud load balancers like AWS ALB has a feature ‘session stickyness’ which helps in session persistence, speaking of filtering through request headers and url paths would need more aws services to come into play. So I can conclude that your implementation constraints (time and budget) will define wether is good idea or not to duplicate load balancing operations.

[saketkr]

I wish I had found you earlier. Grateful.