Reverse Proxy - CI/CD Glossary Definition
Reverse Proxy: A reverse proxy sits in front of one or more servers and forwards client requests to them, often adding TLS termination, load balancing, and caching.
A reverse proxy sits in front of one or more servers and forwards client requests to them, often adding TLS termination, load balancing, and caching.
A reverse proxy is the public face of your backends. Clients talk to it, and it decides which internal server handles each request, hiding the topology behind it.
In CI
A reverse proxy in front of a self-hosted webhook receiver terminates TLS and routes deliveries to the receiver, letting you expose one clean HTTPS endpoint to GitHub.
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