The latest articles on DEV Community by EvianZhang (@evianzhang). https://dev.to/evianzhang https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F352634%2F0ef9f4e2-804b-4737-ba1a-e062571b29aa.jpeg https://dev.to/evianzhang en EvianZhang Thu, 19 Mar 2020 06:51:56 +0000 https://dev.to/evianzhang/what-is-recommended-way-to-set-up-a-web-server-4lki https://dev.to/evianzhang/what-is-recommended-way-to-set-up-a-web-server-4lki <p>I have a server and I am designing some web applications. I use React as frontend framework and Rust Actix as backend framework. The backend program listens at 8000 port, and can be reached by <code>my_domain:8000/api/xxxx</code>.</p> <p>I think I can use a web server listening at 80 port, such that if client is requesting <code>/</code>, then returning the frontend page, if client is requesting <code>/api</code>, then redirect the request to 8000 port of localhost.</p> <p>My problems are:</p> <ol> <li>Is the above way recommended in the modern web application design? Are there any other ways of hosting both frontend and backend application in the server?</li> <li>What web server can I use? Apache, Nginx, or manually write a web server?</li> <li>I use two docker containers to contain the frontend and backend app. Do I need to dockerize the web server as well?</li> </ol> webdev discuss