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Why does Unicorn need to be deployed together with Nginx?

I would like to know the difference between Nginx and Unicorn. As far as I understand, Nginx is a web server while Unicorn is a Ruby HTTP server.

Since both Nginx and Unicorn can handle HTTP requests, what is the need to use the combination of Nginx and Unicorn for RoR applications?

Solution

  • Nginx
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    Unicorn
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    Refer to unicorn on github for more information.