# NGINX (/docs/runtime/components/nginx)



Component Category [#component-category]

Network / reverse proxy

Component Description [#component-description]

NGINX is a high-performance reverse proxy and web server commonly used to handle ingress, proxying, and traffic management.

Why It Is Used [#why-it-is-used]

In BullSequana AI Runtime, NGINX helps front internal services, manage request forwarding, and provide a stable traffic-handling layer for platform endpoints and integrations.

Learn More [#learn-more]

* [NGINX documentation](https://nginx.org/en/docs/)
* [nginx/nginx on GitHub](https://github.com/nginx/nginx)

Interacts With [#interacts-with]

* `External DNS` and `cert-manager`, through ingress publication and TLS termination patterns used across the platform.
* User-facing Runtime services such as `Argo CD`, `Temporal`, `Grafana`, `PgAdmin`, and `MinIO`, which expose web entry points through NGINX ingress.
* `Prometheus` and `Grafana`, through ingress controller metrics and operational dashboards.