Hosting: Kestrel, IIS, reverse proxy scenarios?

• Kestrel is the default cross-platform web server for ASP.NET Core, lightweight and

fast.

• IIS acts as a reverse proxy on Windows, forwarding requests to Kestrel.
• Reverse proxies improve security, manage SSL, handle load balancing.
• On Linux, Nginx or Apache often act as reverse proxies to Kestrel.