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title: "Web Server Overview"
description: "The Corridor Platform components that require a web server and the reverse-proxy options available."
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The components of the platform that are web servers are:

- Web Application Server
- API Server
- Jupyter Notebook

The Jupyter Notebook uses Tornado, while the Web Application Server and API Server both use Flask.

For both, it is recommended to use a web-server / reverse-proxy:

- [Nginx](/technology/installation/components/web-server/nginx/) - Lightweight server/reverse-proxy
- [Apache](/technology/installation/components/web-server/apache/) - Popular, robust web server