The primary task of a web server is to receive the requests from the client &amp; provide the response after executing the business logic based on the request parameters received from the client.
Every service, running online, needs a server to run. Servers running web applications are commonly known as the application servers
<img src="https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616026961394/kVNHbp2m1.jpeg" alt="application server.JPG" />
Besides the application servers, there are other kinds of servers too with specific tasks assigned to them such as the:
<ul>
<li>Proxy server
</li>
<li>Mail server
</li>
<li>File server
</li>
<li>Virtual server
</li>
</ul>
The server configuration &amp; the type can differ depending on the use case.
<ul>
<li>For instance, if we run a backend application code written in Java, we would pick Apache Tomcat or Jetty
</li>
<li>For simple use cases such as hosting websites, we would pick the Apache HTTP Server
</li>
</ul>
In this lesson, we will stick to the application server.
All the components of a web application need a server to run. Be it a database, a message queue, a cache or any other component. In modern application development, even the user interface is hosted separately on a dedicated server

The primary task of a web server is to receive the requests from the client & provide the response after executing the business logic based on the request parameters received from the client.

Every service, running online, needs a server to run. Servers running web applications are commonly known as the application servers


![application server.JPG](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1616026961394/kVNHbp2m1.jpeg)

Besides the application servers, there are other kinds of servers too with specific tasks assigned to them such as the:


- Proxy server

- Mail server

- File server

- Virtual server

The server configuration & the type can differ depending on the use case.


- For instance, if we run a backend application code written in Java, we would pick Apache Tomcat or Jetty

- For simple use cases such as hosting websites, we would pick the Apache HTTP Server

In this lesson, we will stick to the application server.

All the components of a web application need a server to run. Be it a database, a message queue, a cache or any other component. In modern application development, even the user interface is hosted separately on a dedicated server

Web Server 101

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