Linux - reverse proxy - What is the easiest tool for powerful reverse proxy?

Question

I am setting up a domain with a set of URLs per customer (customerx.domain.com) on a set of Debian servers.

What is the best tool to redirect incoming requests to different servers and/or different services on the same server depending on some request parameters?

For example :

https://generic.domain.com/redir?customer=1&name=x

would be redirected to

https://customerx.domain.com/app1?name=x

and

https://generic.domain.com/redir?customer=2&name=x

would be redirected to

https://customery.domain.com/app2?name=x

I know for a fact that it would be difficult in apache2 with mod_proxy and its configuration complications. I'm hoping someone will come with an obviously easier solution — BxlSofty, Apr 15 '14 at 14:04
In a way this is a good question, however it is likely to be closed as subjective. See http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/ — Tim Brigham, Apr 15 '14 at 16:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '14 at 12:51

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Nginx is a widely used and powerful HTTP server with strong proxy capabilities.

answered Apr 15 '14 at 12:51

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I know it's very late to accept this answer. But this is what I ended up to do, very successfully. – BxlSofty Sep 02 '15 at 11:41

Linux - reverse proxy - What is the easiest tool for powerful reverse proxy?

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