Setting up Web Request Routing with Nginx on Docker

This is the first episode on a series on Web Request routing using web proxy. This episode is a show and tell on using nginx on docker to proxy request based on port and path on a local machine. This episode involves:
* setting up web applications on docker
* orchestrating web applications using docker compose
* disabling direct access to web applications
* configuring nginx to manage and control access to web applications
* setting up port and path forwarding rules in nginx

Source code:
https://github.com/dyordsabuzo/understanding-reverse-proxy