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    description: Overview of web server concepts and services on Ubuntu Server including Apache2, nginx, and Squid proxy server fundamentals.
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# Web services

Web servers are used to serve web pages when requested by client computers.

## Introduction

```{toctree}
:titlesonly:

intro-to/web-servers
```

## Key concepts

```{toctree}
:titlesonly:

About web servers <web-services/about-web-servers>
About Squid proxy servers <web-services/about-squid-proxy-servers>
```

## See also

* How-to: {ref}`how-to-web-services`