Nginx as Reverse Proxy

Summary

Using Nginx in front of your Node.js app to handle SSL termination, static file serving, load balancing and request buffering — Node apps are rarely exposed directly to the internet in production.

• 1Configure Nginx to reverse-proxy requests to a local Node app.
• 2Set up SSL termination in Nginx rather than in your Node app.
• 3Learn why offloading static files and SSL to Nginx improves Node app performance.