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Posted By: YC | 1 Replies | Last Reply On: Oct 23, 2019 11:38:58

What is a best web server for node.js?  Should Nginx/Apache/varnish be placed in front of node.js server as a proxy server?  If yes, which one should I select and why? 

XiaoGang

Votes: 0Posted On: Oct 23, 2019 11:38:58
 

Of all the available options in the market, it is very difficult to simply say that “this is the best webserver” because a lot depends on the different types of technological needs of your project that you are running. There is a very strong user base of Apache claiming it to be the best webserver but this has changed lately due to new solutions that have emerged for specialized needs. My strong recommendation is NGINX because of the simplicity, flexibility, and support it offers. NGINX is a very popular web server offering you easy to configure and use at no cost to performance. It is also a simple yet very powerful load balancer and improves your server's resource availability and efficiency. Using NGINX you can make it a single entrance point to a distributed web application working on multiple separate servers.

NGINX provides high scalability almost instantly and you don't need to worry about the hardware scaling. NGINX is independent of proprietary hardware and can be deployed on the cloud as well as bare-metal servers. It can be easily integrated with any type of hardware and you don't need to modify your hardware according to it. NGINX is also the most common reverse proxy in use (and the second most common web server after apache), meaning better support for you and a higher.

Some of the features of NGINX that makes it awesome

  • Access control, error redirection, etc.
  • FastCGI caching capability
  • Capable of handling high loads
  • Other features include static load balancing, file handling, and reverse proxy capabilities
  • Support for uwsgi, SCGI, and other server protocols, with caching.
  • Gzipping for image compression, image transformation, byte ranges, etc.
  • WebSockets, keepalive and pipelined connections

NGINX is a complete solution with a lot of features that is making it so popular among the developers today. If the nature of your project is a bit extra complex, you can even opt for their paid support and consulting.

For more information on NGINX, you can visit  http://nginx.org/

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