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Victor Aurélio
Victor Aurélio

Reputation: 2565

Nginx serving application and ExpressJS just as backend

I think it's pretty common to use nginx to proxy connections to ExpressJS, so all is done through ExpressJS.

I was thinking, why not use nginx to server the application since it's more simple to setup things like rewrites and let ExpressJS as backend only and then the application communicate to ExpressJS directly on 3000 port.

Is it a bad idea? If not, how often people does this ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 40

Answers (1)

Robert Moskal
Robert Moskal

Reputation: 22553

It's very common. But having your front end code directly talk to the node server adds complexity.

You have to handle CORS issues on the node server, including preventing cross site form submissions. See here Properly Understanding CORS with Same Host / Different Port & Security.

SSL is also going to be a bit more complicated. You'll need a wild card certificate.

However, there are some big advantages to using something like ngnix to host your assets. In addition to the ones you enumerated, it sets you up to go serverless. You can host your app out of an S3 bucket our through another content delivery network.

Upvotes: 1

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