Is it good idea to put NodeJs behind nginx

Is it good Idea to put nodeJs behind nginx , also can someone let me know nginx supports http 1.1;

Also how to make sur开发者_JS百科e websockets works with this setup ( nodeJs Behind nginx)

If you want WebSockets, don't put it behind nginx. There might be some way that I don't know of, but DotCloud doesn't support WebSockets with Node.js because of its reliance on nginx, and they know nginx pretty well.

I assume you want to run your server on Port 80. If node is your main server, that will mean either:

• Running node as root. This is often not ideal because there is potential for bugs in app code and with root access it could cause more damage. If a VM is set aside for a very particular purpose, all backups are made to outside of the VM, and rebuilding is quick, this may not be a big problem, though.
• Using iptables to forward network traffic to port 80 to a higher-numbered port. I set this up and I felt like it was a good solution.

Edit: You can also run node.js as root and downgrade to a non-root user with setuid after binding to Port 80. The Jetty project (a web server for Java) suggests this technique.

nginx doesn't fully support HTTP 1.1. However, work is being done and will possibly be integrated into the development branch soon so keep your digits crossed and have a look at this mailing list thread to see what I'm talking about (there are patches but I haven't tried them as yet). More discussion here.

Depending on your needs you can do what Ben suggests using IPTables although I would also 'stealth' the high port using the mark module; I've upped a simple shell script that will do it for you.

If you need other applications on 80 you'll need to proxy; haproxy is one option but you can keep it all node using the excellent node-http-proxy.