Advantages of a reverse proxy in front of Node.JS

Question

What are the advantages of having nginx or another web-server running as a reverse-proxy in front of the Node.JS? What does it provide?

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Answer 1

Reverse proxy really helps to improve the performance when you especially dealing with the SSL and gzip compression. Also, there are many other advantages. Thanks to Thomas Hunter II(Intrinsic). Read whole blog here https://medium.com/intrinsic/why-should-i-use-a-reverse-proxy-if-node-js-is-production-ready-5a079408b2ca