There was two main options 1. Run nginx with something like HAProxy/Varnish infront 2. Run nginx alone with the app server on port 80/443 and the websocket se

There was two main options 1. Run nginx with something like HAProxy/Varnish infront 2. Run nginx alone with the app server on port 80/443 and the websocket server running on a special port. The app was then proxyed using the built in http_proxy, while the websocket was handled by tcp_proxy.