What web server do you use for your Mediasoup projects? (Nginx config review)

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Hi everyone,

I’m interested to know what web server most of you use in production for Mediasoup projects.
In my setup I’m using Nginx as a reverse proxy in front of a Node.js application that uses Socket.IO.

I’d appreciate it if you could review the Nginx configuration below and let me know if it looks correct for a typical Mediasoup + Socket.IO server, or if there’s anything you would recommend changing or improving.

Here is the example configuration (domain changed to example.mediaserver.com):

server {
    server_name example.mediaserver.com;

    proxy_hide_header Server;
    add_header Server "Ziture MediaServer" always;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3000;
        proxy_ssl_server_name on;
        proxy_buffering off;

        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header   Host $http_host;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   Connection "upgrade";
    }

    listen 443 ssl;
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.mediaserver.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.mediaserver.com/privkey.pem;
    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf;
    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem;
}

server {
    if ($host = example.mediaserver.com) {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    }

    server_name example.mediaserver.com;
    listen 80;
    return 404;
}

If you’re running Mediasoup in production, I’d love to hear:

  • Which web server or reverse proxy you are using (Nginx, Caddy, HAProxy, Traefik, etc.)

  • Whether this Nginx configuration fits best practices for Mediasoup + Socket.IO

  • Any important tweaks or improvements I should consider

Thanks in advance!

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You can find the working Nginx configuration for MiroTalk SFU (mediasoup-based), including the setup with Nginx + Certbot, in our documentation:

:right_arrow: https://docs.mirotalk.com/mirotalk-sfu/self-hosting/#configuring-nginx-certbot

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Hi miroslavpejic85,
Thank you so much for your helpful reply and for sharing the correct Nginx configuration link. I really appreciate your support and the clear guidance you provided. It helped me a lot!

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You’re welcome :wink:

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