Is there a need for request forwarding?

Question

Nginx

Nginx and Node.js are installed on the same physical machine. Moreover, Node.js listens only locally (127.0.0.1).
Is it necessary to route all socket requests addressed to Node.js through Nginx? In Nginx, you can easily forward such requests. Does it provide any benefits?
Or will it only slow down the performance of the web server?

Answer 1

Usually Nginx resolves the connection to the statics and to the node.