A template for setting up Node.js-backed web apps on EC2

Personally, I put our main node.js based app behind nginx which is behind varnish. Varnish caches any get requests, Nginx balances multiple instances of our app running (currently 5 instances) as well as handles x-sendfile requests.

Nice, I'm writing up about EC2 as well, though in a different context ... I'm very fond of it too (for these small projects).