Add a note in the docs about using a reverse proxy

sveltejs · Jun 23, 2023 · b29db75 · b29db75
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 The default port that will be used for the HTTPS endpoint is 3001. You can customize this via the `HTTPS_PORT` environment variable.
 
+> We generally recommended that you use a reverse proxy in front of your application to enable HTTPS instead, and have your reverse proxy communicate with your SvelteKit application via plain HTTP; only use these options when you know what you're doing, or as a last resort.
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 ### `NO_HTTP2`:
 By default, the HTTPS endpoint will support HTTP/2 as well as HTTP/1.1. If, for some reason, supporting HTTP/2 isn't desirable, you can disable it by setting the `NO_HTTP2` environment variable to a non-empty value (e.g. `1`).