Apache and Node.js on the Same Server

Question

I want to use Node because it\'s swift, uses the same language I am using on the client side, and it\'s non-blocking by definition. But the guy who I hired to write the pro

Answer 1

You can use a different approach such as writing a reverse proxy server with nodejs to proxy both apache and all other nodejs apps.

First you need to make apache run on a different port other than port 80. ex: port 8080

Then you can write a reverse proxy script with nodejs as:

var proxy = require('redbird')({port: 80, xfwd: false);

proxy.register("mydomain.me/blog", "http://mydomain.me:8080/blog");
proxy.register("mydomain.me", "http://mydomain.me:3000");

Following article describes the whole process of making this.

RUN APACHE WITH NODE JS REVERSE PROXY – USING REDBIRD