Node.js + Socket.io + Apache

Question

I\'m looking for a way to integrate Node.js + Socket.io + Apache in the following way: I want apache to continue serving HTML / JS files. I want node.js to listen for connec

Answer 1

Serve your static content from Apache port 80 and serve your dynamic/data content over a Socket.IO server on port 8080. You don't need the app = require('http').createServer(handler) in your Socket.IO app

Apache port 80 |-------------| clients |------------| Socket.IO port 8080

var io = require('socket.io').listen(8080);

io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
  io.sockets.emit('this', { will: 'be received by everyone'});

  socket.on('clientMSG', function (from, msg) {
    console.log('I received a private message by ', from, ' saying ', msg);
  });

  socket.on('disconnect', function () {
    sockets.emit('user disconnected');
  });
});