Using socket.io with nodejs on a server with apache as a reverse proxy

Question

I\'m attempting to use Node.js with Socket.IO to faciliate messaging between the browser and client, following the guide.

However, I had to setup Node reverse-proxie

Answer 1

This ended up being a multi-pronged solutions.

First, on the server end of things, I had to set up the endpoints like this

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

var rootSockets = io.of('/nodejs').on('connection', function(socket)
{
  // stuff
});

var otherSockets = io.of('nodejs/other').on('connection', function(socket)
{
  // stuff
});

Then, on the client-side, to properly connect looks like this

var socket = io.connect(
    'http://example.com/nodejs/'
  , {resource: 'nodejs/socket.io'}
);

// The usage of .of() is important
socket.of('/nodejs').on( 'event', function(){} );
socket.of('/nodejs/other').on( 'event', function(){} );

After this, it all worked. Remember, on this server Apache is proxying example.com/nodejs to port 8080 internally.