Node.js Socket.io chat server SSL

Question

i am trying to get my chat app in node.js/socket.io to work on SSL (https), i am now at the moment i dont get errors when i startup the server but i cant connect anymore.

I googled and tried so much examples but i cant get it to work.

This was my old code (this works in http)

    var express = require('express')
  , app = express()
  , http = require('http')
  , server = http.createServer(app)
  , io = require('socket.io').listen(server);

server.listen(8080);

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.sendfile(__dirname + '/index.html');
});

This is my changed code:

var https = require('https');
var fs = require('fs');

var options = {
  key: fs.readFileSync('cert.key'),
  cert: fs.readFileSync('cert.crt')
};

var express = require('express')
  , app = express();

var server = https.createServer(options);
var io = require('socket.io').listen(server);

server.listen(8080);

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.sendfile(__dirname + '/index.html');
});

Answer 1

This is how I created the https server on node. Try it once it is working fine for me .

var port = "80";
var express = require('express')
, app = express()
, http = require('http')
, server = http.createServer(app);
server.listen(port);

var fs = require('fs');
var net = require('net');
var tls = require('tls');
var sslOptions = {
        key: fs.readFileSync('public/server.key'),
        cert: fs.readFileSync('public/server.crt')
};
tls.createServer(sslOptions, function (cleartextStream) {
    var cleartextRequest = net.connect({
        port: port, //your port
        host: serverStr // your server address
    }, function () {
        cleartextStream.pipe(cleartextRequest);
        cleartextRequest.pipe(cleartextStream);
    });
}).listen(443);