Node, socket.io with SSL

Question

I have a problem with node.js, socket.io and a new SSL certificate i implemented. Tried a lot of solutions here on stackoverflow already but i just can't get it working. Would love to have some custom made help for my situation and hopefully help others.

Without SSL the situation is like this:

On my node.js script

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

In my html page

 var socket = io('http://mywebsite.com:8080'); 

This is working fine but when i throw a SSL certificate in the mix it goes wrong. I tried some solutions like below:

 var https = require('https'), fs = require('fs'); var options = { key: fs.readFileSync('/server.key'), cert: fs.readFileSync('/server.crt') }; var app = https.createServer(options); var io = require('socket.io').listen(app); app.listen(8080); 

 var io = io('https://mywebsite.com', { secure: true }); 

Any suggestion is appreciated!

Answer 1

Your code var io = require('socket.io').listen(app); is not correct. It should be var io = require('socket.io')(app); since the require from socket io gives back a function (and you need to pass the server into it).