node.js-http: listen on local unix pipe/socket

Question

Is there a possibility to listen a node.js-http server natively on a local unix pipe/socket? (eg /var/tmp/http.sock). I want to use it in combination with WebSockets and a reverse proxy.

Answer 1

Because http is based on net, you can use the same options that the net module has. In fact, the http docs explicitly say that you can listen on a unix socket.

var server = http.createServer();
server.listen('/var/tmp/http.sock');