In this example a simple Node.js server is created based on Express, which serves static content from the public folder, has one REST API function and reports server memory stats over WebSockets.
The goal is to provide a fully functional NginX config for HTTPS connection along with the example of Node.js server, which contains both WebSockets and REST API on one URL.
To create the certificates in repo I have used the following command:
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout ./nginx.key -out ./nginx.crt
- Install Ngnix & Node.js 4+
- Install dependencies:
npm install - Put the certificates from this repo to the proper place or fix paths to certificates in
nginx.confto point to the files from this repo (or other valid certificates) - Put contents of the
nginx.confto the/etc/nginx/sites-available/defaultconfig. - Run the example server:
npm start. It will be started on port 8001 by default. - Run Nginx:
sudo nginx. - Now you should be able to open localhost and see your server stats pulse.
Everything here is got from NginX official documentation and StackOverflow answers, except the Node.js server itself which is got from the Node js WS library examples.