How to set secure websocket connection using websocket-server and node.js

[Mikhail]

I can't set secure websocket connection using websocket-server and
node.js

server side

var ws = require("websocket-server"),
fs = require('fs');

var options = {
key: fs.readFileSync(PRIVATE_KEY),
cert: fs.readFileSync(CERTIFICATE)
};

// create web server
var server = ws.createServer(options);
server.listen(8000);
...
client side (google chrome)

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var wsUri = "wss://my_url:8000";


function init() {
websocket = new WebSocket(wsUri);
}

...

window.addEventListener("load", init, false);
</script>
But if I change protocol to ws it works fine (var wsUri = "ws://url:
8000")
Any ideas?

[Micheil Smith]

Hi,

I'm not sure if you've seen the project's issue tracker [1], but this is a known issue, it
broke after the changes that occurred in the HTTP/HTTPS refactor a while back,
and I haven't yet had time to fix it.

Expect it in 2.1.XX.

[1] http://github.com/miksago/node-websocket-server/issues

Regards,
Micheil Smith,
node-websocket-server maintainer / author.

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[Vojto Rinik]

This fork works for me: https://github.com/jezzadebate/node-websocket-server

[Raymond Rugemalira]

Mikhail, this worked for me:

In /bin/www

var app = require('../app');

var https = require('https');

var fs = require('fs');

var sslOptions = {

    key: fs.readFileSync('./ssl/server.key'),

    cert: fs.readFileSync('./ssl/server.crt'),

    ca: fs.readFileSync('./ssl/ca.crt'),

    requestCert: true

};

var host = '127.0.0.1'; 

var port = '3000';

var ws_cfg = {

    ssl: true,

    port: port,

    ssl_key: './ssl/server.key',

    ssl_cert: './ssl/server.crt',

    ssl_ca: '../ssl/ca.crt'

};

var processRequest = function (req, res) {

    console.log("Server listening on https://" + host + ":%s", port);

};

var secureServer = https.createServer(sslOptions, app).listen(port, function () {

    console.log("Server listening on https://" + host + ":%s", port);

}, processRequest).listen(ws_cfg.port);

var ws = require('/usr/local/lib/node_modules/websocket.io');

var WebSocketServer = require('/usr/local/lib/node_modules/websocket.io').Server;

var wss = new WebSocketServer({

    server: secureServer,

    autoAcceptConnections: false

});

var webSocketServer = ws.attach(secureServer);

In js client-side

var wsConnection = new WebSocket("wss://localhost:3000");

wsConnection.onopen = function () {

  alert("I'm the client and I'm listening on an open socket!");

    var socketMessageToServer = {};

    socketMessageToServer.text = "I'm the client and I'm listening on an established socket!";

    // Send an initial message to the server

    wsConnection.send(JSON.stringify(socketMessageToServer));

};

Here is where I can't make it work:

I'd like to receive socketMessageToServer in app.js on server side. How do I do that?

Let me know.

[Raymond Rugemalira]

// Make webSocketServer exportable add following in /bin/www

module.exports = {
createWebSocket: function () {
return webSocketServer;
}
};

// Then in app.js import webSocketServer from www as follows:
var www = require('./bin/www');
var webSocketServer = www.createWebSocket();
// Check we have imported webSocketServer
console.log("webSocketServer is: ");
console.dir(webSocketServer);