Route requests to an http server listening on a unix socket

[axeljohnsson]

Hi,

I want to route requests that comes in to a public node http server,
to another node http server listening on a unix socket.

I know it's possible with nginx but I want to do it with node js.

Can I use http.createClient but with a socket path instead of port and
host?
Or is it better to use the net module in some way?

I have made som research but I can't figure it out.

[Tim Caswell]

What nginx does is proxy each and every request to a backend server.
You can do this in node, but it's non-trivial to get it right. I
believe there are some node modules for this already. Look for "http
reverse-proxy"

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[Axel Johnsson]

Yes, for example https://github.com/nodejitsu/node-http-proxy do what I want.

But only with ports and not with unix sockets. So my problem remains, how to send http requests to a server listening on a socket.

Do you know any project/code where I can look?

Thanks for your answer. =)

[Tim Caswell]

It should be trivial to connect to a unix socket instead of a ip/port.
As far as I know you simply put the path to the socket in instead of
the IP and port when connecting or listening.

[Axel Johnsson]

I did not try to put the path to the socket in the createClient function before I post here. I thought it would not work, but it did a little bit. I'm able to send the request, but not to send the response back from the server to the proxy.

I will work on a possible solution. Any tips are welcome. =)