node.js, socket.io and SSL

Question

I have an Apache server running with SSL enabled. Now I made a small chat which is using node.js and socket.io to transmit data. Using port 8080 on a none secured connection is working just fine, but when I try it on a SSL secured domain it is not working. I do not get how the whole setup should work since SSL is only working through port 443. Apache is already listining on port 443. On which port should socket.io listen?

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6599470/node-js-socket-io-with-ssl — Fallexe, Jun 01 '13 at 02:55
@Fallexe not really. He is using node.js without Apache. In my case Apache is already using port 443 — Aley, Jun 01 '13 at 09:45
I've never tried to run Apache and socket on the same port, but here is something similar w/o ssl http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11172351/how-to-put-nodejs-and-apache-in-the-same-port-80 — Fallexe, Jun 01 '13 at 10:28

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 01 '13 at 10:48

I had to set the SSL certificates like

var fs = require('fs');

var options = {
  key: fs.readFileSync('/etc/ssl/ebscerts/wildcard.my_example.com.no_pass.key'),
  cert: fs.readFileSync('/etc/ssl/ebscerts/wildcard.my_example.com.crt'),
  ca: fs.readFileSync('/etc/ssl/ebscerts/bundle.crt')
};

var app = require('https').createServer(options),
    io = require('socket.io').listen(app);

app.listen(8080);

I found the solution on github

node.js, socket.io and SSL

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