Socket.io + NodeJS + Nginx + SSL

Question

My socket does not connect when I use Nginx. My configuration file:

server { listen 80; return 301 https://$host$request_uri; } server { listen 443; server_name mysite.com ssl on; ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/server.crt; ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/server.key; ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.1 TLSv1; ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on; ssl_ciphers 'kEECDH+ECDSA+AES128 kEECDH+ECDSA+AES256 kEECDH+AES128 kEECDH+AES256 kEDH+AES128 kEDH+AES256 DES-CBC3-SHA +SHA !aNULL !eNULL !LOW !MD5 !EXP !DSS !PSK !SRP !kECDH !CAMELLIA !RC4 !SEED'; ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m; ssl_session_timeout 10m; keepalive_timeout 70; access_log /var/log/nginx/dash.log; # pass the request to the node.js server location / { proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $server_name; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; add_header Front-End-Https on; proxy_pass https://127.0.0.1:8081; proxy_redirect off; } } 

My NodeJS:

 // Setup servers var app = express(); var HTTPSOptions = { cert: fs.readFileSync(config.ssl.server_cert), key: fs.readFileSync(config.ssl.server_key), requestCert: false, rejectUnauthorized: false, passphrase: config.ssl.server_password }; HTTPSOptions.agent = new https.Agent(HTTPSOptions); io = io.listen(server, { log: false }); io.sockets.on('connection', function (sock) { console.log("CONNECTED"); }); var httpsServer = https.createServer(HTTPSOptions, app); 

And my client

 var socket = io.connect('https://localhost', {secure: true}); socket.on('connect', function () { console.log("CONNECTED HERE TOO"); }); 

Needless to say, neither of the two console.log shows anything. I'm worried that nginx is blocking the request and node never actually gets it?

Answer 1

listen 443 ssl ; seems to be missing listen 443 ssl ;