Node Apache Proxy with SSL

Using this Apache virtual host config I can connect to a node server running on http://localhost:8080

<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName www.mysite.com
ServerAlias mysite.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/starlight/public
ErrorLog /var/www/starlight/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/starlight/requests.log combined

SSLEngine on

SSLCertificateFile /etc/httpd/certs/34af2901da4c90ee.crt
SSLCACertificateFile /etc/httpd/certs/gd_bundle-g2-g1.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/httpd/certs/mysite.key
<Directory /var/www/starlight/public>
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

ProxyRequests on
#SSLProxyEngine On
#SSLProxyVerify none
#SSLProxyCheckPeerCN off
#SSLProxyCheckPeerName off
#SSLProxyCheckPeerExpire off
ProxyPass /rtu http://localhost:8080/
ProxyPassReverse /rtu http://localhost:8080/

</VirtualHost>

The SSL parts of the proxy config are not needed as we are connection using http.

See below for the node app - I am using it to push data.

Without the Proxy config - i.e. directly in the browser I can connect to /socket.io/socket.io.js and see the socket code...

wwww.mysite.com:8080/socket.io/socket.io.js

!function(e){if("object"==typeof exports&&"undefined"!=typeof     module)module.exports=e();else if("function"==typeof define&&define.amd)define([],e);else{var f;"undefined"!=typeof window?f=window:"undefined"!=typeof global?f=global:"undefined"!=typeof self&&(f=self),f.io=e()}}(function(){var define,module,exports;return (function e(t,n,r){function s(o,u){if(!n[o]){if(!t[o]){var a=typeof require=="function"&&require;if(!u&&a)return a(o,!0);if(i)return i(o,!0);throw new Error("Cannot find module '"+o+"'")}var f=n[o]={exports:{}};t[o][0].call(f.exports,function(e){var n=t[o][1][e];return s(n?n:e)},f,f.exports,e,t,n,r)}return n[o].exports}var i=typeof require=="function"&&require;for(var o=0;o<r.length;o++)s(r[o]);return s})({1:[function(_dereq_,module,exports){

But enabling the proxy config and using - e.g.

www.mysite.com/rtu/socket.io/socket.io.js - I only get a "hello world" response.

As far as I can see the Proxy should forward the extra segments of the url...

Please help.

The node app is:

var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var redis = require('redis');
var https = require('https');
var fs = require('fs');

var subscriber  = redis.createClient();

var mongo = require('mongodb');
var monk = require('monk');
var db = monk('localhost:27017/nodetest1');

var server = require('http').Server(app);

var io = require('socket.io')(server);


server.listen(8080);
//httpsserver.listen(3001);


io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) {
console.log("New user connected");
  socket.emit('news', { hello: 'world3' });
  socket.on('my other event', function (data) {
    console.log("socket");
    console.log(data);
  });
});

subscriber  = redis.createClient(),
subscriber.on('message', function (channel, json) {
// this will always retrieve messages posted to mysql

var obj = JSON.parse(json);
console.log("redis");
console.log(channel);
console.log(obj);
io.sockets.emit(obj.provider, obj);

});

subscriber.subscribe('mysql');

// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');

// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
//app.use(favicon(__dirname + '/public/favicon.ico'));
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

// Make our db accessible to our router
app.use(function(req,res,next){
req.db = db;
next();
});

app.use('/', routes);
app.use('/users', users);

// catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
var err = new Error('Not Found');
err.status = 404;
next(err);
});

// error handlers

// development error handler
// will print stacktrace
if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
    res.status(err.status || 500);
    res.render('error', {
        message: err.message,
        error: err
    });
});
}

// production error handler
// no stacktraces leaked to user
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error', {
    message: err.message,
    error: {}
});
});


module.exports = app;

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