Running Node.js in apache?

javascript apache node.js webserver
JackSparrow123 picture JackSparrow123 · Jan 17, 2013 · Viewed 112.7k times · Source

We have an Apache Webserver installed on a machine which also serves pages using Perl.

For a project I've decided to use Node.js instead of Perl/Ruby. Just wondering if it's possible to use Apache as my webserver (so it serves the pages) and use Node.js to dynamically create the web pages (this is for a web app I am creating)?

So in other words can they work hand in hand just like Apache/Perl or Apache/PHP etc..

Answer

Evgeny Karpov picture Evgeny Karpov · May 28, 2014

Hosting a nodejs site through apache can be organized with apache proxy module.

It's better to start nodejs server on localhost with default port 1337

Enable proxy with a command:

sudo a2enmod proxy proxy_http

Do not enable proxying with ProxyRequests until you have secured your server. Open proxy servers are dangerous both to your network and to the Internet at large. Setting ProxyRequests to Off does not disable use of the ProxyPass directive.

Configure /etc/apche2/sites-availables with

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    ServerName site.com
    ServerAlias www.site.com 

    ProxyRequests off

    <Proxy *>
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
    </Proxy>

    <Location />
        ProxyPass http://localhost:1337/
        ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:1337/
    </Location>
</VirtualHost>

and restart apache2 service.

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