compoundjs support both ssl and normal http - ssl

Question

I needed to use SSL on my site in certain situations,
I have followed the example in the readme
require('compound').createServer({
key: fs.readFileSync('/tmp/tls.key').toString(),
cert: fs.readFileSync('/tmp/tls.cert').toString()
});
My server.js is
#!/usr/bin/env node
var fs = require('fs');
/**
* Server module exports method returning new instance of app.
*
* #param {Object} params - compound/express webserver initialization params.
* #returns CompoundJS powered express webserver
*/
var app = module.exports = function getServerInstance(params) {
params = params || {};
// specify current dir as default root of server
params.root = params.root || __dirname;
params["key"] = fs.readFileSync('/tmp/tls.key').toString();
params["cert"] = fs.readFileSync('/tmp/tls.cert').toString();
return require('compound').createServer(params);
};
if (!module.parent) {
var port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
var host = process.env.HOST || '0.0.0.0';
var server = app();
server.listen(port, host, function () {
console.log(
'Compound server listening on %s:%d within %s environment',
host, port, server.set('env')
);
});
}
Now the problem is I can't get http, only https.
If I just put my cert and key inside of the config folder and have
**var app = module.exports = function getServerInstance(params) {
params = params || {};
// specify current dir as default root of server
params.root = params.root || __dirname;
return require('compound').createServer(params);
};**
Then I get some error that
config/tls.cert:1
tion (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { -----BEGIN CERTIFICAT
^^^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
at Module._compile (module.js:439:25)
What is the quickest and easiest way to get compoundjs to support both https and http routes, do I need to have two servers (like you would often with straight express)?

Answer 1

YES - need to have two servers like you do with express. So
var app = module.exports = function getServerInstance(params) {
params = params || {};
// specify current dir as default root of server
params.root = params.root || __dirname;
return require('compound').createServer(params);
};
var port = process.env.PORT || 80;
var host = process.env.HOST || '0.0.0.0';
var port_https = 443;
var server = app();
server.listen(port, host, function () {
server.set("confvar", process.env.SERVER_NAME);
console.log(
'Compound server listening on %s:%d within %s environment',
host, port, server.set('env')
);
});
if(fs.existsSync(PATH TO KEY GOES HERE)){
var apphttps = module.exports = function getServerInstance(params) {
params = params || {};
// specify current dir as default root of server
params.root = params.root || __dirname;
params.key = fs.readFileSync(PATH TO KEY GOES HERE).toString();
params.cert = fs.readFileSync(PATH TO CERT GOES HERE).toString();
return require('compound').createServer(params);
};
var serverhttps = apphttps();
serverhttps.listen(port_https, host, function () {
serverhttps.set("confvar", process.env.SERVER_NAME);
console.log(
'Compound https server listening on %s:%d within %s environment',
host, port_https, serverhttps.set('env')
);
});
}