Posted by markwk on October 5, 2011 at 8:20pm
So, I've gotten node working locally so now it's time to push it on to a server. I don't really want to mix it with the server that's running my sites fine, so what should I do for a node.js server with Drupal in mind?

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Joyent
Joyent is a cloud provider that is a huge driver of node.js development and support. May want to check them out - http://www.joyent.com, or http://www.joyentcloud.com.
Tried no.de
Tried no.de. Couldn't figure it out. I setup a quick linode with ubuntu + node.js/npm, but got a snag when I launch the Drupal node.js server stuff. When the user on the site goes on it, it fails to open the websockets.... saying it's invalid...
Not quite sure...
invalid websocket error is an
invalid websocket error is an error from within the socket.io code.
it's usually triggered by a mismatch in the version of the websocket protocol implemented by socket.io and the browser.
i've seen it with newer versions of chromium and older versions of socket.io.
make sure your socket.io is the latest version (0.8.x), and test with different browser versions.
Appears to be such...
Appears to be such...
check out heroku
you can follow amitaibu tutorial to set it up
http://www.gizra.com/content/drupal-nodejs-pantheon-and-heroku/