Is it possible to integrate a nodejs app as a part of a rails app?

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What's the best way to integrate a NodeJS app into an existing Rails app?

Nodejs app: http://node.rails.app or even http://www.rails.app/node

23-09-2010: After searching for some time, I think an approach would be to have 2 separate services:

Rack (Rails) service, which would host the rails application.
NodeJS service for the realtime component.

So, I guess what my question is aimed to, is server management: How can I properly configure a server to host the main app via any requests to http://www.rails.app/* but dedicate http://node.rails.app or http://www.rails.app/node to the nodejs component?

Shripad Krishna · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-30 12:14:46Z

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Just use Juggernaut 2. http://github.com/maccman/juggernaut

However, i would advise you to just stick to one of them. Either node.js or Rails. For rails you can give http://pusherapp.com a shot.

answered Sep 30, 2010 at 12:14

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Lonecat Over a year ago

Thanks for the advice. The rails application is a (almost) production ready application, I just need to integrate a realtime module that won't kill my server. I'm still favored towards making separate services and link them together somehow.

Shripad Krishna Over a year ago

Juggernut 2 is pretty active. It is socket.io + redis(for bridging & pubsub functionality) + rails. So i guess it should be good for you. :)

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