I've had success running node and nginx on the same digital ocean droplet
fwiw.

Apparently node and apache need to be run alongside each other on separate
ports. The answers to this question might be useful to your process:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14369865/running-node-js-in-apache.


Brian Zelip
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Junior Tidal <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to experiment with node.js on our production server to create a
> small calendar app.
>
> I was wondering if it's better to run node.js on the same server with
> Apache, or to set it up a separate cloud instance?
>
> I'm not sure if one is better than the other.
>
> Best,
>
> Junior Tidal
> Assistant Professor
> Web Services and Multimedia Librarian
> New York City College of Technology, CUNY
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>
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>