Setup of nginx with node.js - node.js

Question

I have setup nginx as a front end to an node.js app.
My nginx conf is:
worker_processes 1;
error_log /tmp/logs/error.log;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
access_log /tmp/logs/access.log;
sendfile on;
keepalive_timeout 65;
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
# BELOW IS THE PART TO PROXY MY NODE.JS APP
upstream node_entry {
server unix:/tmp/express.sock
fail_timeout=0;
}
server {
listen 8888;
client_max_body_size 4G;
server_name localhost;
keepalive_timeout 5;
location / {
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_pass http://node_entry;
}
}
}
My node.js app is:
express = require('express');
app = express.createServer();
app.get('/test', function(req, res){
res.send('TEST');
});
app.listen('/tmp/express.sock');
When I issue a:
curl -XGET 'http://localhost:8888/test'
I get an error instead of proxying to my node.js app.
Any idea ?

Answer 1

I'm doing something similar, but it's all on one host, and I'm using a predefined port number that nginx and node both know (though I'd rather use your way if you can get it working).
Does it work if you have node listen on a specific port, and proxy_pass to http://127.0.0.1:{that_port}? (assuming both are on the same server...)