By Magda
How to configure apps platform to work with http server and websocket server on one instance?
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Hey there!
Services that you run on the App Platform are exposed via app domains on port 443/HTTPS. It’s not possible to expose more the one external port. So you should also use the wss:// scheme when connecting. This is not necessarily the same port as you would specify that your service is listening on internally.
There is a sample nodejs repo that uses websockets and can be forked + deployed to the App Platform without any changes if that helps as a reference: https://github.com/snormore/sample-websocket
Hope it helps! Nate
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