How to serve NodeJS application from IIS/Windows Server Edition OS without using iisnode?

Question

So, I\'ve written a NodeJS application on Windows having Server Edition OS, My application basically communicates with other Softwares installed in the same system by execut

Answer 1

Option 1:

1. Run your Node.js app at a local binding such as http://localhost:8080 Reference
2. Set up IIS as reverse proxy Reference

iisnode provides better control on application pool integration and so on, but since it is a dead project you definitely shouldn't use it any more.

Option 2:

Use HttpPlatformHandler to launch your Node.js app,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <handlers>
      <add name="httppPlatformHandler" path="*" verb="*" modules="httpPlatformHandler" resourceType="Unspecified" />
    </handlers>
    <httpPlatform stdoutLogEnabled="true" stdoutLogFile=".\node.log" startupTimeLimit="20" processPath="C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" arguments=".\app.js">
            <environmentVariables>
                <environmentVariable name="PORT" value="%HTTP_PLATFORM_PORT%" />
                <environmentVariable name="NODE_ENV" value="Production" />
            </environmentVariables>
        </httpPlatform>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

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