You can listen on a TCP port to process arbitrary (non-HTTP) traffic using WIndows Azure Cloud Services. There are two varieties: Web Role and Worker Role. You need Worker Role. You can set up several instances and have Windows Azure load balance traffic between them. Check out the tutorial at https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/nodejs/tutorials/getting-started/.
On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 12:50:32 AM UTC-8, paul_tanner wrote: > > Hi, > > We have developed a webserivce built in node that susbcribes to TCP > sockets to get realtime input. > > Having got excited about switching from dedicated severs to PaaS I > seem to have hit a brick wall in that non-http ports are not yet > supported on those I've looked at. > > This is a shame because quite a large class of apps are ruled out > while this restriction remains. > > I hear that websockets will be supported real soon now. This is > goodness but not enough for the above requirement. > > Have I missed anything or will I need to be super-patient on this? > > Regards, Paul > > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
