socket.iorabbitmqnode-redissocketcluster

NodeJS and Queue Messaging service

In my node project, I need to have a process that read all the data from a queue and rebroadcast the data in real-time through websockets to all subscribed clients. I was wondering if it was possible to achieve something like that with Redis? I might have several servers that pushes data into that queue.

What would be the right approach and tools to achieve this?

Thank you!

Solution

  • I'm doing that with SocketCluster. Rather than have a queue, I'll probably just have the servers connect to SocketCluster directly.

    So yes, 

    Browsers <-> SocketCluster <-> Queue or direct messaging
                   |
                 Redis

    Note that Redis is used by SocketCluster for clustering. It may not be the best way to queue your messages.