Delaying sockets start

[george_i]

How can I delay the sockets start?
I found this code block on start.js:

function (next) {
  var webserver = require('./webserver');
  require('./socket.io').init(webserver.server);

  if (nconf.get('runJobs')) {
    require('./notifications').startJobs();
    require('./user').startJobs();
  }
  webserver.listen(next);
}

All I want to obtain is to run the server first and 1-3 seconds later to start the sockets.
What I don't want is to rewrite in the src folder.

Alternatively I could overwrite in a plugin the Sockets.init function.
What do you suggest?

[PitaJ]

Why do you want to? Perhaps there is an alternative solution.

[george_i]

@PitaJ NodeBB is installed on a server and I'm using a proxy to serve it.
Both servers are on Heroku on free Dynos. If nodeBB is sleeping, the proxy server will wake it up, but when it starts it throws a socket error and the proxy server displays the "Application error" page.
But in reality NodeBB server started okay.

[george_i]

@PitaJ the thing I never managed to start NodeBB on Heroku with web: node loader.js --no-daemon, but only with web: node app.js and maybe I wouldn't have this issue now.

[george_i]

Delaying the sockets start didn't solved the problem. So I'm still looking for the solution.

But I managed to start the server as it should.

PS: would've been great to have the option to close the topic.

[george_i]

It looks like is a configuration problem. When I load the page, there is this network error:

socket.io.js:8 WebSocket connection to 'wss://example.com/socket.io/?EIO=3&transport=websocket&sid=zV8kYkx-87ULGIjGAAAF' failed: Error in connection establishment: net::ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR

On Chrome's inspector window it says it was canceled.
But then it works normal.
So all I need is to bypass the first error... or even better, fix it.