server.js

var     config = require('nconf'),
        express = require('./config/express'),
        fs = require('fs'),
        mongoose = require('./config/mongoose'),
        spdy = require('spdy'),
        pluginController = require('./app/controllers/plugin');

config
    .env()
    .argv()
    .file('./config/config.json') // absolute -file doesn't need to exist
    .defaults(require('./config/defaults.json')); // relative

pluginController.process(config, function () {
    mongoose(config, pluginController, function (d) {
        express(config, pluginController, function (ap) {
            var app = ap;
            var sslEnabled = false;
            var createServerOptions = {
                spdy: {
                    plain: true // no https
                }
            };

            // Turn on SSL if certs are found
            if (config.get('ENV:ssl:key') && config.get('ENV:ssl:cert')) {
                sslEnabled = true;
                createServerOptions = {
                    key: fs.readFileSync(config.get('ENV:ssl:key')),
                    cert: fs.readFileSync(config.get('ENV:ssl:cert')),
                    spdy: {},
                    secureOptions: require('constants').SSL_OP_NO_TLSv1 // SSL_OP_CIPHER_SERVER_PREFERENCE
                };
                if (config.get('ENV:ssl:ciphers')) {
                    createServerOptions.ciphers = config.get('ENV:ssl:ciphers');
                }
            }
            if (config.get('ENV:protocols')) {
                createServerOptions.spdy.protocols = config.get('ENV:protocols'); // protocols: ['h2', 'http/1.1']
            }

            spdy
             .createServer(createServerOptions, app)
             .listen(config.get('ENV:port'), function (err) {
                if (err) {
                    console.log('error: ', err);
                } else {
                    // TODO: need to select certain domains
                    console.log(config.get('NODE_ENV')  + ' server running at //localhost:' + config.get('ENV:port'));
                    if (sslEnabled && config.get('ENV:port') !== 443) {
                        console.warn('SSL/TSL is intended to run on port 443, however server is starting on port ' + config.get('ENV:port'));
                    } else if (sslEnabled && config.get('ENV:port') === 443) { // If SSL is setup, force it's usage
                        var redirectApp = require('http');
                        redirectApp.createServer(function (req, res) {
                            res.writeHead(301, { Location: 'https://' + req.headers.host + req.url });
                            res.end(); // TODO: push the posts as well?
                        }).listen(80);
                    }
                }
            });
            module.exports = app;
        });
    });
});