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github.com/cf-routing/golang-websocket
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Simple app to test web socket connections passed into the application.
Instructions to deploy as this application.
Run the following commands
git clone https://github.com/cf-routing/golang-websocket.git
cd golang-websocket
cf api api.domain.com
cf auth [your_username] [your_password]
cf create-org testorg
cf target -o testorg
cf create-space testspace
cf target -o testorg -s testspace
cf push golang
After staging the app successfully, run the command cf app golang
to get the URL for the app (e.g. golang.domain.com).
cf logs golang
index
path (e.g. golang.domain.com/index
)Example logs look like
2017-03-09T15:04:29.91-0800 [APP/PROC/WEB/0]OUT Received back from client: Hello, world!
2017-03-09T15:04:29.91-0800 [APP/PROC/WEB/0]OUT Sending to client: Received: Hello, world!
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