Beyondcode Laravel Websockets : failed: WebSocket is closed before the connection is established

Question

Local websockets is running like a charm but on production I keep getting the error in the title.

Some background information I'm using the websocket package: beyondcode/laravel-websockets. I'm running 'php artisan websockets:serve --port=6004' with supervisor. I also made sure port 6004 is open.

In production I tried the settings with and without SSL both gave the error in the title.

Settings with SSL:

My echo settings:

window.Echo = new Echo({
    broadcaster: 'pusher',
    key: process.env.MIX_PUSHER_APP_KEY,
    wsHost: window.location.hostname,
    wsPort: 6004,
    wssPort: 6004,
    disableStats: true,
    enabledTransports: ['ws', 'wss'],
});

My pusher settings:

'pusher' => [
            'driver' => 'pusher',
            'key' => env('PUSHER_APP_KEY'),
            'secret' => env('PUSHER_APP_SECRET'),
            'app_id' => env('PUSHER_APP_ID'),
            'options' => [
                'cluster' => env('PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER'),
                'encrypted' => true,
                'host' => '127.0.0.1',
                'port' => 6004,
                'scheme' => 'https',
                'curl_options' => [
                    CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => 0,
                    CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => 0,
                ]
            ],
        ],

My websockets settings:

'apps' => [
        [
            'id' => env('PUSHER_APP_ID'),
            'name' => env('APP_NAME'),
            'key' => env('PUSHER_APP_KEY'),
            'secret' => env('PUSHER_APP_SECRET'),
            'enable_client_messages' => true,
            'enable_statistics' => true,
        ],
    ],

    'ssl' => [
        /*
         * Path to local certificate file on filesystem. It must be a PEM encoded file which
         * contains your certificate and private key. It can optionally contain the
         * certificate chain of issuers. The private key also may be contained
         * in a separate file specified by local_pk.
         */
        'local_cert' => base_path().'/ssl/server.crt',

        /*
         * Path to local private key file on filesystem in case of separate files for
         * certificate (local_cert) and private key.
         */
        'local_pk' => base_path().'/ssl/server.pem',

        /*
         * Passphrase for your local_cert file.
         */
        'passphrase' => null,
        'verify_peer' => false,
    ],

Settings without SSL:

My echo settings:

window.Echo = new Echo({
    broadcaster: 'pusher',
    key: process.env.MIX_PUSHER_APP_KEY,
    wsHost: window.location.hostname,
    wsPort: 6004,
    disableStats: true,
    enabledTransports: ['ws', 'wss'],
});

My pusher settings:

'pusher' => [
            'driver' => 'pusher',
            'key' => env('PUSHER_APP_KEY'),
            'secret' => env('PUSHER_APP_SECRET'),
            'app_id' => env('PUSHER_APP_ID'),
            'options' => [
                'cluster' => env('PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER'),
                'encrypted' => false,
                'host' => '127.0.0.1',
                'port' => 6004,
                'scheme' => 'http',
            ],
        ],

My websockets settings:

'apps' => [
        [
            'id' => env('PUSHER_APP_ID'),
            'name' => env('APP_NAME'),
            'key' => env('PUSHER_APP_KEY'),
            'secret' => env('PUSHER_APP_SECRET'),
            'enable_client_messages' => true,
            'enable_statistics' => true,
        ],
    ],

    'ssl' => [
        /*
         * Path to local certificate file on filesystem. It must be a PEM encoded file which
         * contains your certificate and private key. It can optionally contain the
         * certificate chain of issuers. The private key also may be contained
         * in a separate file specified by local_pk.
         */
        'local_cert' => null,

        /*
         * Path to local private key file on filesystem in case of separate files for
         * certificate (local_cert) and private key.
         */
        'local_pk' => null,

        /*
         * Passphrase for your local_cert file.
         */
        'passphrase' => null,

    ],

Answer 1

In my case after downgrading pusher from 6 something to

"pusher-js": "^4.3.1"

it started to work. Javascript I love you! 😠

Answer 2

so after a few days of fighting with ssl, I have to share with my knowledge in this topic.. After installation according to docs, websockets was worked with http, but not after using ssl(443). I think I had a problem with the correct settings and path to .pem (Let's Encrypt)(I tried everything, this work for me). I use normal settings for Apatche2 mydomain.conf with port*:443, on VPS server.

websockets.php:

  'apps' => [
        [
            'id' => env('PUSHER_APP_ID'),
            'name' => env('APP_NAME'),
            'key' => env('PUSHER_APP_KEY'),
            'secret' => env('PUSHER_APP_SECRET'),
            'enable_client_messages' => true,
            'enable_statistics' => true,
            'encrypted' => true,
        ],
    ],
  'ssl' => [ 
        'local_cert' => '/etc/letsencrypt/live/server1.mydomain.com/fullchain.pem',
        'local_pk' => '/etc/letsencrypt/live/server1.mydomain.com/privkey.pem', 
        'passphrase' => null,
        'verify_peer' => false,
    ],

broadcasting.php:

      'pusher' => [
            'driver' => 'pusher',
            'key' => env('PUSHER_APP_KEY'),
            'secret' => env('PUSHER_APP_SECRET'),
            'app_id' => env('PUSHER_APP_ID'),
            'options' => [
                'cluster' => env('PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER'),
                'encrypted' => true,
                'host' => 'server1.mydomain.com',
                'port' => 6001,
                'scheme' => 'https',
                'curl_options' => [
                    CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => 0,
                    CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => 0,
                ]
            ],
        ],  

bootstrap.js:

  window.Echo = new Echo({
        auth:{ headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + user.token } },
        broadcaster: 'pusher',
        key: process.env.MIX_PUSHER_APP_KEY,
        cluster: process.env.MIX_PUSHER_APP_CLUSTER,
        wsHost: window.location.hostname,
        wsPort: 6001,
        wssPort: 6001,
        disableStats: false, 
        enabledTransports: ['ws', 'wss']
 });

I hope this will be helpful. thank you, good luck and see you soon:)