Running https not on 443 how is this possible?

Question

If I hit my domain on any other port other than 443 I get the error below. How is it possible then to use nodejs https on different port?

Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to mysite:8080. SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length. (Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long)

For example, in the example given in the documentation they use port 8000.

// curl -k https://localhost:8000/
var https = require('https');
var fs = require('fs');

var options = {
  key: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent2-key.pem'),
  cert: fs.readFileSync('test/fixtures/keys/agent2-cert.pem')
};

https.createServer(options, function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200);
  res.end("hello world\n");
}).listen(8000);

Using CentOS 6.

Answer 1

record_too_long often/usually means you sent non-SSL-data to a client expecting SSL.

Try to visit your site and port via HTTP (not HTTPS). If it works, you have accidentally bound an HTTP server to it, not an HTTPS server.