web.config for iisnode and ghost

gistfile1.txt

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>         
      <handlers>
           <add name="iisnode" path="index.js" verb="*" modules="iisnode" />
     </handlers>
      <rewrite>
           <rules>
                <rule name="LogFile" patternSyntax="ECMAScript" stopProcessing="true">
                     <match url="iisnode" />
                </rule>
                <rule name="DynamicContent">
                     <conditions>
                          <add input="{{REQUEST_FILENAME}}" matchType="IsFile" negate="True" />
                     </conditions>
                     <action type="Rewrite" url="index.js" />
                </rule>
           </rules>
      </rewrite>
   </system.webServer>
 </configuration>

You will also need to set the node_env variable otherwise the site will run in development mode.

<iisnode node_env="production" />

Adding this inside <system.webServer> will set the enviroment as production.