I am trying to figure out how to embed NodeJS within a Firefox extension, so that I can run a persistent server process (specifically PeerServer) as long as the user has the extension enabled. The only thing I've been able to find online is this guide ... but I haven't been able to make those instructions work, and need to find some more resources.

My questions are:

1) Does anyone have any other resources besides the article I linked to above that talk about embedding NodeJS in Firefox extensions? Any code examples?

2) Is there some reason that it would not be possible to run a persistent server process such as PeerServer from within a Firefox extension? Are there some kind of limitations on extensions that would prevent me from being able to do that?