How to make the webpack dev server run on port 80 and on 0.0.0.0 to make it publicly accessible?

Question

I am new to the whole nodejs/reactjs world so apologies if my question sounds silly. So I am playing around with reactabular.js.

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Answer 1

Following worked for me -

1) In Package.json add this:

"scripts": {
    "dev": "webpack-dev-server --progress --colors"
}

2) In webpack.config.js add this under config object that you export:

devServer: {
    host: "GACDTL001SS369k", // Your Computer Name
    port: 8080
}

3) Now on terminal type: npm run dev

4) After #3 compiles and ready just head over to your browser and key in address as http://GACDTL001SS369k:8080/

Your app should hopefully be working now with an external URL which others can access on the same network.

PS: GACDTL001SS369k was my Computer Name so do replace with whatever is yours on your machine.