NodeJS HTTP - listen on other port than 80

Question

I am running XAMPP on Windows to host an Apache server on port 80. Now I\'m trying to have a NodeJS script running in the background but the problem is that it can only list

Answer 1

If I want use Apache and Nodejs in same port: npm http-proxy-middleware

1. Set Apache Port = 81

[apache dir]/conf/httpd.conf

~59: Listen 81

2. Set nodejs APP port = 3050

server.listen(3050); // on linux ports<1000 require root privilegue

3. Use third proxy APP (http-proxy-middleware)

  // https://www.npmjs.com/package/http-proxy-middleware
  var express = require('express');
  var proxy = require('http-proxy-middleware');

  // proxy middleware options
  var options = {
      target: 'http://localhost:81', // target host ROOT
      changeOrigin: true, // needed for virtual hosted sites
      ws: true, // proxy websockets
      pathRewrite: {
          // '^/api/old-path' : '/api/new-path',     // rewrite path
          // '^/api/remove/path' : '/path'           // remove base path        
      },
      router: {
          // Examples:
          // when request.headers.host == 'dev.localhost:3000',
          // override target 'http://www.example.org' to 'http://localhost:8000'
          // 'dev.localhost:3000' : 'http://localhost:8000',
          // 'localhost:9000': 'localhost:9002/sub',                 
          // '/sub': 'http://localhost:9002',

          'localhost': 'http://localhost:81',         //Root to Apache
          'sub.localhost': 'http://localhost:3050',  // internal
          'sub.mydomain.com': 'http://localhost:3050', //external
      },
  };

  // create the proxy (without context)
  // var proxy_wp = proxy(options_wp);
  var proxy_node = proxy(options);

  // mount `exampleProxy` in web server
  var app = express();
  app.use(proxy_node);
  app.listen(80);

Then:

1. localhost:80 - is apache site
2. sub.localhost:80 - node
3. localhost:80/sub - node, if you set

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