How to Mean stack to list on port 8080

Question

I am absolutely new to mean stack, but i am trying to get my root domain name to show the app directory running after i type grunt, but it only works at website.com:8080/!#/ how to git it to be website.com. I have tried modyfing the server. js below but to no success.

This is my server.js file

//Start the app by listening on <port>
var port = process.env.PORT || config.port;
app.listen(8080);
console.log('Express app started on port ' + port);

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can set the port 80 directly in your code but your application needs to run with root privileges if the port is less than 1024.

IMO, a better way is to use Apache or Nginx (HTTP server on 80) with a reverse proxy to 8080. (https://www.google.com/search?q=nginx+reverse+proxy)