NodeJS App Mapping HTTP Port 8080

[plankur]

Hi! I'm busy testing out the platform and I can't seem to access the web portion even though I've mapped to port 8080 as per the docs:

This is the boxfile:
run.config:
engine: nodejs
data.db:
image: nanobox/postgresql:9.5
web.main:
start: node index.js
ports:
- tcp:8080:3000

[sanderson]

You won't be able to map 8080 to 3000 with tcp. 8080 is the default http port so you're likely getting a port conflict.
What you'll need to do in this case is setup an nginx proxy to forward 8080 down to port 3000.
Are you using a specific framework? I could give you what you need for the proxy.

[plankur]

Hi Scott, thanks, I found where I went wrong. I needed the actual NodeJS app to listen on 8080, not have it port forward from the container.