Openshift port for node.js

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I have a server that won't start correctly on openshift. This is my code:

var connect = require("connect");
var port = process.env.OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_PORT  || 8080;
var httpServer = connect.createServer(connect.static(__dirname + "/public")).listen(port);
console.log("Listening on " + port + "...");

I keep getting this error:

info: socket.io started warn: error raised: Error: listen EACCES DEBUG: Program node server.js exited with code 0 DEBUG: Starting child process with 'node server.js' Listening on 8080...

How can I solve this?

adijiwa · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-25 03:48:29Z

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You need to bind the listening IP address to process.env.OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_IP. Here is the example from my working code (I'm using Express) on OpenShift.

var ipaddress = process.env.OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_IP || "127.0.0.1";
var port = process.env.OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_PORT || 8080;
app.listen(port, ipaddress, function() {
    // Do your stuff
});

edited Oct 25, 2014 at 3:48

answered Jun 17, 2014 at 10:45

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AJ.P · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-06 19:18:06Z

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We need to specify the binding to your OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_IP in your listen like:

var ipaddress = process.env.OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_IP || "127.0.0.1"; (do not forget quotes)
var port = process.env.OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_PORT || 8080;

answered Oct 6, 2014 at 19:18

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