remove port no 3000 requirement from aws ec2 instance

Question

I have hosted my MEAN project over aws ec2 (mean bitnami hvm) instance. It is running on port 3000 and I am able to access my instance in the following way: ec2-xx-xx-xx-xx.amazonaws.com:3000

I want to access the instance without the port number (3000), i.e.: ec2-xx-xx-xx-xx.amazonaws.com

How can I do this?

Just use `iptables` to forward port 80 to port 3000. – Mark B Aug 10 '16 at 18:47 — Mark B, Aug 10 '16 at 18:47
how and where to do that? – Sahil Chauhan Aug 10 '16 at 18:53 — Sahil Chauhan, Aug 10 '16 at 18:53

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 10 '16 at 19:14

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Run this port forward command on your EC2 instance.

sudo iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3000

And your port 80 will be redirected to port 3000.

answered Aug 10 '16 at 19:14

Piyush Patil

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thanks it worked.. now a new problem is showing.. as when i am searching for my domain in google search. the result is shown as welcome to bitnami .. can you help me with this – Sahil Chauhan Aug 10 '16 at 19:59
That is totally a different issue and question. I am not that good with SEO and stuff. – Piyush Patil Aug 10 '16 at 20:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 10 '16 at 17:45

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Run your application on port 80 instead of port 3000, or run a proxy (like nginx) that allows you to map ports and paths as needed.

answered Aug 10 '16 at 17:45

vielmetti

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how to run the proxy? running application on port 80 displayed error – Sahil Chauhan Aug 10 '16 at 17:46
Is this the stack you are running? https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/infrastructure/mean/#which-components-are-installed-with-the-bitnami-mean-stack If so then you may be constrained to the operations supported there "for security reasons". – vielmetti Aug 10 '16 at 17:51

remove port no 3000 requirement from aws ec2 instance

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