React-Boilerplate run production without port

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Well, I want to deploy the react-boilerplate project to my digital ocean vps server. Command npm run start:production runs the application by address http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:3000/.

I'm going to run the server without port like http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX or http://my-domain.com.

How can I set port or domain for production mode?

Yes, How can I change the port in `react-boilerplate`? I think there should be a simple command. — Smart Solutions, Mar 04 '18 at 20:00

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '18 at 18:45

Generally you will run your node app on localhost at port 3000. Then you would use nginx as a proxy to receive connections on port 80/443 and forward them to your server running on port 3000. Here are some notes that describe some of the configuration needed for this:

https://github.com/jensen/deployment-notes#nginx

Gleb Kostyunin · Answer 2 · 2018-03-04T20:19:05.250

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Try using PORT=80 npm run start:production if you will use http or PORT=443 npm run start:production if you will use https. That should make your app accessible without a port on digital ocean.

edited Mar 04 '18 at 20:19

answered Mar 04 '18 at 19:19

Gleb Kostyunin

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Sorry, my bad, it works properly only with `npm start` – Gleb Kostyunin Mar 04 '18 at 20:17
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For production you can do the following: `PORT=80 npm run start:production` – Gleb Kostyunin Mar 04 '18 at 20:18
Yup, this works!. How can I set domain name instead of ip address? – Smart Solutions Mar 05 '18 at 03:39
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This part is not related to react-boilerplate. You need to get a domain and set up the DNS to point to the IP address. – Gleb Kostyunin Mar 05 '18 at 08:32
If this answer helped you resolve the problem, I'd appreciate if you mark it as the correct answer. Thanks. – Gleb Kostyunin Mar 05 '18 at 13:13
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Yeah, it solved the problem but I'm still wondering if it is safe and good approach to use Port 80. – Smart Solutions Mar 05 '18 at 13:19

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 04 '18 at 18:55

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I would suggest, Serve build file using file server.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-do-i-put-up-a-simple-static-website

answered Mar 04 '18 at 18:55

Dananjaya Gokhale

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