How to change the port

[breef]

Hey apostrophe team,

this is really the dumbest question I have to ask but there is really no good documentation on here how to change the running port for express.

Even this guide gives me only that I should run multiple instances on different ports, but how? Its not a technical question how this works (I know) its just always listening on 3000.

How can I configure it in local.js?
How is this configured in app.js?

I tried (in app.js) :

var apos = require('apostrophe')({ 
  shortName: 'website',
  // baseUrl: 'http://example.com',
  port: 8123,
  forcePort: 8123,
....

or even with node app.js --port 8123

Please put it in the documentation what the correct way is. I wont be using Stagecoach.

Best wishes

Edit:

Never mind, in local.js it does really work. For anyone who searches it via google and comes up empty:

‘apostrophe-express’: {
port: 8123
}

[boutell]

Hi breef, data/local.js is indeed one way:

module.exports = {
  modules: {
    'apostrophe-express': {
      port: nnnn
    }
  }
};

If you start up a recent version of Apostrophe, you’ll also be told about other ways, notably the PORT environment variable.