Port 80
Redirect port 80 to port 3000 with this command:
sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3000
Then launch the Node.js application on port 3000. Now requests to port 80 will map to the nodejs application on port 3000. Edit the /etc/rc.local file and adding iptables port redirection line (without ‘sudo’). This step with cause the port redirect when the machine boots up. Commands in /etc/rc.local are run as root as the system boots.
example :
#!/bin/sh -e # # rc.local # # This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel. # Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other # value on error. # # In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution # bits. # # By default this script does nothing. #forward port 80 to port 3000 for node Server sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3000 #Auto start node server on reboot nodejs /home//path/to/node/app.js exit 0
Logs
Use the forever module for launching your NodeJS application. Forever will make sure that your application restarts if it ever crashes. In addition, it will redirect console logs to a specified file.
Launch on Boot
IN the same way you added the port redirection command in the file, /etc/rc.local, edit the same file and add the node application start command to the file. When the system starts, the port redirection command will execute and then the application start line will execute. See above example.
Cloud Machines
This will work on AWS EC2, Digital Ocean, and others VPS providers. Note that on RedHat based systems /etc/rc.local has a different filename, /ect/rc.d/local.