starting node forever script with PORT=XXXX
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Solution 1
PORT=1234 forever start app.js
Solution 2
PORT=1234 forever start app.js
Unfortunately that didn't work for me, so I tried this and it works:
forever start app.js --port 1234
Solution 3
You can try adding export PORT=1234
to app.js
Then just run with forever start app.js
Author by
Kristian
I'm a former developer turned product manager working at AWS in Seattle.
Updated on June 11, 2022Comments
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Kristian almost 2 years
when running node in command over a specific port, I'd start the app this way:
PORT=1234 node app.js
how do I pass the port to the
forever
command? no matter what I try, it seems to not want to work.I've tried:
- passing the port as an arg:
forever start app.js 1234
- passing the port declaration as an arg:
forever start app.js PORT=1234
- passing the port as an arg: