Custom port

[ewindso]

Hello @jordansissel -- how do I specify a custom port (not the default Heroku port)? I need to do this in order to mix it with the nginx build pack... thanks!

[wfleming]

I think you could use a Procfile like the following:

web: bin/start-nginx -f PORT="/tmp/nginx.socket" node build/bundle/main.js

The -f is since Meteor isn't going to touch /tmp/app-initialized by default: you might want to add code to your Meteor app to do that on Meteor.startup() so you don't need to use the -f.

If the socket to listen on doesn't get set properly that way, you would probably need to use an additional buildpack custom-made to create a shell script for you that would export PORT="/tmp/nginx.socket" before running node build/bundle/main.js. The reason I think you'd need to do it in another buildpack is that no shell script in your repo will get carried through Meteor's build phase.

[hydrotik]

Hi @ewindso, were you able to get this setup? I came across this and would love to see if you got it working?