Cannot get a new webapp to work on port 80

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I created a new webapp on mac and am trying to build it to listen on port 80. It will not start. Terminal looks like this…

[code]Last login: Thu Aug 16 00:35:46 on ttys000
MacBook-Pro:~ johnbdh2$ /Users/johnbdh2/programming/QMC/QMCDocs\ xojo/Builds\ -\ OrthoPro.xojo_binary_project/OS\ X\ 64\ bit/OrthoPro/OrthoPro ; exit;
logout
Saving session…
…copying shared history…
…saving history…truncating history files…
…completed.

[Process completed][/code]

It will build and work fine on any other port just not port 80.

I restarted the computer and did not start anything else up to make sure I did not have another webserver listenting on port 80. I do have another web server which normally does not listen on port 80, but I can switch it to port 80 and it works fine.

Any suggestions?

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The app must be run with elevated privileges to use port 80. Try using sudo before your command.

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Or, run it on another port (you should be able to use anything above 1024 without elevated permissions, such as 8080) and then just use port mapping in your firewall / router to map 8080 back to 80).

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Or use a Proxy / Reverse Proxy like NGnix to redirect it.

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@Greg O’Lone Try using sudo before your command

Guess this is the first time I tried using port 80 for a Xojo web app. After reading your post, I went back to the docs and reread the Web App Deployment section where how to use port 80 is clearly discussed. Funny how RTFM works every time. Sorry.

Before this I had never started the webapp from the command line. Always double clicked the built app file. Runing it from terminal using sudo works as you, and the docs, suggest.

Thanks

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A quick related question. The docs say that quiting terminal will shut down the web app, but I am not finding this to be the case. If I try to rebuild the web app after quiting terminal, Xojo throws a file error. The only way I can rebuild is to restart the computer.

I am starting the web app using sudo from the terminal, and when I quit terminal it asks if I want to terminate any running processes. Do I have to do anything else?