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I have a server at www.example.com running a PHP-made webpage served by Apache, this page is listening to port 80.

Now I want to serve my Node.JS on the domain www.example2.com. Both pages should be on the same server, the Node.JS app should be running on port 3000. How do I achieve this?

From other answers and blog posts (like this one: http://garr.me/blog/running-node-js-and-apache-together-using-mod_proxy/) I have learnt that I can create a ReverseProxy to redirect www.example.com/app to my app, however this is not the intended behavior. What I want is this new domain www.example2.com to go the server's ip address at port 3000.

Side question: This question might sound stupid but, can't I redirect the whole domain to the server's IP address at port 3000 from the domain name configuration at GoDaddy/Route53???

Thanks.

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  • Create new virtual host and configure mod_proxy to pass all requests to node Commented Dec 24, 2014 at 6:50

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I solved it. The page on the original question gives a good advice however it doesn't seems complete. To achieve this configuration do the following:

-Locate the file httpd.conf on your Apache folders (usually on apache2/conf).

-Add the following lines to the end:

LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so <VirtualHost *:80> ProxyPreserveHost On ProxyRequests Off ServerName example2.com ServerAlias www.example2.com ProxyPass / http://localhost:3000/ ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:3000/ </VirtualHost>

-Change the placeholder "example2" for your actual domain name (example2 is the domain name on the original question)

-Restart apache.

Note that you might want to tidy the code a little bit by moving the LoadModule lines to where the modules are actually loaded.

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Now I want to serve my Node.JS on the domain www.example2.com. Both pages should be on the same server, the Node.JS app should be running on port 3000. How do I achieve this?

There are two steps.

  1. You need to create a virtual host in apache listening on IP:3000 and responding to requests for example2.com
  2. You need mod_proxy running to take requests for example2.com on port 80 and push them to IP:3000 where the virtual host is listening.

can't I redirect the whole domain to the server's IP address at port 3000 from the domain name configuration at GoDaddy/Route53???

No. You are not familiar with the various network layers, including where DNS, TCP, IP, and everything in between fits into place. Might I suggest reading a little book no the topic. Twice. It will hold you on good stead. =)

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  • Thanks. I already solved it by playing a little with the httpd.conf. If you have some pieces of code it would be great to enrich the steps 1 and 2 to have a clearer view on how to achieve that. I'm still not sure that the way that I found (posted now as an answer) is the best answer... Commented Dec 24, 2014 at 7:22

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