I cannot run 'node myApp.js' on my EC2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server.
It replies with error:
events.js:66
throw arguments[1]; // Unhandled 'error' event
^
Error: listen EACCES
at errnoException (net.js:768:11)
at HTTPServer.Server._listen2 (net.js:891:19)
at listen (net.js:935:10)
at HTTPServer.Server.listen (net.js:984:5)
I've googled around, but no solution that seems to fit.
On Linux only root is allowed to use ports<=1024. If you want your web server to listen on port 80, let your app listen on a port>1024 (i.e. 8080) and use iptables to reroute to that port like so:
# sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080