Http server in Cloud9 autorun

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Hello,
I have been creating my http server running in BBB with the standard method, create an server and listen in port 8888…
var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {}).listen(8888); And it works fine.

But when i placed the JS file in cloud9/autorun folder, it dosen’t work anymore. As i understand, the autorun program has already occupied the listening port 8888, and caused the conflict of using port 8888.

So i wonder if there is any solution behind this? Can’t i use both of autorun mecanism and listening port 8888, or i have to give up one of these two? Or there is another port number to use to build the http server?

Thanks,
Chen

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On Wed, 25 May 2016 02:28:26 -0700 (PDT),
bchengcong@gmail.com declaimed the following:

But when i placed the JS file in cloud9/autorun folder, it dosen't work
anymore. As i understand, the autorun program has already occupied the
listening port 8888, and caused the conflict of using port 8888.

So i wonder if there is any solution behind this? Can't i use both of
autorun mecanism and listening port 8888, or i have to give up one of these
two? Or there is another port number to use to build the http server?

  There is nothing sacred about 8888.

  Formal HTTP servers normally bind to port 80.

  Any port number >1024 is a non-reserved port, and does not need special
privileges to use.

  A common choice for "user" HTTP servers is port 8080.