serve site on a different port

[setop]

I tried nue to serve my site but I get !! Failed to start server. Is port 8080 in use? . Yes it is, and it won't change.

I browsed the documentation to see how to change the port but have not found the information.

[nobkd]

Add
port: <port>
to your site.yaml in the root of your nue project.

See https://nuejs.org/docs/reference/configuration-options.html#port

[setop]

thanks
it is a nice workaround.
but I'd like it to be part of the CLI options, and not embedded in the site description, which should more business than technical.
else, it is cumbersome to change it from one environment to the other.

[nobkd]

There is no command line option for the port, but you can create another environment file that overrides values in site.yaml or defaults with its own. This can be useful, if you want to change more than just one value for your setup in dev VS prod.

See nue --help or https://nuejs.org/docs/reference/command-line-interface.html or:

nue/packages/nuekit/src/cli-help.js

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	Options
	-r or --root Source directory. Default "." (current working dir)
	-p or --production Build production version / Show production stats
	-e or --environment Read extra options to override defaults in site.yaml
	-s or --stats Show site statistics after current command
	-I or --init Force clear and initialize output directory
	-n or --dry-run Show what would be built. Does not create outputs
	-b or --esbuild Use esbuild as bundler. Please install it manually

---

site.yaml

port: 8080 # default, can be left out

define a (e.g.) dev.yaml beside your site.yaml

dev.yaml

port: 8888

use with nue -e dev.yaml for development and nue without the env file for production. the content of the -e option can also be a relative path, I think.

This is not tested, but should work.