Hosting application and website on the same port

[Schotsl]

Hello,

 

I host a website on my server on port 80 but now I also want to run my processing sketch, I've been told that I would have to run the sketch on port 80 so most networks dont block it (like my school network). Now I know you can host multiple websites on the same port and ip but is it possible to host a website and a other application on the same port and ip?

[Just.Oblivious]

Short answer: no.

 

If the other application is web (HTTP) based you could try doing something with virtual hosts and proxy passthrough on the web server.

 

Port 443 (TLS/SSL/HTTPS) is often unblocked as well, you could try using that for the other application.

[Schotsl]

13 minutes ago, Just.Oblivious said:

Short answer: no.

 

If the other application is web (HTTP) based you could try doing something with virtual hosts and proxy passthrough on the web server.

 

Port 443 (TLS/SSL/HTTPS) is often unblocked as well, you could try using that for the other application.

Oh, the application isnt web based (it runs locally with java). So would using port 443 be the only other solution?

[Just.Oblivious]

9 minutes ago, Schotsl said:

Oh, the application isnt web based (it runs locally with java). So would using port 443 be the only other solution?

You could try setting up conditional port forwarding rules (If the source address is the IP address of the school, forward port 80 to 1234 on the server, otherwise forward port 80 to 80).

 

It's a terrible way of doing things, but it might just work  

 

So yeah, using another port is the best way to go.