how to remove port number from url in aws while connecting to the API server

Question

I am able to connect to my Nodejs API server through aws by entering url such as ip + :3000. Now I do not want to show port no 3000 after url. is there any way to hide this or this will be there compulsory?

Answer 1

You can't do this on the client side. You need to do one of:

1. Have your nodejs server running on port 80/443
2. Run a webserver (apache,nginx) on your nodejs server as a reverse proxy
3. Use a load balancer.