'How to Use a Different Port on Peer.js Server

My webhost has said the port 9000 is not available for an install of Peer.js Server.

Peer.js: https://peerjs.com/

Peer.js Server: https://github.com/peers/peerjs-server

My webhost says, 'Only the standard ports, 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS' are available.

Does that mean I cannot install Peer.js Server on my webhost website?

Do I have to change all the 9000 to 80? Is that possible when only port 80 is all I am allowed on my webhost website? (I am still in the early learning phase of Node.js and websites.)

The webhost is Winhost, the basic option, if that is important.

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Solution 1:[1]

You can actually run a Peer.js server using Express and specify whatever port you'd like. Try this:

const { ExpressPeerServer } = require('peer');
const express = require('express');

const app = express();

const expressPort = 9000;
const expressServer = app.listen(expressPort);
const peerServer = ExpressPeerServer(expressServer);

app.use('/peerjs', peerServer);

So you can hit the Peer.js server on the specified endpoint /peerjs

Solution 2:[2]

No, you will not be able to run it on 80/443. Those are already in use by your web server, Nginx/Apache. You should grab a minimal VPS (virtual private server) and use that to run your Peer.js server.

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Solution 1 lnogueir
Solution 2 Jasper

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