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Hello! I have a question. Is it possible to use port 8080 without 8080 in the ending of the domain? Like http://mydomain.com not http://mydomain.com:8080

Sorry for my bad english

Hi.

The answer is no. If you are using the http protocol the used port is defined by the official port 80 for this protocol.
If you want to use http with a different port, you have to add it to the domain.
Otherwise how should your browser know which service to request?

best wishes,
Altrea

If i add it to the domain. Can i still use cloudflare then? I dont want them to see my ip.

XAMPP is not supported for live, production or public accessible environments.

So they will see my ip if i fix Another port?

rickeboii wrote:So they will see my ip if i fix Another port?

Strange question. Do you see an IP here:

http://mydomain.com:8080

No, but i dont want them to type 8080 after the domain..

The answer is still the same:
If you want to use HTTP and don't want to add any port to the domain, you MUST use port 80

Okay, cause i know some people that use like 8047 and it works fine..

Okay fine. Now you are the expert on that behavior and i am out

Thanks for the help. Is it possible to forward a domain to mydomain.com:8080

rickeboii wrote:Okay, cause i know some people that use like 8047 and it works fine..

It does not work, if 8047 is not applied in the URL. Port numbers must be specified in the URL, it is omitted, the browser takes port 80. You CANNOT use Port 8047 and omit it in the URL. Thats all.

rickeboii wrote:Thanks for the help. Is it possible to forward a domain to mydomain.com:8080

Of course, but after forwarding (i.e. "forward" is not the right word for it, it is called "redirect"), so after redirecting the browser URL changes to mydomain.com:8080

So, should i forward a site to mydomain.com:8080 or just mydomain.com?

rickeboii wrote:So, should i forward a site to mydomain.com:8080 or just mydomain.com?

If you forward to mydomain.com (only), then mydomain.com must run on port 80.