Fix ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED for Chrome OS

When installed on Linux on Chrome OS, the server is not accessible in Google Chrome out of the box. To map ports automaticaly, host parameter needs to be passed to a express app.listen() call. Fixes udacity#4
mradenovic · Jan 19, 2020 · 6bbfa56 · 6bbfa56
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diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 exports.port = process.env.PORT || 5001
+exports.host = process.env.HOST || 'localhost'
 exports.origin = process.env.ORIGIN || `http://localhost:${exports.port}`
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ app.post('/contacts', bodyParser.json(), (req, res) => {
   }
 })
 
-app.listen(config.port, () => {
+app.listen(config.port, config.host, () => {
   console.log('Server listening on port %s, Ctrl+C to stop', config.port)
 })