Let Heroku decide which http port to use

yacy · Jul 6, 2016 · b57a06d · b57a06d
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diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-web: java $JAVA_OPTS -classpath target/classes:lib/* net.yacy.yacy
+web: java $JAVA_OPTS -Dhttp.port=$PORT -classpath target/classes:lib/* net.yacy.yacy
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/server/serverSwitch.java b/source/net/yacy/server/serverSwitch.java
@@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ public int getPublicPort(final String key, final int dflt) {
 	 */
 	public int getLocalPort() {
 
+		/* A system property "http.port" may override configuration 
+		 * This is useful when running YaCy inside a container manager such as Heroku which decide which http port to use */
+		String systemDefinedPort = System.getProperty("http.port");
+		if(systemDefinedPort != null) {
+			try {
+				return Integer.parseInt(systemDefinedPort);
+			} catch(NumberFormatException e) {
+			}
+		}
 		return getConfigInt("port", 8090);
 	}