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I redirected traffic for port 80 to 8080 on my machine with



sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080


It works fine for all the world except my own machine. I am a developer and I need to redirect port 80 to 8080 for myself.



My IP is 192.168.0.111



My web server runs on port 8080



I wish to open website from http://192.168.0.111/ instead of http://192.168.0.111:8080/ from same machine where server runs.










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  • Excuse me for the abberation, but what is the purpose of forwarding port 80 to 8080?

    – ma11hew28
    Nov 10 '14 at 5:10






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    @mattdipasquale, normal users can't access port 80 so you couldn't run a web service like python flask as a normal user.

    – Christian
    Mar 29 '16 at 10:14











  • Why don't you just bind the web server to port 80?

    – David Foerster
    May 23 '16 at 13:01






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    i'd guess its because non-root user cannot bind to ports 80/443 and he doesnt want to run his web service as root..

    – Pavel K.
    Oct 11 '16 at 10:35


















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I redirected traffic for port 80 to 8080 on my machine with



sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080


It works fine for all the world except my own machine. I am a developer and I need to redirect port 80 to 8080 for myself.



My IP is 192.168.0.111



My web server runs on port 8080



I wish to open website from http://192.168.0.111/ instead of http://192.168.0.111:8080/ from same machine where server runs.










share|improve this question

























  • Excuse me for the abberation, but what is the purpose of forwarding port 80 to 8080?

    – ma11hew28
    Nov 10 '14 at 5:10






  • 1





    @mattdipasquale, normal users can't access port 80 so you couldn't run a web service like python flask as a normal user.

    – Christian
    Mar 29 '16 at 10:14











  • Why don't you just bind the web server to port 80?

    – David Foerster
    May 23 '16 at 13:01






  • 3





    i'd guess its because non-root user cannot bind to ports 80/443 and he doesnt want to run his web service as root..

    – Pavel K.
    Oct 11 '16 at 10:35














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I redirected traffic for port 80 to 8080 on my machine with



sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080


It works fine for all the world except my own machine. I am a developer and I need to redirect port 80 to 8080 for myself.



My IP is 192.168.0.111



My web server runs on port 8080



I wish to open website from http://192.168.0.111/ instead of http://192.168.0.111:8080/ from same machine where server runs.










share|improve this question
















I redirected traffic for port 80 to 8080 on my machine with



sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 8080


It works fine for all the world except my own machine. I am a developer and I need to redirect port 80 to 8080 for myself.



My IP is 192.168.0.111



My web server runs on port 8080



I wish to open website from http://192.168.0.111/ instead of http://192.168.0.111:8080/ from same machine where server runs.







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  • Excuse me for the abberation, but what is the purpose of forwarding port 80 to 8080?

    – ma11hew28
    Nov 10 '14 at 5:10






  • 1





    @mattdipasquale, normal users can't access port 80 so you couldn't run a web service like python flask as a normal user.

    – Christian
    Mar 29 '16 at 10:14











  • Why don't you just bind the web server to port 80?

    – David Foerster
    May 23 '16 at 13:01






  • 3





    i'd guess its because non-root user cannot bind to ports 80/443 and he doesnt want to run his web service as root..

    – Pavel K.
    Oct 11 '16 at 10:35



















  • Excuse me for the abberation, but what is the purpose of forwarding port 80 to 8080?

    – ma11hew28
    Nov 10 '14 at 5:10






  • 1





    @mattdipasquale, normal users can't access port 80 so you couldn't run a web service like python flask as a normal user.

    – Christian
    Mar 29 '16 at 10:14











  • Why don't you just bind the web server to port 80?

    – David Foerster
    May 23 '16 at 13:01






  • 3





    i'd guess its because non-root user cannot bind to ports 80/443 and he doesnt want to run his web service as root..

    – Pavel K.
    Oct 11 '16 at 10:35

















Excuse me for the abberation, but what is the purpose of forwarding port 80 to 8080?

– ma11hew28
Nov 10 '14 at 5:10





Excuse me for the abberation, but what is the purpose of forwarding port 80 to 8080?

– ma11hew28
Nov 10 '14 at 5:10




1




1





@mattdipasquale, normal users can't access port 80 so you couldn't run a web service like python flask as a normal user.

– Christian
Mar 29 '16 at 10:14





@mattdipasquale, normal users can't access port 80 so you couldn't run a web service like python flask as a normal user.

– Christian
Mar 29 '16 at 10:14













Why don't you just bind the web server to port 80?

– David Foerster
May 23 '16 at 13:01





Why don't you just bind the web server to port 80?

– David Foerster
May 23 '16 at 13:01




3




3





i'd guess its because non-root user cannot bind to ports 80/443 and he doesnt want to run his web service as root..

– Pavel K.
Oct 11 '16 at 10:35





i'd guess its because non-root user cannot bind to ports 80/443 and he doesnt want to run his web service as root..

– Pavel K.
Oct 11 '16 at 10:35










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You need to use the OUTPUT chain as the packets meant for the loopback interface do not pass via the PREROUTING chain. The following should work; run as root:



iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -o lo -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080





share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    Does port 80 required to be gloabally accesible? I tried your solution, my port number 8080 is accessible but 80 is not hence it did not worked. @heemayl

    – alper
    Jul 28 '17 at 23:39








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    This did not work, not sure why this is voted up

    – diyoda_
    Mar 5 '18 at 22:11











  • @Diyoda_ Please define did not work.

    – heemayl
    Mar 29 '18 at 9:44











  • @Alper I think you didn't read the OPs question.

    – styl3r
    Apr 23 '18 at 22:19






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    I can confirm that this doesn't work on ubuntu 18.04

    – Ahmed Hamdy
    Jun 24 '18 at 11:23



















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Instead of the iptables, You could try:

sudo ssh -gL 80:127.0.0.1:8080 localhost






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    That is an option but it is not exactly what I want because I already have web server on port 80. I will prefer to do it with iptables and keep web server on port 80 running. I guess I just have to apply rule to different step instead of PREROUTING

    – Max
    Apr 8 '14 at 10:45











  • Yes - this will cause a port conflict if you have something listening that you are port forwarding to as Max suggested. The above answer is the more general case.

    – cgseller
    Nov 15 '16 at 20:24



















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This worked for me.



$ sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080





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    Simple just use iptables allowing both port 80 and 8080 then redirect 80 to 8080 make sure you are assigning to the correct nic.. in example I use eth0



    iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
    iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT
    iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080





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      You need to use the OUTPUT chain as the packets meant for the loopback interface do not pass via the PREROUTING chain. The following should work; run as root:



      iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -o lo -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080





      share|improve this answer





















      • 1





        Does port 80 required to be gloabally accesible? I tried your solution, my port number 8080 is accessible but 80 is not hence it did not worked. @heemayl

        – alper
        Jul 28 '17 at 23:39








      • 2





        This did not work, not sure why this is voted up

        – diyoda_
        Mar 5 '18 at 22:11











      • @Diyoda_ Please define did not work.

        – heemayl
        Mar 29 '18 at 9:44











      • @Alper I think you didn't read the OPs question.

        – styl3r
        Apr 23 '18 at 22:19






      • 1





        I can confirm that this doesn't work on ubuntu 18.04

        – Ahmed Hamdy
        Jun 24 '18 at 11:23
















      72














      You need to use the OUTPUT chain as the packets meant for the loopback interface do not pass via the PREROUTING chain. The following should work; run as root:



      iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -o lo -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080





      share|improve this answer





















      • 1





        Does port 80 required to be gloabally accesible? I tried your solution, my port number 8080 is accessible but 80 is not hence it did not worked. @heemayl

        – alper
        Jul 28 '17 at 23:39








      • 2





        This did not work, not sure why this is voted up

        – diyoda_
        Mar 5 '18 at 22:11











      • @Diyoda_ Please define did not work.

        – heemayl
        Mar 29 '18 at 9:44











      • @Alper I think you didn't read the OPs question.

        – styl3r
        Apr 23 '18 at 22:19






      • 1





        I can confirm that this doesn't work on ubuntu 18.04

        – Ahmed Hamdy
        Jun 24 '18 at 11:23














      72












      72








      72







      You need to use the OUTPUT chain as the packets meant for the loopback interface do not pass via the PREROUTING chain. The following should work; run as root:



      iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -o lo -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080





      share|improve this answer















      You need to use the OUTPUT chain as the packets meant for the loopback interface do not pass via the PREROUTING chain. The following should work; run as root:



      iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -o lo -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080






      share|improve this answer














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      • 1





        Does port 80 required to be gloabally accesible? I tried your solution, my port number 8080 is accessible but 80 is not hence it did not worked. @heemayl

        – alper
        Jul 28 '17 at 23:39








      • 2





        This did not work, not sure why this is voted up

        – diyoda_
        Mar 5 '18 at 22:11











      • @Diyoda_ Please define did not work.

        – heemayl
        Mar 29 '18 at 9:44











      • @Alper I think you didn't read the OPs question.

        – styl3r
        Apr 23 '18 at 22:19






      • 1





        I can confirm that this doesn't work on ubuntu 18.04

        – Ahmed Hamdy
        Jun 24 '18 at 11:23














      • 1





        Does port 80 required to be gloabally accesible? I tried your solution, my port number 8080 is accessible but 80 is not hence it did not worked. @heemayl

        – alper
        Jul 28 '17 at 23:39








      • 2





        This did not work, not sure why this is voted up

        – diyoda_
        Mar 5 '18 at 22:11











      • @Diyoda_ Please define did not work.

        – heemayl
        Mar 29 '18 at 9:44











      • @Alper I think you didn't read the OPs question.

        – styl3r
        Apr 23 '18 at 22:19






      • 1





        I can confirm that this doesn't work on ubuntu 18.04

        – Ahmed Hamdy
        Jun 24 '18 at 11:23








      1




      1





      Does port 80 required to be gloabally accesible? I tried your solution, my port number 8080 is accessible but 80 is not hence it did not worked. @heemayl

      – alper
      Jul 28 '17 at 23:39







      Does port 80 required to be gloabally accesible? I tried your solution, my port number 8080 is accessible but 80 is not hence it did not worked. @heemayl

      – alper
      Jul 28 '17 at 23:39






      2




      2





      This did not work, not sure why this is voted up

      – diyoda_
      Mar 5 '18 at 22:11





      This did not work, not sure why this is voted up

      – diyoda_
      Mar 5 '18 at 22:11













      @Diyoda_ Please define did not work.

      – heemayl
      Mar 29 '18 at 9:44





      @Diyoda_ Please define did not work.

      – heemayl
      Mar 29 '18 at 9:44













      @Alper I think you didn't read the OPs question.

      – styl3r
      Apr 23 '18 at 22:19





      @Alper I think you didn't read the OPs question.

      – styl3r
      Apr 23 '18 at 22:19




      1




      1





      I can confirm that this doesn't work on ubuntu 18.04

      – Ahmed Hamdy
      Jun 24 '18 at 11:23





      I can confirm that this doesn't work on ubuntu 18.04

      – Ahmed Hamdy
      Jun 24 '18 at 11:23













      3














      Instead of the iptables, You could try:

      sudo ssh -gL 80:127.0.0.1:8080 localhost






      share|improve this answer



















      • 2





        That is an option but it is not exactly what I want because I already have web server on port 80. I will prefer to do it with iptables and keep web server on port 80 running. I guess I just have to apply rule to different step instead of PREROUTING

        – Max
        Apr 8 '14 at 10:45











      • Yes - this will cause a port conflict if you have something listening that you are port forwarding to as Max suggested. The above answer is the more general case.

        – cgseller
        Nov 15 '16 at 20:24
















      3














      Instead of the iptables, You could try:

      sudo ssh -gL 80:127.0.0.1:8080 localhost






      share|improve this answer



















      • 2





        That is an option but it is not exactly what I want because I already have web server on port 80. I will prefer to do it with iptables and keep web server on port 80 running. I guess I just have to apply rule to different step instead of PREROUTING

        – Max
        Apr 8 '14 at 10:45











      • Yes - this will cause a port conflict if you have something listening that you are port forwarding to as Max suggested. The above answer is the more general case.

        – cgseller
        Nov 15 '16 at 20:24














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      Instead of the iptables, You could try:

      sudo ssh -gL 80:127.0.0.1:8080 localhost






      share|improve this answer













      Instead of the iptables, You could try:

      sudo ssh -gL 80:127.0.0.1:8080 localhost







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      • 2





        That is an option but it is not exactly what I want because I already have web server on port 80. I will prefer to do it with iptables and keep web server on port 80 running. I guess I just have to apply rule to different step instead of PREROUTING

        – Max
        Apr 8 '14 at 10:45











      • Yes - this will cause a port conflict if you have something listening that you are port forwarding to as Max suggested. The above answer is the more general case.

        – cgseller
        Nov 15 '16 at 20:24














      • 2





        That is an option but it is not exactly what I want because I already have web server on port 80. I will prefer to do it with iptables and keep web server on port 80 running. I guess I just have to apply rule to different step instead of PREROUTING

        – Max
        Apr 8 '14 at 10:45











      • Yes - this will cause a port conflict if you have something listening that you are port forwarding to as Max suggested. The above answer is the more general case.

        – cgseller
        Nov 15 '16 at 20:24








      2




      2





      That is an option but it is not exactly what I want because I already have web server on port 80. I will prefer to do it with iptables and keep web server on port 80 running. I guess I just have to apply rule to different step instead of PREROUTING

      – Max
      Apr 8 '14 at 10:45





      That is an option but it is not exactly what I want because I already have web server on port 80. I will prefer to do it with iptables and keep web server on port 80 running. I guess I just have to apply rule to different step instead of PREROUTING

      – Max
      Apr 8 '14 at 10:45













      Yes - this will cause a port conflict if you have something listening that you are port forwarding to as Max suggested. The above answer is the more general case.

      – cgseller
      Nov 15 '16 at 20:24





      Yes - this will cause a port conflict if you have something listening that you are port forwarding to as Max suggested. The above answer is the more general case.

      – cgseller
      Nov 15 '16 at 20:24











      2














      This worked for me.



      $ sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080





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        This worked for me.



        $ sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080





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          This worked for me.



          $ sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080





          share|improve this answer













          This worked for me.



          $ sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080






          share|improve this answer












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              Simple just use iptables allowing both port 80 and 8080 then redirect 80 to 8080 make sure you are assigning to the correct nic.. in example I use eth0



              iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
              iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT
              iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080





              share|improve this answer






























                1














                Simple just use iptables allowing both port 80 and 8080 then redirect 80 to 8080 make sure you are assigning to the correct nic.. in example I use eth0



                iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
                iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT
                iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080





                share|improve this answer




























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                  Simple just use iptables allowing both port 80 and 8080 then redirect 80 to 8080 make sure you are assigning to the correct nic.. in example I use eth0



                  iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
                  iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT
                  iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080





                  share|improve this answer















                  Simple just use iptables allowing both port 80 and 8080 then redirect 80 to 8080 make sure you are assigning to the correct nic.. in example I use eth0



                  iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
                  iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT
                  iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080






                  share|improve this answer














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