How to open a create-react-app from another computer connected to the same network?

node.js networking localhost create-react-app
ambar picture ambar · Nov 21, 2017 · Viewed 28.5k times · Source

I am using create-react-app and hosting in its default port localhost:3000 and want to access this from another device on the same network.

I got the IP of my host's IP (using ifconfig) 192.168.0.5 and tried opening 192.168.0.5:3000 but that did not work.

Is there any way to achieve this?

Answer

Elad picture Elad · Dec 25, 2018

Simply run HOST=0.0.0.0 npm run start.
Afterwards open the url from another device on the network.

In your case, 192.168.0.5:3000 would work.

Documentation for setting HOST environment variables.

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