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Custom visuals: change port from 8080
I've installed the PBIVIZ custom visualization tools by following the tutorial at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-custom-visuals-getting-started-with-developer-tools.
However, I have an app on my dev machine that already uses port 8080. Can this port be changed to some other option, and how would I do that?
If not, may I suggest that you choose another, non-common port for the dev environment? 8080 is fairly popular already so there are bound to be conflicts.
Technically the port can be changed in the file
C:\Users\userName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\config.json
However the communication between Power BI Service and the visual server seems broken when using a port other than 8080.
So, to avoid the port comflict, develop custom visual on a dedicated dev machine or change the port for the process that is occupying port 8080.
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Technically the port can be changed in the file
C:\Users\userName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\config.json
However the communication between Power BI Service and the visual server seems broken when using a port other than 8080.
So, to avoid the port comflict, develop custom visual on a dedicated dev machine or change the port for the process that is occupying port 8080.