I am surprise that we cannot have different port for the editor ui and the actual server. Reading documentation it state that uiPort change the listening port for the editor ui. But it also change the port of the http in node for example.
It feel logical to segregate the two from a security perspective. I understand that there are credential but port would make it easier to expose certain part. Yes one could use NGINX (or equvalent) to filter endpoint.
I search NR forum and Trello and don't seem to find conversation about this. Am I missing something?
No - you are correct - there is only one server process running - (so one port) - which has different paths / endpoints for the runtime side and the admin/editor side. Yes the usual way to move one to a different port is something like nginx or traefik.
When (if?) I find time to do some more work on uibuilder, it already has most of the work done to allow the standing up of its own ExpressJS server instance which will also give you more flexibility.
First I would like to mention how impressive is the involvement of community with question. I truly appreciate.
I have not looked at the code but my assumption is that NR is based off node.js. It doesn't seem to be a challenge to have node listening on a second port. The optional separation by port would allow simpler access control. As you stated other are offering option probably for that purpose. What is the best way to propose improvement and where can one contribute?
