Best practices when running Node.js with port 80 (Ubuntu / Linode) [closed]

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I am setting up my first Node.js server on a cloud Linux node and I am fairly new to the details of Linux admin. (BTW I am not trying to use Apache at the same time.)

Everything is installed correctly, but I found that unless I use the root login, I am not able to listen on port 80 with node. However I would rather not run it as root for security reason.

What is the best practice to:

  1. Set good permissions / user for node so that it is secure / sandboxed?
  2. Allow port 80 to be used within these constraints.
  3. Start up node and run it automatically.
  4. Handle log information sent to console.
  5. Any other general maintenance and security concerns.

Should I be forwarding port 80 traffic to a different listening port?

Thanks

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