I get a EADDRINUSE error when I try to start a node.js server on OpenShift - node.js

Question

So, I successfully commited a node.js app to OpenShift - without getting any error - but it does not work (error 503 when trying to access it through my browser, connection timeout when running tests against it from my local machine). The output when commiting says that node and mysql start successfully, and that the build succeeded.
I accessed the server through ssh, and checked the node log. It says an EADDRINUSE occured: Error: listen EADDRINUSE :::8080.
In my configuration, I use:
"server":{
"host":"OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_IP",
"port":"OPENSHIFT_NODEJS_PORT"
}
I also checked available environement variables in the shell with export and both are there, and 8080 is the right port.
When running ps in the shell, it does show only the programs ps and bash running. EADDRINUSE should mean that the port is already in use by another program, but I don't see anything running... I can't run netstat (permission denied).
I tried various combinations of stop/start/restart, but I always get the same error.
I am pretty lost at this point. Any pointers would be appreciated!

Answer 1

I found the problem. Locally, I used to start the server with app.listen(port);, which is enough to run it and access it on localhost. But that does not work on OpenShift. The host needs to be specified too: app.listen(port, host);.