From c07e4dc083e649984be99fd8fa87d9a440ab250f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: seb <sebgreenbus@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:13:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] u

---
 .env.example                 |  2 ++
 src/api/index.js             | 10 +++++-----
 src/backendmonitor/server.js |  6 +++---
 src/config/env.js            |  1 +
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index b9194ab..41d9b4b 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # Server
+# Host interface to listen on (defaults to 127.0.0.1 for local only, use 0.0.0.0 for all network interfaces)
+HOST=127.0.0.1
 PORT=4208
 # HTTPS server port (defaults to 8443, set to 0 or false to disable)
 HTTPS_PORT=8443
diff --git a/src/api/index.js b/src/api/index.js
index 7831db9..d8872e6 100644
--- a/src/api/index.js
+++ b/src/api/index.js
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export async function buildApiApp() {
     return app;
 }
 
-function listenOnPort(instance, port, protocol) {
+function listenOnPort(instance, port, protocol, host = env.host) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         instance.once('listening', () => {
             resolve();
@@ -197,14 +197,14 @@ function listenOnPort(instance, port, protocol) {
                 } catch {
                     // lsof unavailable or no match
                 }
-                apiLog.error(`Port ${port} (${protocol}) is already in use${detail}. Check with: lsof -i :${port}`);
+                apiLog.error(`Port ${port} (${protocol}) on ${host} is already in use${detail}. Check with: lsof -i :${port}`);
             } else {
                 apiLog.error(`${protocol} server error:`, err.message);
             }
             reject(err);
         });
 
-        instance.listen(port);
+        instance.listen(port, host);
     });
 }
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export async function startApi() {
         const httpInstance = http.createServer(app);
         await listenOnPort(httpInstance, env.port, 'HTTP');
         server = httpInstance;
-        apiLog.info(`API listening on port ${env.port} (HTTP)`);
+        apiLog.info(`API listening on ${env.host}:${env.port} (HTTP)`);
 
         if (env.httpsPort) {
             try {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export async function startApi() {
                 const httpsInstance = https.createServer(tls, app);
                 await listenOnPort(httpsInstance, env.httpsPort, 'HTTPS');
                 httpsServer = httpsInstance;
-                apiLog.info(`API listening on port ${env.httpsPort} (HTTPS self-signed)`);
+                apiLog.info(`API listening on ${env.host}:${env.httpsPort} (HTTPS self-signed)`);
             } catch (err) {
                 apiLog.error('Failed to start HTTPS server:', err.message);
             }
diff --git a/src/backendmonitor/server.js b/src/backendmonitor/server.js
index dee97e0..9475e47 100644
--- a/src/backendmonitor/server.js
+++ b/src/backendmonitor/server.js
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ export async function startBackendMonitor() {
     await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         serverInstance.once('listening', () => resolve());
         serverInstance.once('error', (err) => {
-            monitorLog.error(`Failed to listen on port ${env.monitorPort}:`, err.message);
+            monitorLog.error(`Failed to listen on ${env.host}:${env.monitorPort}:`, err.message);
             reject(err);
         });
-        serverInstance.listen(env.monitorPort);
+        serverInstance.listen(env.monitorPort, env.host);
     });
 
     monitorServer = serverInstance;
-    monitorLog.info(`Backend Monitor Interface running on http://localhost:${env.monitorPort} (dev mode, no auth)`);
+    monitorLog.info(`Backend Monitor Interface running on http://${env.host}:${env.monitorPort} (dev mode, no auth)`);
     return monitorServer;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/config/env.js b/src/config/env.js
index 4849dac..f84a693 100644
--- a/src/config/env.js
+++ b/src/config/env.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function parseHttpsPort(val) {
 }
 
 export default {
+    host: process.env.HOST || '127.0.0.1',
     port: Number(process.env.PORT) || 4208,
     httpsPort: parseHttpsPort(process.env.HTTPS_PORT),
     monitorPort: Number(process.env.MONITOR_PORT || process.env.SQL_STUDIO_PORT) || 4210,