Specifying The Server Port

Running mix phx.server for a Phoenix project with the default settings will attach the server to port 4000.

If you'd like to use a different port in development, you can change it in config/dev.exs.

config :my_app, MyApp.Web.Endpoint,
  http: [port: 4444],
  ...

Alternatively, you can allow it to be configurable from the command line with an environment variable and a fallback port.

config :my_app, MyApp.Web.Endpoint,
  http: [port: System.get_env("PORT") || 4000],
  ...

Running

$ PORT=4444 mix phx.server

will launch the server on port 4444.