devServer public option in Webpack 5

Question

In Webpack 4, I used to set the external network URL of the dev server as follows:

module.exports = {
  //...
  devServer: {
    public: 'myapp.test:80'
  }
};

In the Webpack 5 docs however, I can't find this option. How can I configure this?

user_13307886 · Answer

I believe this has been removed in favor of client.webSocketURL.

module.exports = {
  devServer: {
    client: {
      webSocketURL: 'auto://myapp.test:80/ws'
    }
  }
}

From the Vue CLI documentation:

public, sockHost, sockPath, and sockPort options were removed in favor [of] client.webSocketURL option.