Due to a non accurate title: “angular-cli server – how to specify default port”, it was hard to find an answer to my question, but thanks to Vladymir Gonzalez I did.
To help others find the answer quickly, I extracted here the specific part for Angular 6, belonging to elwyn :
Update for @angular/cli@6.x: In the new angular.json you now specify a port per “project”
"projects": {
"my-cool-project": {
... rest of project config omitted
"architect": {
"serve": {
"options": {
"port": 4850 <-- add your custom port number here
}
}
}
}
}
All options available:
https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/wiki/angular-workspace