Change The Port Assignment For Ace Management Server - VMware ACE EN-000042-00 Administrator's Manual

ACE Management Server Administrator's Manual

Change the Port Assignment for ACE Management Server

ACE Management Server is a module running on the Apache 2.0 platform. To change
the port that the server listens on, you must manually edit the Apache configuration file.
To change the port assignment for ACE Management Server
1 Using a text editor, open the ACE Management Server component HTTP
configuration file.
Depending on the server's operating system, the file is placed in one of the
following locations:
Windows – C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware ACE Management
Server\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 – /etc/httpd/conf.d/acesc.conf
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 – /etc/apache2/conf.d/acesc.conf
This path is different if VMware ACE Management Server is installed in a different
location. Use the path you established for your server.
2 Locate the line entry in the file that reads Listen 443 and change the port number.
You cannot use port 8000, which the server uses for configuration, or port 8080,
which the ACE Management Server appliance uses.
3 Locate the section header for the Virtual Server configuration for port 443.
This line looks similar to the following:
<VirtualHost -default_:443>
4 Change the port number in the section header to the desired port number.
For example, to change to port 8443, change 443 to 8443.
5 Save the file.
6 Stop and start the Apache service.
For instructions, see "Verify That the Apache Service Is Started or Restarted" on
page 31.
When you create an ACE‐enabled virtual machine, you can specify which port is to be
used to communicate with ACE Management Server.
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