You can configure the Web server to serve Web requests on any port, apart from the default port 80.
Important: To access sites running on a port other than the default (HTTP: 80; SSL: 443), you must specify the port number in the site URL, as follows: http://
<site_name>:
<port_number> where <site_name> is the host name of the site and <port_number> is the port that interfaces with the Web server.
Example: To access a site running on Apache 2.0 that interfaces with port 8000
, you must type the following: http://example.com:8000
If you configure the Web server to run on a port other than the default port, you must notify the Site Administrator about the change in the site URL.
To change the Web server configuration:
Note: Increasing this number leads to consumption of server resources, but also improves server responsiveness.
Note: You may type 80 or a valid port number greater than 1024.
Note: You may type 443 or a valid port number greater than 1024.
Note: This process can slow down the Web server.
Note: Each connection generates a process, consequently, too many connections can slow or stop the server; however, if you specify too few simultaneous connections, it can slow down the responsiveness of the Web server.
Note: Services hosted on the Web server will be inaccessible for the length of time required to restart the Web server.