Configure apache to listen on port other than 80

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vivek.m picture vivek.m · Oct 15, 2010 · Viewed 434.4k times · Source

I use centOS server. I want to configure apache to listen on port 8079. I added LISTEN 8079 directive in httpd.conf.
I opened port 8079 in iptables and restarted iptables. I even stopped iptables service.

"netstat -nal | grep 8079" shows "tcp  0 0 :::8079 :::* LISTEN"

If I try to access http://localhost:8079 or http://myserver.com:8079 from that machine, I can access that page. BUT from any other machine I am not able to access the site on any port other than 80. On port 80, it works. On port 8079 it does not.

What else do I need to configure?

Answer

Shankar ARUL - jupyterdata.com picture Shankar ARUL - jupyterdata.com · Sep 26, 2014

In /etc/apache2/ports.conf, change the port as 

Listen 8079

Then go to /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

And change the first line as

<VirtualHost *: 8079>

Now restart 

sudo service apache2 restart

Apache will now listen on port 8079 and redirect to /var/www/html

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