Configure apache to listen on port other than 80

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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

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Open httpd conf file in your text editor   Find this line    Listen 80   and change it   Listen 8079   After change  save it and restart apache

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Run this command if your ufw Uncomplicatd Firewall  is enabled   Add for Example port 8080   sudo ufw allow 8080 tcp  And you can check the status by running   sudo ufw status  For more info check   https   linuxhint com ubuntu allow port firewall

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This is working for me on Centos   First  in file  etc httpd conf httpd conf  add  Listen 8079    after   Listen 80   This till your server to listen to the port 8079   Second  go to your virtual host for ex   etc httpd conf d vhost conf  and add this code below   lt VirtualHost   8079 gt     DocumentRoot  var www html api folder    ServerName example com    ServerAlias www example com    ServerAdmin root example com    ErrorLog logs www example com-error log    CustomLog logs www example com-access log common  lt  VirtualHost gt    This mean when you go to your www example com 8079 redirect to   var www html api folder  But you need first to restart the service   sudo service httpd restart

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If you are using Apache on Windows    Check the name of the Apache service with Win R services msc Enter  if it s not ApacheX Y  it should have the name of the software you are using with apache  e g    wampapache64    Start a command prompt as Administrator  using Win R cmd Enter is not enough   Change to Apache s directory  e g   cd c  wamp bin apache apache2 4 9 bin  Check if the config file is OK with  httpd exe -n  YourServiceName  -t  replace the service name by the one you found on step 1   Make sure that the service is stopped  httpd exe -k stop -n  YourServiceName  Start it with  httpd exe -k start -n  YourServiceName  If it starts alright  the problem is no longer there  but if you get      AH00072  make sock  could not bind to address IP PORT NUMBER      AH00451  no listening sockets available  shutting down   If the port number is not the one you wanted to use  then open the Apache config file  e g  C  wamp bin apache apache2 4 9 conf httpd conf open with a code editor or wordpad  but not notepad - it does not read new lines properly  and replace the number on the line that starts with Listen with the number of the port you want  save it and repeat step 6  If it is the one you wanted to use  then continue  Check the PID of the process that is using that port with  Win R resmon Enter  click on Network tab and then on Ports subtab  Kill it with  taskkill  pid NUMBER  f   f forces it   Recheck resmon to confirm that the port is free now and repeat step 6    This ensures that Apache s service was started properly  the configuration on virtual hosts config file as sarul mentioned  e g   C  wamp bin apache apache2 4 9 conf extra httpd-vhosts conf  is necessary if you are setting your files path in there and changing the port as well  If you change it again  remember to restart the service  httpd exe -k restart -n  YourServiceName

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If you need apache Listen port other than 80  you should add next file under ubuntu   quot  etc apache2 ports conf quot   the list of Listen ports Listen 80 Listen 81 Listen 82  After you have to go on your Virtual hosts conf file and define next  lt VirtualHost   80 gt        v host 1  lt  VirtualHost gt     lt VirtualHost   81 gt        host 2  lt  VirtualHost gt     lt VirtualHost   82 gt        host 3  lt  VirtualHost gt

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For FC22 server  cd  etc httpd conf edit httpd conf  enter   Change  Listen 80 to  Listen whatevernumber  Save the file  systemctl restart httpd service  enter  if required  open whatevernumber in your router   firewall

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It was a firewall issue  There was a hardware firewall that was blocking access to almost all ports   Turning off software firewall   SELinux bla bla had no effect       Then I scanned the open ports and used the port that was open     If you are facing the same problem  Run the following command  sudo nmap -T Aggressive -A -v 127 0 0 1 -p 1-65000   It will scan for all the open ports on your system  Any port that is open can be accessed from outside   Ref   http   www go2linux org which service or program is listening on port

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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   lt VirtualHost    8079 gt    Now restart   sudo service apache2 restart   Apache will now listen on port 8079 and redirect to  var www html

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