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Changing the Port Used by the PoolParty Server

Prerequisites for Changing the Port of PoolParty Server

  • A default installation of PoolParty following the respective Installation Guide .Installation Guide

  • No other service running on port 80.

To change the PoolParty default port to another than port 80, follow these steps:

Step 1: Stop the PoolParty Server

On Linux, open a shell and change to root:

sudo -i

Stop PoolParty:

<PPAppDir>/bin/poolparty stop

Note

On Windows, use the Apache Tomcat service application to stop PoolParty. For more, see: Control PoolParty Using Tomcat Service Application (Windows)

Step 2: Change the port-property of the Connector-tag in the Apache Tomcat's server.xml

Change the port-property in the Connector element of server.xml to reflect your desired port:

Example Port Configuration 8081 of server.xml

...
 <Connector port="8081" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
            connectionTimeout="20000"
            redirectPort="8443" />
...

You will find the file in these paths respectively:

  • Linux: <PPAppDir>/tomcat/conf/

  • Windows: <drive>:\<TomcatDir>\conf

Note

You need to configure your packet filter/firewall (if any) in a way that allows the host to accept incoming connections on the port of your choice.

Otherwise, PoolParty may not be reachable over the network.

Step 3: Change the Connector URL

Adapt the URL for Solr connection in poolparty.properties with new port:

Example Port Configuration 8081 of poolparty.properties

...
ppt.url=http://localhost:8081/PoolParty/
...

You will find the file in these paths respectively:

  • Linux: <PPAppDir>/config/

  • Windows: <drive>:\<PPAppDir> config\

Step 4: Start the PoolParty Server

On Linux open a console and change to root:

sudo -i

Start PoolParty:

<PPAppDir>/bin/poolparty start

Note

On Windows, use the Apache Tomcat service application to start PoolParty.