Steps to change the default port number for Apache HTTP Server

Published February 28, 2007 Linux

We all know that as default the Apache HTTP Server will ping to port number 80 . What we have to do when a situation of changing this post number comes? Lets see some simple steps for this…

1. Assume that your new port number is 78

2. cp /etc/httpd/ports.conf /etc/httpd/ports.conf_backupgedit /etc/httpd/ports.conf

3. Find this line- Listen 80

4. Replace with the following line - Listen 78

5. Save the edited file

6. /etc/init.d/httpd restartApache HTTP server, Linux

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1 pradeep November 8, 2007 at 9:26 am

Hi
This is pradeep and i am having problm with the apache server .i am not able to start it ..whenever i try to start it,i get the reply as server busy….
2 Lijin November 8, 2007 at 9:55 am

Hi Pradeep,

Plz check any instance is already running on ur machine.