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Redirecting the default RequisiteWeb & ClearQuest Web HTTP port in 7.0

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Question

How do you change the default IBM® Rational® RequisitePro® RequisiteWeb or ClearQuest® Web HTTP port in version 7.0?

Answer

To change the port for RequisiteWeb or ClearQuest Web, change the following files from 80 to the port you would like to use.

With a text editor open the following files:

  1. Open the following file and update the Listen 0.0.0.0:80 line to your new port number:

    C:\Program Files\Rational\Common\rwp\IHS\conf\httpd.conf

  2. Open the following file and update the <VirtualHost Name=”*:80” /> line to your new port number:

    C:\Program Files\Rational\Common\rwp\EmbeddedExpress\profiles\plugin-cfg.xml

  3. Open the following file and update the <aliases xmi:id=”HostAlias_2” hostname=”*” port=”80”/> line to your new port number:

    C:\Program Files\Rational\Common\rwp\EmbeddedExpress\profiles\profile1\config\cells\DefaultNode\virtualhosts.xml

  4. Open the following file and update the <aliases xmi:id=”HostAlias_2” hostname=”*” port=”80”/> line to your new port number:

    C:\Program Files \Rational\Common\rwp\EmbeddedExpress\profiles\profile2\config\cells\DefaultNode\virtualhosts.xml
  5. Open the following file and update the <VirtualHost Name="*:_APACHE_PORT_" /> line to your new port number:

    C:\Program Files\Rational\Common\rwp\profiles\plugin-cfg.xml


Additional Related Information:
TN#1243924: How to hard code your User Name and Password into the RequisiteWeb URL to bypass the login page for a project in version 7.0


Note: There is a documentation defect on this topic in the IBM Rational RequisitePro Installation and Upgrade Guide (Version 7.0.0, Windows, GI11-6381-00, i1163810.zip). The Defect number is RATLC00490645.



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Modified date:
16 June 2018

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