Modifying the TCP/IP settings of an instance with Instance Administration Tool

Edit online

Use Instance Administration Tool to modify the TCP/IP settings for an existing instance.

Before you begin

To modify the TCP/IP settings of an instance with Instance Administration Tool, you must meet the following conditions:
  1. An instance with the same version of Instance Administration Tool must exist.
  2. Stop the directory server and the administration server of the instance. See Starting or stopping a directory server and an administration server.

Procedure

  1. Start Instance Administration Tool. See Starting Instance Administration Tool.
  2. From the List of directory server instances installed on the system list, select an instance with the same version of Instance Administration Tool.
  3. To modify the TCP/IP settings of the instance, click Edit TCP/IP settings.
    The Edit TCP/IP settings window opens for the instance.
  4. In the Edit TCP/IP settings window, select one of the following options:
    • If you want the instance to listen on all configured IP addresses of the computer, select Listen on all configured IP addresses.
    • If you want the instance to listen on a particular set of IP addresses that are configured on the computer, complete the following steps:
      1. Clear Listen on all configured IP addresses.
      2. From the Select the specific IP addresses to listen on list, select the IP address or addresses that you want the instance to listen on.
  5. Click Next.
  6. In the Port details panel, specify the following values:
    Note: You must assign a unique port numbers to the directory server ports and must not conflict with existing ports that are in use on the computer. ON AIX® and Linux™ systems, port numbers in the range of 1 - 1000 can be used only by root.
    1. In the Server port field, enter the port number that you want the server to use as its unsecured port. The number must be in range of 1 - 65535.
    2. In the Server secure port field, enter the port number that you want the server to use as its secured port. The number must be in the range of 1 - 65535.
    3. In the Administration server port field, enter the port number that you want the administration server to use as its unsecured port. The number must be in the range of 1 - 65535.
    4. In the Administration server secure port field, enter the port number that you want the administration server to use as its secured port. The number must be in the range of 1 - 65535.
    5. Click Finish.
  7. In the Edit TCP/IP results window, verify the log messages that are generated for the edit TCP/IP settings operation.
  8. To close the Edit TCP/IP results window, click Close.
  9. To close Instance Administration Tool, click Close.