IBM Streams 4.2.1
Changing the secure port number for the web management service
By default, the web management service runs
on port 8443. You can specify a different port number when you create
or update a domain.
About this task
Using port 8443 might not work for some deployments because other web servers and applications also use 8443 as their default port. If you have multiple copies of IBM® Streams on the same resource, you must use non-default port numbers because separate ports are required for each domain. If you try to start a domain and the port is already being used, the domain fails to start and you receive a message that the port is in use.
The
new port number must be a value between 0 and 65535.
If the domain.portRange domain property is set,
the new port number must be within the specified port range. If you
specify a value of 0, an open port is dynamically
chosen when the domain is started. After the domain starts, you can
determine the port number by using the streamtool geturl command.
Note: If
you use the dynamic port allocation option, you cannot use browser
bookmarks for the Streams
Console,
since the URL might change each time the web management service restarts.
You must also accept the web management service server
certificate each time a different port is used. If you have applications
that use the IBM
Streams REST
API, you might have to update the port number in those applications
as well. For these reasons, consider using an assigned port number
in these scenarios.
Procedure
To use a non-default port number: