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ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
70 VMware, Inc.
Change the Port Assignment for ACE Management Server
ACEManagementServerisamodulerunningontheApache2.0platform.Tochange
theportthattheserverlistenson,youmustmanuallyedittheApacheconfigurationfile.
To change the port assignment for ACE Management Server
1Usingatexteditor,opentheACEManagementServercomponentHTTP
configurationfile.
Dependingontheserversoperatingsystem,thefileis
placedinoneofthe
followinglocations:
WindowsC:\Program Files\VMware\VMware ACE Management
Server\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf
RedHatEnterpriseLinux4/etc/httpd/conf.d/acesc.conf
SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer9SP3/etc/apache2/conf.d/acesc.conf
ThispathisdifferentifVMwareACEManagementServerisinstalledinadifferent
location.Usethepathyouestablishedforyourserver.
2 LocatethelineentryinthefilethatreadsListen 443andchangetheportnumber .
Youcannotuseport8000,which
theserverusesforconfiguration,orport 8080,
whichtheACEManagementServerapplianceuses.
3 LocatethesectionheaderfortheVirtualServerconfigurationforport 443.
Thislinelookssimilartothefollowing:
<VirtualHost -default_:443>
4 Changetheportnumberinthesectionheadertothedesiredportnumber .
Forexample,tochangetoport8443,change443to8443.
5 Savethefile.
6StopandstarttheApacheservice.
Forinstructions,see“VerifyThattheApacheServiceIsStartedorRestarted”on
page 31.
WhenyoucreateanACEenabled
virtualmachine,youcanspecifywhichportistobe
usedtocommunicatewithACEManagementServer.