User Guide

56 Getting Results with Novell Web Services
Getting Results with Novell Web Services
103-000133-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Changing the Server Port Number
The server port number specifies the TCP port that the server listens to. The
port number you choose can affect your users. If you use a nonstandard port,
then anyone accessing your server must specify a server name and port
number in the URL. For example, if you use port 8090, users wanting to
access your server from their Web browsers would specify the following:
http://www.novell.com:8090
The standard unsecure Web server port number is 80; the standard secure Web
server port number is 443. Technically, the port number can be any port from
80 to 65535, but because many other services are using other ports, you should
carefully choose your ports.
IMPORTANT: Before changing the Web server’s port number, refer to Appendix
F, “Port Number Assignments,” on page 285.
Changing the Server Binding Address
At times you’ll want the server to answer to two URLs. Your system must
already be set up to listen to multiple IP addresses. For information on
configuring multiple IP addresses, refer to “Setting Up Hardware Virtual
Servers” on page 71.
Changing the Server’s MTA Host
The server’s Message Transfer Agent (MTA) host is the name of the Simple
Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) mail server. See the following section,
“Modifying Network Settings,” for instructions on where to modify your
server’s MTA host.
Modifying Network Settings
1 From the Web Manager home page, click Enterprise Web Server
servername > Server Preferences > Network Settings.
2 In the Server Name field, enter the full hostname or DNS alias of your
server.
3 In the Server Port field, enter the port number of your server.
4 In the Bind to Address field, enter the IP address that is associated with
the specified hostname.