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Change the port number of the CensorNet web control panel

July 14, 2011 • Customer Services       

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You can change the port number that the web server listens on by following these steps:-

Type: nano /etc/apache2/ports.conf

Change the following lines:

NameVirtualHost *:80
Listen 80

To the new port number, e.g.

NameVirtualHost *:1234
Listen 1234

Save the changes by holding down Ctrl and pressing X then Y followed by Enter.

Then you must change the entry for the Web control panel by editing:-

nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default

Change the following line at the top of the file:-

<VirtualHost *:80>

...

To match the new port number:-

<VirtualHost *:1234>

Save the changes by holding down Ctrl and pressing X then Y followed by Enter.

Now you must restart the Apache web server:-

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

The port will have now changed, you will need to log back in to the Web control panel on the new port, e.g:-

http://10.0.0.254:1234/

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