Thursday 14 March 2013

How to change tomcat port number


Tomcat by default runs on port number 8080, However there is high chance get a port conflict with others program. Sometime we just need to change the Tomcat port number.

Steps of changing the Tomcat Port

1) Locate server.xml in {Tomcat installation folder}\ conf \
2) Find following similar statement
 <!-- Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8180 -->
    <Connector port="8080" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"
               maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75"
               enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" acceptCount="100"
               connectionTimeout="20000" disableUploadTimeout="true" />
or
    <!-- A "Connector" represents an endpoint by which requests are received
         and responses are returned. Documentation at :
         Java HTTP Connector: /docs/config/http.html (blocking & non-blocking)
         Java AJP  Connector: /docs/config/ajp.html
         APR (HTTP/AJP) Connector: /docs/apr.html
         Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080
    -->
    <Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1" 
               connectionTimeout="20000" 
               redirectPort="8443" />
3) About Tomcat’s server.xml file cites it’s runs on port 8080. Change the Connector port=8080 port to any other port number.
For example
 <Connector port="8181" protocol="HTTP/1.1" 
               connectionTimeout="20000" 
               redirectPort="8443" />
Above statement instruct Tomcat server runs on port 8181.
4) Edit and save the server.xml file. Restart Tomcat. Done

Ref :- http://www.mkyong.com/tomcat/how-to-change-tomcat-default-port/