Changing the default port number on an Apache Tomcat application server

This topic describes the steps you must take if you need to change the default HTTP port number.
To change the HTTP port number, follow these steps:
  1. Log on to Rational® Quality Manager as a user with JazzAdmins repository permissions.
  2. Click Admin, and then click Jazz Server Administration.
  3. Click Advanced Properties.
  4. In the browser, click Edit > Find or press Ctrl+F.
  5. Type 9080 and click OK.
  6. In com.ibm.team.repository.service.internal.webuiInitializer.ConfigPropertyInitializer, click Edit.
  7. Change the HTTP port from 9080 to 9081.
  8. Change the HTTPS port from 9443 to 9444.
  9. Scroll to the top of the page and click Save.
  10. Log out of Rational Quality Manager and shut down the server.
  11. Edit the Rational Quality Manager Start menu alias.

    Rational Quality Manager provides a start menu option that launches a browser with the default URL pre-populated. Follow these steps to configure the start menu to use the host alias that you just created and the new port number that you assigned:

    1. Click Start > All Programs > IBM® Rational Quality Manager.
    2. Right-click IBM Rational Quality Manager and select Properties.
    3. Change the URL to https://RQM:9444/jazz/web/console/QM.
    4. Click OK to save your changes and close the window.
  12. Change the port numbers in the Tomcat server.xml file.
    1. Navigate to the tomcat\conf directory where Rational Quality Manager is installed.
    2. Open server.xml for editing.
    3. Change Server port="9005" to "9006" (Server port="9006" shutdown="SHUTDOWN").
    4. Find and replace all instances of 9080 with 9081.
    5. Find and replace all instances of 9443 with 9444.
    6. Find and replace 9009 with 9010.
    7. Save and close the server.xml file.

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