Table 2‑4 lists the ports for which you can change the value, if necessary, after installing BIRT iHub. These port numbers are defined in acserverconfig.xml, the configuration file that all nodes in a BIRT iHub cluster share.
Table 2‑4 iHub ports appearing in acserverconfig.xml
Name
Description
Default
Range
AppContainerPort
Application container process listen port
8700
1 ‑ 65535
CustomEventServicePort
Custom Event Service Port
8700
1 ‑ 65535
ProvisioningSOAPPort
Provisioning service port
8010
1 ‑ 65535
ProvisioningSOAPSSL Port
Provisioning service SSL port
8011
1 ‑ 65535
SOAPDispatchSOAPPort
Message Distribution service port
8000
1 ‑ 65535
SOAPDispatchSOAPSSLPort
Message distribution service SSL port
8001
1 ‑ 65535
How to change a port number in acserverconfig.xml
This section makes reference to a variable named BIRTiHub_HOME. If you installed Visualization Platform as a single module, using the BIRTiHubVisualization.tar.gz installation package, into a directory having the path /opt/actuate, BIRTiHub_HOME represents the following path:
If you installed Visualization Platform and another module, such as System Console, at the same time, using the iHub3.tar.gz installation package, into a directory having the path /opt/actuate, BIRTiHub_HOME represents the following path:
/opt/actuate/iHub3/modules/BIRTiHub
1 Navigate to BIRTiHub_HOME. Run the script to stop BIRT iHub by typing the following command:
sh ./stopiHub.sh
2 Navigate to BIRTiHub_HOME/iHub/shared/config, the directory containing acserverconfig.xml.
3 As a best practice, create a copy of acserverconfig.xml. Then, edit acserverconfig.xml and change any port number appearing in Table 2‑4 as necessary. Save and exit.
4 Navigate to BIRTiHub_HOME. Run the script to start BIRT iHub by typing the following command: