Table 2‑4 lists the ports for which you can change the value, if necessary, after installing BIRT iHub Visualization Platform. 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
Changing a port number in acserverconfig.xml
This section makes reference to a variable named AC_SERVER_HOME. If you installed Visualization Platform as a single module, using the BIRTiHubVisualization.exe executable, into a folder having the path C:\Actuate3, AC_SERVER_HOME represents the following path:
If you installed Visualization Platform and another module, such as System Console, at the same time, using the iHub3.zip installation package, into a folder having the path C:\Actuate3, AC_SERVER_HOME represents the following path:
C:\Actuate3\iHub3\modules\BIRTiHub\iHub
How to change a port number when BIRT iHub Visualization Platform runs as Windows services
1 Choose Windows Start➛Control Panel➛Administrative Tools➛Services.
2 On Services, right-click the Actuate iHub 3.1 Service and choose Stop.
3 Using Windows Explorer, navigate to AC_SERVER_HOME\shared\config, the directory containing acserverconfig.xml.
4 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.
5 On Services, right-click the Actuate iHub 3.1 Service and choose Start.
How to change a port number when BIRT iHub Visualization Platform does not run as Windows services
1 Open a command prompt. Stop the BIRT iHub service by typing the following command:
net stop "Actuate iHub 3.1 Service"
2 Using Windows Explorer, navigate to AC_SERVER_HOME\shared\config, the folder 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 In the command prompt, start the BIRT iHub service by typing the following command: