How to set up port 80 for Apache server

• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 18.01

Desired Outcome Goal:
How to set up port 80 for Apache server in Aleph?

Procedure:
1. Shutdown the WWW server with util W
2. Stop Apache server (as UNIX user aleph)
apcb
apachectl stop

3. Change file $httpd_root/conf/httpd.conf
from
ServerName <server-name>:8991
Listen 8991
to
ServerName <server-name>:80
Listen 80

4. Change file $httpd_root/htdocs/.index.html
from
var loc = "http://<server-name>:8991/F?RN="+session;
to
var loc = "http://<server-name>:80/F?RN="+session;

5. Change occurrences of 8991 in $httpd_root/htdocs/main.html to 80
(Note: these lines in main.html are no longer used in normal circumstances, but, for consistency, we suggest changing them.)

6. Change file $alephe_root/aleph_start
from
setenv HTTPD_PORT 8991
setenv PDS_PORT 8991
to
setenv HTTPD_PORT 80
setenv PDS_PORT 80

7. Activate settings in $alephe_root/aleph_start
source $alephe_root/aleph_start

8. Start Apache server (as UNIX user root)
su
Password:
# $httpd_root/bin/apachectl_auto

9. Start WWW server (as UNIX user aleph)

10. Test access to OPAC