How to set up port 80 for Apache server

Question

How to set up port 80 for Apache server in Aleph?

Answer

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

Additional Information

• To see the current Apache port use

echo $HTTPD_PORT

• For automatic startup change

/exlibris/startup/init.dat
aleph
to
root
Example
Old:
Y:apache:aleph:httpd:/exlibris/aleph/a20_1:../a20_1:apachectl_auto:apachectl
New:
Y:apache:root:httpd:/exlibris/aleph/a20_1:../a20_1:apachectl_auto:apachectl

Note:  the "a20_1" will need to be changed for your particular version/instance, such as:  a23_1 .

• Article last edited: 24-Jun-2014