Changing the HTTP port of a Domino HTTP server
IBM® Sametime® installs on an IBM Domino® server and uses the HTTP server provided with Domino.
About this task
During a Sametime installation, the administrator can allow HTTP tunneling on port 80. To support the HTTP tunneling on port 80 functionality, the Community Mux on the server listens for HTTP connections from clients (including browsers) on port 80. A browser connects to the Community Mux on port 80, and the Community Mux makes an intraserver connection to the Domino HTTP server on behalf of the browser.
If the administrator allows HTTP tunneling on port 80 during the Sametime installation, the Domino HTTP server must listen for HTTP Connections on a port other than port 80. In this scenario, the Sametime server installation programmatically changes the HTTP port of the Domino HTTP server to port 8088 during the Sametime installation process. It is not necessary to manually change the setting.
If the administrator does not allow HTTP tunneling on port 80 during the Sametime installation, the Domino HTTP server listens for HTTP Connections on port 80 by default.
On some platforms, you can configure Sametime to operate using a Microsoft® IIS HTTP server or IBM WebSphere® HTTP server. For information on setting up Sametime to use a different HTTP Web server, see "Sametime Server Installation."
Follow these instructions if you need to change the HTTP port of the Domino HTTP server: