Tomcat: Changing the Port

This requires editing server.xml on your server in the server configuration (Server/conf) directory.

Question:

How can I change the port iDashboards server listens on for browser requests?

Answer:

The port iDashboards server listens on for incoming requests is managed by the application server hosting iDashboards. If an application server other than the bundled version of Apache Tomcat is being used, consult the application specific documentation to configure the port settings.

• Go to the Tomcat Installation directory.
  • iDashboards Evaluation location:
    • C:\Program Files\iDashboardsEval\server
  • iDashboards Production location:
    • C:\Program Files\iDashboards_SRV\Server
• Use Notepad or another text editor to open the folder: conf then the file: server.xml 
• Search for the HTTP protocol Connector port

<Connector port="6700" protocol="HTTP/1.1" connectionTimeout="20000" redirectPort="8443" />

• In server.xml for Tomcat 8.0+ search for the HTTP protocol Connector port

<Connector port="6700" redirectPort="8443" connectionTimeout="20000" protocol="HTTP/1.1"/>

• In the above port="6700" indicates that iDashboards is currently listening on port 6700 for requests from browsers. To use a different port, change the number within quotation marks to the new port number. Be sure that the new port is not already in use by another service (ex. if another web server (IIS) is installed on the same machine it is likely using port 80).
• Save server.xml and then close
• Restart the Tomcat/iDashboards service (iDashboardsSRV)

If the above is unable to resolve the issue, then please contact iDashboards Support for further assistance.