topic Re: change IP in Alfresco Archive

change IP

peterz — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:19:00 GMT

Hi,I'm searching for information on changing the IP address of the windows box that alfresco is running on - and of course alfresco.The only thing I found is how to change the default port (https://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?t=14121); btw, is this 'the' way to go and is it also possible to

Re: change IP

loftux — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 06:15:03 GMT

Alfresco, or rather tomcat, does not bind/listen to a specific ip-adress. Just change the ip-adress for your windows box and restart.

That said, you can get certain interfaces like cifs,ftp and imap to listen to specific ip-adresses.
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/File_Server_Subsystem_4.0#Tell_Alfresco_what_IP_to_bind_to
No need to do that unless you have multiple network interfaces.
If you need more info, try these searches
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:wiki.alfresco.com+listen
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:wiki.alfresco.com+bind
https://www.google.com/search?q=site:forums.alfresco.com+listen

Re: change IP

peterz — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:20:04 GMT

Hi Loftux, thank you for your reply: it worked like a charm. Now I'm trying to change the port to 80 instead of 8080 but have broken into another thread which handles this issue.

Thanks a lot and i surely will read the links you provided later.
Peter