Debian / Ubuntu: Apache2 Change Default Port / IP Binding

by Vivek Gite on November 14, 2008 · 6 comments

Question: How do I change Apache 2 default port under Debian / Ubuntu Linux? I've couple of public IPv4 address assigned by my ISP, how do I force Apache2 to listen to a specific IP address? How do I change Apache2 IP address binding?

Answer: You can easily change the port and other settings using following directives:

Apache Listen Directive

The Listen directive instructs Apache to listen to more than one IP address or port; by default it responds to requests on all IP interfaces, but only on the port given by the Port directive. You can use this directive multiple times.

Task: Change Apache port

Open /etc/apache2/ports.conf file, enter:
# vi /etc/apache2/ports.conf
OR
$ sudo vi /etc/apache2/ports.conf
To make the server accept connections on both port 8010, enter:
Listen 8010
To make the server accept connections on both port 80 and port 8010, use:
Listen 80
Listen 8010

Task: Accept connections on specific IP / interface port

You need to use network interfaces IP address. For example, to make the server accept connections on IP 202.54.1.2 and port 80, enter:
Listen 202.54.1.2:80
To make the server accept connections on two specified interfaces and port numbers, enter:
Listen 202.54.2.1:80
Listen 202.54.2.5:8010

Save and close the file. Restart Apache 2 webserver:
# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
OR
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

How do I verify port and IP binding working ?

Use netstat command to find out if Apache is listening on a specific port or not, use:
# netstat -tulpn
# netstat -tulpn | grep :80
# netstat -tulpn | grep :8010
# netstat -tulpn| grep 202.54.1.2:80

Sample output:

tcp        0      0 202.54.1.2:80            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN     19306/apache2

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{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Felipe Ferreira November 25, 2008

Great Post.
Simple and easy to understand.
But I was wondering how I could server multiple IPs,Ports.
How would the Virtual Hosts file look like?
Is it enough to change the
NameVirtualHost ?

cheers,
http://www.felipeferreira.net

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2 Goncorpius October 23, 2010

Plz , i change port apache ia 81 but in address on browser my type is

localhst:81 or 127.0.0.1:81 not search foulder content php www

i edit port is 80 is ok

why ?? plz

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3 Cesar December 2, 2010

I’m with the same problem…

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4 Melroy van den Ber December 13, 2010

They apparently forgot to say to change the following also:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/ports.conf

In file ports.conf, line 8.
Find:
NameVirtualHost *:80

Change to:
NameVirtualHost *:8080

And!
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

In file default, line 1.
Find:

Change to:

Eventually restart your apache2 server ;)

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Good luck!

Kind regards,
Melroy van den Berg

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5 ulysses January 2, 2012

oh thanks that helped alot

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6 praveen July 4, 2011

what is the difference between the port 80 and 8080?

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