7.4 Global Configuration Attributes
The attributes listed under "Global Attributes" affect every component in the SEA system on the current machine, whether or not the component has been enrolled in the configuration.
7.4.1 Changing the Attributes
Changes to the Logging attributes (prefaced with "log") take effect immediately.
Changes to the Communications and Controller attributes (prefaced with "comm" and "ctrlr," respectively) take effect only when a new SEA process is started (such as the Director or another process that connects to the Director).
Be aware that changing a global configuration attribute affects both interfaces.
7.4.2 Changing Ports
Table 7–1 describes the ports used by SEA and indicates whether or not they can be configured.
Table 7–1 Ports Port Number Used For Configurable 7901 Director-to-Director communications, and communicating with the Director on the local machine through the CLI. Yes 7902 Director's Web Interface listener port used by the web browser (e.g., http://machine.domain.com:7902) Yes 7903 Communication between SEA's applet (running inside the web browser) and the Director. No 7904 EVM connection to the Director. (Although EVM is a UNIX tool, the Director listens to this socket on all operating systems.) No 7920 The WEBES WCCProxy process communicates with the Director on this port. No. 1998 Service Cockpit No 2069/8941 CSG/QSAP—the port number for CSG v4.5 and v5.0 is 2069. For v3.1 and v3.1B it is 8941. (See Section 8.4.2 for more details on CSG/QSAP.) Yes 25 SMTP mail. This is the standard port used by TCP/IP systems for SMTP (see Section 8.2 for more details on configuring SMTP). NoIf a port is configurable, you can change the port number used. Most ports are configured using the web interface, however, the commSocketListenerPort, which is used for connections to the Director, can only be modified from the CLI.
The commSocketListenerPort defines the TCP/IP socket port used by the Director to communicate with other processes on the same machine or on other machines on the network (Port 7901, by default).
To change the TCP/IP socket port attribute on all operating systems use the following command from the command prompt.
desta msg -chgport nnn
- Where nnn is the new port number
This command changes the port number and then stops the Director and all connected processes. After the Director has finished shutting down, you can safely restart it on the new port.
If the process hangs unexpectedly under Windows, kill the command and stop the Director manually. Press CTRL-C to exit the CLI command, and then enter net stop desta_service.
The Director can only communicate with Directors on other machines that have the same TCP/IP socket port number defined in their configuration. You can restrict access to your Director by changing the ports to nonstandard numbers and only disclosing the new port numbers to people who need access.