Changing the port in which apache starts

Apache service by default uses the port 80. It listens for request on port 80.

When ever you type http://localhost or any domain name like http://hscripts.com, the request is sent to the respective server at port 80.

So, http://hscripts.com is equivalent to calling http://hioxindia.com:80 Both will give you the same result.

If required we can use a different port to start the apache server.

For starting apache in a different port, say 8080

Edit the httpd.conf file


in httpd.conf search for the line "Listen 80". Listen is the property that manages the port apache uses. Now change 80 to a different port say 8080

Example:

Restart Apache for the configuration change to take effect. Now you can connect to the server by using the new port. To connect to the server use http://localhost:8080 or http://servername:8080