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Change the port used for context-sensitive help in the WebSphere Commerce tools
To use a port, other than 8001, for the help server, review these instructions to successfully change the port within the Configuration Manager.
This topic does not apply to WebSphere Commerce Developer. You must set the port for the information center to 8001 in WebSphere Commerce Developer for context-sensitive help to work in the commerce tools when running a commerce test environment.
If you specify a port other than 8001 for the WebSphere Commerce Information Center, change the port used for context-sensitive help in the commerce tools in Configuration Manager. If the port used for context-sensitive help in the commerce tools does not match the port number on which you started the information center, we will not be able to access context-sensitive help in the commerce tools, such as the Accelerator.
The IBM WC 7.0 Help Server service uses port 8001 and the port cannot be changed.
To use a different port for the Information Center, start the information center using the startHelp utility.
Procedure
- Stop commerce.
- Open Configuration Manager.
- In Configuration Manager, select...
WebSphere Commerce | hostname | Commerce | Instance List | instance | Instance Properties | WebSphere
- In the Help Server Port Number field, enter the port number you used when starting the information center.
- Click Apply.
- Close Configuration Manager.
- Start commerce.
Related tasks
Start and stop the commerce Information Center