Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows

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Configure the WebSphere Portal Express ports

 

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The WebSphere Portal Express installer needs two port blocks of 25 ports or more, one for WebSphere Application Server and one for WebSphere Portal Express.

No validation is done to see if the ports are in use or if the ports file is valid. Sample ports files are available on the Setup disc.

The installation programs attempts to detect ports that are actively being used at install time. If you want to allow the installer to detect ports, have all the processes that will be running after installation, running at install time. This will ensure the ports used by those other processes will not be considered for use by WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Portal Express.

To allow the installation to detect ports within a specified range specify the port range to be scanned for WebSphere Application Server, use the following parameters either on the command line or in the response file:

By default, scanning of active ports starts at 10000 and ends at 65000.

• To specify the port range to be scanned for WebSphere Application Server...

  -W adminPortBlockInput.startingPortToScan=portnumber
  -W adminPortBlockInput.endingPortToScan=portnumber

• To specify the port range to be scanned for WebSphere Portal Express...

  -W portalPortBlockInput.startingPortToScan=portnumber
  -W portalPortBlockInput.endingPortToScan=portnumber

The starting port to scan value can also be thought of as the starting port value if you know that port block is open.

Before running the installation you might want to specify a larger port block size for WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Portal Express.

The port block size cannot be less than 25 ports.

• To specify the port block size for WebSphere Application Server, use the following parameter either on the command line or in the response file:

  -W adminPortBlockInput.portBlockSize=port block size

• To specify the port block size for WebSphere Portal Express, use the following parameter either on the command line or in the response file:

  -W portalPortBlockInput.portBlockSize=port block size

Before running the installation you might want to define a set of ports for WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Portal Express instead of allowing the installer to detect the ports. To explicitly define a custom set of ports use the ports file option. There are sample port files available to use and modify on the Setup disc. If a ports file is specified, no port detection is necessary since the ports are defined in the ports file.

The range for valid ports is 1 - 65535.

1. Modify the sample WebSphere Application Server ports file,...

   WASDefaultPortsFile.props

   which is located on the Setup disc.

   Then specify the ports file for WebSphere Application Server, using the following parameter either on the command line or in the response file:

   -W adminPortBlockInput.portsFilePath=/path/to/ports/file

2. Modify the sample WebSphere Portal Express ports file,...

   WPDefaultPortsFile.props

   ...which is located on the Setup disc.

   Then specify the ports file for WebSphere Portal Express, using the following parameter either on the command line or in the response file:

   -W portalPortBlockInput.portsFilePath=/path/to/ports/file

If the GUI or console mode installation program fails to detect ports for either WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Portal Express, a warning message will be displayed and the installer offers another chance to enter the values. During a silent installation if there is a problem detecting ports, the installer will exit.

The Ports Configuration panels can also be forced to display in the GUI or console mode installation...

• For WebSphere Application Server:

  -W adminPortBlock.active=false

• For WebSphere Portal Express:

  -W portalPortBlock.active=false

After running the installation to change the ports on WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Portal Express, stop the servers and run one of the following tasks from...

If using a ports file, there are sample port files available to use and modify on the Setup disc.

• Windows:

  cd portal_server_root/config 
  
  WPSconfig.bat action-modify-ports-by-startport 
                -DModifyPortsServer={server1 | WebSphere_Portal} 
                -DStartPort=starting portnumber 
  
  WPSconfig.bat action-modify-ports-by-portsfile 
                -DModifyPortsServer={server1 | WebSphere_Portal} 
                -DPortsFile=/path/to/ports/file
  

• Linux:

  cd portal_server_root/config 
  
  ./WPSconfig.sh action-modify-ports-by-startport 
                -DModifyPortsServer={server1 | WebSphere_Portal} 
                -DStartPort=starting portnumber 
  
  ./WPSconfig.sh action-modify-ports-by-portsfile 
                 -DModifyPortsServer={server1 | WebSphere_Portal} 
                 -DPortsFile=/path/to/ports/file
  

After running those commands, restart the servers.

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