Configure the HTTP and HTTPS ports

By default, the mqweb server that hosts the IBM MQ Console and REST API uses the HTTPS port 9443. The port that is associated with HTTP connections is disabled. We can enable the HTTP port, configure a different HTTPS port, or disable the HTTP or HTTPS port. We can configure the ports by using the setmqweb command.


Before starting

If you enable the HTTP port, and are using token based authentication, we must enable the same LTPA token to be used for both HTTP and HTTPS connections. For more information, see Configure the LTPA token.

To complete this task, we must be a user with certain privileges so that we can use the dspmqweb and setmqweb commands:

  • On z/OS, we must have authority to run the dspmqweb and setmqweb commands, and write access to the mqwebuser.xml file.
  • On all other operating systems, we must be a privileged user.

Attention:

Before issuing either the setmqweb or dspmqweb commands on z/OS, we must set the WLP_USER_DIR environment variable, so that the variable points to your mqweb server configuration.

To do this, issue the following command:
export WLP_USER_DIR=WLP_user_directory
where WLP_user_directory is the name of the directory that is passed to crtmqweb. For example:
export WLP_USER_DIR=/var/mqm/web/installation1

For more information, see Create the mqweb server.


Procedure

  • View the current configuration of the HTTP and HTTPS ports by using the following command:

    dspmqweb properties -a

    The httpPort field shows the HTTP port, and the httpsPort field shows the HTTPS port. For more information, see dspmqweb.
  • Enable or configure the HTTP port: by using the following command:

    • Enable or set the HTTP port by using the following command:

      setmqweb properties -k httpPort -v portNumber

      where portNumber specifies the port that we want to use for HTTP connections. We can disable the port by using a value of -1.

    • Reset the HTTP port value to the default value of -1 by using the following command:

      setmqweb properties -k httpPort -d

  • Configure the HTTPS port:

    • Set the HTTPS port number by using the following command:

      setmqweb properties -k httpsPort -v portNumber

      where portNumber specifies the port that we want to use for HTTPS connections. We can disable the port by using a value of -1.

    • Reset the HTTPS port number to the default value of 9443 by using the following command:

      setmqweb properties -k httpsPort -d

Parent topic: Configure the IBM MQ Console and REST API