port question

[navin]

Hello ,right now in my server (hp rp3440) there is a ov application running.it is accessed as server:/port no. Client would like to have the link as http:/server name
with out providing the port in the link ..how can we perform this
please advice

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

Checklist
1) Provide DNS support for the hostname. Depending on your environment that may require a fully qualified domain name. You need an A record.
2) Look at the web servers httpd.conf file and make changes as required to support the name.

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[navin]

Steve,
I have a full hostname as server.northamerica.dcop.com
So u meant to say ..there should be an A record created ....at DNS to pint to servername:7001
Thanks for your advice..

[Steven E. Protter]

DNS does not provide the port number merely host resolution.

your httpd.conf file has a listen directive in it. Normally it listens on port 80.

Change it to 7001 save the file and restart the web server.

To give details I'd have to now which web server we are talking about.

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[navin]

the server does not run the web server. there is an application that runs on 7001.ANd it is accessible through web ..as http:/server:7001.
Client would like to use some thing as htt:/server.
Thanks

[Heironimus]

The easy way is to put a web server on port 80 and have it do an HTTP redirect to http://server:7001/.

[navin]

Lil more info would be appreciated ...regarding having an web server (port 80) and have it to access http://server:7001 .
Thanks Much

[Torsten.]

I'm sure this "application" is using any kind of web server, maybe apache.

One of the settings of any web server is the "server listen on port ..." - default is 80.

You can either adjust the config to listen on port 80 or set up another web server to listen on port 80 and re-direct to the other port.

Example:


<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5; URL=http://my.server:1234/" />

[Torsten.]

... but maybe the most easy solution is to use a bookmark or shortcut on the client side ...