Modifying SSL ports

SSL is enabled by default for connections to IBM Director Console. If you need to modify the SSL ports that are used, you can edit the TWGServer.prop and TWGConsole.prop files.

The following table describes the default ports for TCP and SSL communication:
Communication type Default port number
TCP communication for IBM Director Console 2033
TCP communication for DIRCLI 2044
SSL communication for IBM Director Console and DIRCLI 4066
To modify the ports used for communication between a management server and a management console, you must modify the TWGServer.prop and TWGConsole.prop files located on each system. If you installed IBM Director Server and IBM Director Console in the default location, these files are located in the following directories:
For i5/OS /QIBM/UserData/Director/data/
For Linux and AIX /opt/ibm/director/data/
For Windows c:\Program Files\IBM\Director\data
c is the drive letter of the hard disk on which IBM Director is installed.

Complete the following steps to modify the SSL ports used for communication between a management server and management console:

  1. Using an ASCII text editor or the i5/OS™ Edit File (EDTF) command, open the TWGServer.prop file located on the management server.
  2. To modify the ports used for IBM Director Console and DIRCLI connections, edit the following statements:
    To modify the port for DIRCLI TCP connections
    twg.cli.gateway.link.1.initparam=PortNumber
    To modify the port for IBM Director Console TCP connections
    twg.gateway.link.1.initparam=PortNumber
    To modify the port for DIRCLI SSL connections
    twg.cli.gateway.link.2.initparam=PortNumber
    To modify the port for IBM Director Console SSL connections
    twg.gateway.link.2.initparam=PortNumber

    PortNumber is the port.

  3. Save and close the TWGServer.prop file.
  4. Stop and restart IBM Director Server.
  5. Using an ASCII text editor or the i5/OS Edit File (EDTF) command, open the TWGConsole.prop file located on the management console.
  6. Make the same changes that you made to the TWGServer.prop file in step 2
  7. Save and close the TWGConsole.prop file.
  8. Stop and restart IBM Director Console.

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