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2.4.4. Changing port numbers

Depending on policy configuration, services may only be allowed to run on certain port numbers. Attempting to change the port a service runs on without changing policy may result in the service failing to start. Run the semanage port -l | grep -w "http_port_t" command as the root user to list the ports SELinux allows httpd to listen on: 
~]# semanage port -l | grep -w http_port_t
http_port_t                    tcp      80, 443, 488, 8008, 8009, 8443
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By default, SELinux allows http to listen on TCP ports 80, 443, 488, 8008, 8009, or 8443. If /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf is configured so that httpd listens on any port not listed for http_port_t, httpd fails to start.
To configure httpd to run on a port other than TCP ports 80, 443, 488, 8008, 8009, or 8443:
  1. Edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf as the root user so the Listen option lists a port that is not configured in SELinux policy for httpd. The following example configures httpd to listen on the 10.0.0.1 IP address, and on TCP port 12345: 
    # Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to 
# prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses (0.0.0.0)
#
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80
Listen 10.0.0.1:12345
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  2. Run the semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 12345 command as the root user to add the port to SELinux policy configuration.
  3. Run the semanage port -l | grep -w http_port_t command as the root user to confirm the port is added: 
    ~]# semanage port -l | grep -w http_port_t
http_port_t                    tcp      12345, 80, 443, 488, 8008, 8009, 8443
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If you no longer run httpd on port 12345, run the semanage port -d -t http_port_t -p tcp 12345 command as the root user to remove the port from policy configuration.
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