I guess the rationale behind putting it on 8080 is because this is the default for tomcat :) Also, by default, unprivileged accounts (non-root) are unable to listen on ports under 1024 like 80/443 (which is the reason of tomcat shipping it by default on 8080) this is easily fixable by daemonizing it (with jsvc for example, like it's already done for debian packaging). Another simple workaround i usually use for this, is to have iptables redirect port 80 to 8080 seamlessly, this allows the service to be available both on port 80 and 8080 ;)
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Erik Weber <terbol...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Rafael Fonseca <rsafons...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm reworking the packaging system in cloudstack, and would like to > gather > > your opinion on the following: > > > > - Fedora 2x runs systemd's cockpit on port 9090 by default > > This is a deal breaker for the cluster servlet port on this OS, the two > > possibilities would be to either pack changes to fedora's config on rpm > > install or simply change the servlet port to another one that does not > > clash on any distro.. any comments/suggestions? > > > > - Tomcat is not listening on port 80 > > Tomcat is using port 8080, which makes the user have to specify that > in > > the browser.. should we change it? In ubuntu it's already running under > > jsvc, so it shouldn't be a problem.. same can be arranged for > centos/other > > distros. > > > > Is it possible to ask the user for this during installation and default to > either 80 or 8080? I know Debian has a way to interact with the user during > install, not sure about RedHat. > > I don't know the rationale behind putting it on port 8080 in the first > place, but personally I don't see a problem moving it to port 80. > > > > - No link on the tomcat root (http://management-server/ can link > > internally > > to http://management-server/client , this makes it easier for new users > > who > > don't know the URL for the UI :) > > > > > Sounds like a good idea to me, I always forget to add /client when I browse > to new installations. > > -- > Erik >
