Changing Port Numbers

Kindly follow the steps in this page to change port numbers of ports used in OpManager.

Note: Kindly restart OpManager service after updating Port numbers.

1. SNMP Trap Receiver port

  • Protocol: UDP
  • Deafault Port Number: 162
  • Port type: Static
  • Direction: Inbound

To update port number for Port 162, go to Settings -> Monitoring -> SNMP Trap Processors -> Trap Settings in the OpManager UI.

2. Syslog Receiver Port

  • Protocol: UDP
  • Default Port Number: 514
  • Port type: Static
  • Direction: Inbound

To update Port 514 in OpManager, go to Settings -> Monitoring -> Syslog Rules -> Syslog Port and change the Port number.

To update Port 514 specific for the NCM add-on module, go to Settings -> NCM -> Server Settings in the OpManager UI and change the 'On port' number under 'Syslog Server'.

3. Netflow Listener Port (NFA Add-on)

  • Protocol: UDP
  • Default Port Number: 9996
  • Port type: Static
  • Direction: Inbound

To update Port 9996, go to Settings -> General Settings -> Server Settings in the OpManager UI and change the required port number(s) under listener port.

4. Firewall Log Receiver (FWA add-on)

  • Protocol: UDP
  • Port Number: 1514
  • Port type: Static
  • Direction: Inbound

To change this port go to Settings -> Firewall -> Syslog Server -> Add and add a new virtual syslog server and begin listening on a new port for exported log files. (Only applicable with Firewall Analyzer add-on module)

Note: It is recommended that Dynamic ports are not changed for Scalability purposes as it may affect product performance. Despite this, if you want to change the dynamic ports to a fixed port, please follow the steps given here.

5. SNMP Port

  • Protocol: UDP
  • Default Port Number: 161
  • Port type: Static
  • Direction: Bidirectional

If you want to configure a different SNMP Port, please configure it in the Credentials page (Settings -> Discovery -> Device Credentials) in the OpManager UI.

6. SSH Port

  • Protocol: TCP
  • Default Port Number: 22
  • Port type: Static
  • Direction: Bidirectional

To change this port, go to Settings -> Discovery -> Credentials -> Add Credentials and choose the appropriate port number in the Add Credentials screen for the SSH protocol under Telnet/SSH credential type.

7. Telnet Port

  • Protocol: TCP
  • Default Port Number: 23
  • Port type: Static
  • Direction: Bidirectional

To change this port, go to Settings -> Discovery -> Credentials -> Add Credentials and choose the appropriate port number in the Add Credentials screen for the Telnet protocol under Telnet/SSH credential type.

8. Webserver Port

  • Protocol: TCP
  • Default Port Number: 8060
  • Port type: Static
  • Direction: Bidirectional
NOTE: It is mandatory to change the OpManager port only from the UI, if any agent-monitored devices are present.

To change in this port in the OpManager UI, go to Settings -> General Settings -> Server Settings and change Server Port.

To change this port, go to <OPM_Installation_Directory>\bin and open the ChangeWebServerPort.bat file. Once opened, execute the ChangeWebServerPort.bat <New Port Number> command, where the new desired port number has to be entered in place of <New Port Number>.

9. PostgreSQL Database Port

  • Protocol: TCP
  • Default Port Number: 13306

To change this port, close the OpManager service and go to <OPM_Installation_Directory>\conf\database_params.conf. Open the database_params.conf file. In the conf file, change the port number in the URL.

10. MSSQL Database Port

  • Protocol: TCP
  • Default Port Number: 1433

To change this port, close the OpManager service, run the DBConfiguration.bat file under <OPM_Installation_Directory>/bin and change the port number.

Alternatively, close OpManager service, go to <OPM_Installation_Directory>\conf\database_params.conf and open the database_params.conf file. In the conf file, change the port number in the URL.

Note: Ensure that this port number matches the port number in which the MSSQL Database has been installed.

11. Remote Desktop Port (RDP)

  • Protocol: TCP
  • Default Port Number: 7275
  • Port type: Static
  • Direction: Bidirectional

To change this port, close the OpManager service and go to <OPM_Installation_Directory>\conf folder and open the gateway.conf file. Change the to the desired listening port number here.

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