Changing the NV Test Manager port

By default, port 8182 is used to access to NV Test Manager via a browser. If required, you can change the port number as described below.

Changing the NV Test Manager port on Windows

Note: Perform the following steps on each NV Test Manager computer.

  1. Make sure that no tests are running on NV Test Manager.
  2. Make sure that the new port has been allowed in the firewall.
  3. Navigate to the following folder: <installation_folder>\conf.

  4. Open the config.properties file in a text editor.
  5. Change:

    com.shunra.bootstrapper.port=X

    to

    com.shunra.bootstrapper.port=Y

    where "X" is the current port number [by default – 8182] and "Y" is the new port number.

  6. Save the file.
  7. Navigate to the following folder: <installation_folder>\lib\shunra\vcat\.

  8. Open the NVAgent.exe.config file in a text editor.
  9. Replace both instances of "8182" (or the current port) with the new port number.
  10. Restart the Network Virtualization service.
  11. Right-click the NV Agent icon in the icon-bar and click Exit. Restart the NV Agent by clicking Start > All Programs > [Network Virtualization program folder] > NV Agent > NV Agent.
  12. Navigate to the following folder: <installation_folder>\conf.

  13. Right-click the file Controller.url and select Properties. In the URL, replace the old port number with the new port number.
  14. Right-click the file License.url and select Properties. In the URL, replace the old port number with the new port number.
  15. In all browser shortcuts to NV Test Manager and the NV License Manager, replace the old port number with the new port number.

Back to top

Changing the NV Test Manager port on Linux

  1. Ensure that no emulations are currently running.
  2. Open the configuration folder, by default:

    /opt/<NV Test Manager build>/conf

  3. Open the file: config.properties
  4. Change:

    com.shunra.bootstrapper.port=="X1"

    to

    com.shunra.bootstrapper.port ="X2"

    where "X1" is the current port number [by default – 8182] and "X2" is the new port number.

  5. Save the file.
  6. Restart the services by entering:

    service nvd restart

    (On SUSE: /etc/init.d/nvd restart)

Back to top