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Review the Default Port Settings for IBM Cognos 8  

The following table lists the default ports and URI settings for IBM Cognos 8. After installation, you can use the configuration tool to change the settings . You can also change them by editing the cogstartup.xml file in the c8_location\configuration directory.

Setting

Default

Description

Content Manager URI

http://localhost:9300/ p2pd/servlet

The URI to Content Manager

Gateway URI

http://localhost:80/ cognos8/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi

The URI to the gateway

Dispatcher URI

(Internal, External)

http://localhost:9300/ p2pd/servlet/dispatch

The URI to the dispatcher

Dispatcher URI for external applications

http://localhost:9300/ p2pd/servlet/dispatch

The URI to the dispatcher

Dispatcher URIs for Gateway

http://localhost:9300/ p2pd/servlet/dispatch/ext

The URI to the primary dispatcher used by the gateway

Log server port

9362

The port used by the local log server

Listening port number

1527

The port used by Cognos Content Database.

The following table lists the default settings used by IBM Cognos 8 for Tomcat. The non-SSL and SSL connectors are automatically updated in the server.xml file when you use IBM Cognos Configuration to change the dispatcher port or to enable the SSL protocol . You can directly update the shutdown port using IBM Cognos Configuration.

Setting

Port

Description

Non-SSL Coyote HTTP/ 1.1 Connector

9300

The port Tomcat uses to pass requests from the Web server to IBM Cognos 8

SSL Coyote HTTP/1.1 connector

9334

The port Tomcat uses to listen for secure connections

Shutdown port

9399

The port Tomcat uses to listen for a shutdown command