Jira unable to access on port 80

[Rahul Aich [Nagra]]

Hi All

I want to access jira using startard port 80. So I amended the server.xml from port 8080 to 80 and restartd jira (as a service).

But after the change I cannot access jira.

What are the changes that i need to make to fix this?

It seems that apache is not listening to this port. Can anyone help please?

Note:If I use any other port say 8091 , 8092 etc it works. but not 80

Rahul

[Ivan Tse · Accepted solution]

If you're using a linux OS then you need to run JIRA as a root user. Only root is allowed to run applications on ports lower than 1024.

If you're running on windows, you could have another service running on that port already.

Eithery way, the change you're making is most likely correct, but an environment variable could ne holding you up.

[Suhas Gopalkrishna]

sudo iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080.

This will just fit your bill, redirect everything from 8080 to 80 and you can access it over http without any issues. Ex : (www.jira.mydomain.com) as compared to default (www.jira.mydomain.com:8080)

[ucishark1978]

this really save me a lot.. Brilliant !!!. Simple solution and it works !

[Ramiro Pointis]

In any case take a look at this documentation, is always better to read the official information, at least to understand:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Changing+JIRA's+TCP+Ports

Cheers

[C_ Faysal]

I wouldn't reconmend running any process to run as root. I assume you aim at removing the port i.e. 8080 from the address and make it respond to jira.yourhost.tld This can be done in a more smarter way

[Chris Baigorri]

@C. FaysalCan you elaborate on what approach you would take to run JIRA without a port number?

[Paulo Gaspar]

No, he keeps the "more smarter way" to himself, because you wouldn't understand.

[Rahul Aich [Nagra]]

I simply re-installed jira and amended the xml to accept port 80 and it worked. Not sure what was wrong with my previous installation.

Rahul