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Changing the Remote Console Port in ESX Server

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How do I change the port ESX Server uses for the remote console?

Solution

By default, the VMware Remote Console connects over port 902. To change the port the remote console uses, complete the following steps.

  1. To change the port vmware-authd runs on, edit the /etc/xinetd.d/vmware-authd file. Change the port = entry to the desired port number. Do not use ports 80 and 443 -- they are already in use.
  2. To change the port the console connects to from a remote client, edit the /etc/vmware/config file. Change the authd.client.port = "" entry to the same port from the previous step.
  3. Restart xinetd.
    /etc/init.d/xinetd restart
  4. Restart the VMware Management Interface.
    /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware restart

Now you can connect on the port you specified here.

Keywords

1134; 902; firewall

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