The HTTPS Access Port
By default, the administration portal is accessible via the standard HTTPS port, 443. However, you can change the HTTPS port. Changing the administration portal’s HTTPS access port can block undesired access to the portal. Once the HTTPS port is changed, the non standard port must be specified in the URL in order for the browser to access the portal.
In order to connect to the administration portal after altering the administration access port, append the port number to the FQDN of your portal. For example, to connect to Example’s administration portal using HTTPS port 2222, use the following address: https://example.ctera.com:2222/admin
To customize the administration portal HTTPS access port:
1 Navigate to the Settings > Global Settings page.
2 In the Administration Console area, specify the new HTTPS port number in the HTTPS Port field.
The allowed HTTPS ports are: 443, and from 1024 to 65535.
3 Click Save.
4 Restart the portal.
5 Configure the firewalls on the CTERA Portal servers to enable TCP traffic between the servers on the customized HTTPS port. This is necessary because the customized HTTPS port is used for CTERA server-to-server communications.
Note: Using Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS in addition to a customized HTTPS access port will result in a redirect to the address that includes the custom port. Using the above example, the redirect would be from http://example.ctera.com/admin to https://example.ctera.com:2222/admin.