Application Ports

Last Updated: 9/22/2008

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Application Ports

When deploying the application, the application port should be chosen carefully.

Port numbers below 1024 are always reserved. Linux won't even let you the application them without permissions. Under Windows, the operating system will let the application run on any port, and it's the job of the application to select an unused port.

It is in general a good idea to select a port superior to 1024 for your application. A port commonly opened by firewalls and configured in proxies is 8080. Whichever port you chose, verify before that no other application is using it.