OpenHab 2 HTTP(S) Port with Beta 5 Release

Setup, Configuration and Use Runtime
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Hi, I am switching from openhab 1.x to openHab 2.0 Beta 5. But I have the need to change the HTTP and HTTPS port of the installation. But I cant figure out, how to do it…

This is my setup:

Ubuntu Server 14.04
openhab 2.0 Beta 5 installed via apt-get

This is what i tried already:

No matter what I do, the service is always started with the default 8080 and 8443 port. This is how it looks when I do a ps-ef | grep openhab

openhab 30356 30256 99 15:22 ? 00:00:07 /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/bin/java -Dopenhab.home=/usr/share/openhab2 -Dopenhab.conf=/etc/openhab2 -Dopenhab.runtime=/usr/share/openhab2/runtime -Dopenhab.userdata=/var/lib/openhab2 -Dopenhab.logdir=/var/log/openhab2 -Dfelix.cm.dir=/var/lib/openhab2/config -Dorg.osgi.service.http.port=8080 -Dorg.osgi.service.http.port.secure=8443 -Dopenhab.home=/usr/share/openhab2 -Dopenhab.conf=/etc/openhab2 -Dopenhab.runtime=/usr/share/openhab2/runtime -Dopenhab.userdata=/var/lib/openhab2 -Dopenhab.logdir=/var/log/openhab2 -Dfelix.cm.dir=/var/lib/openhab2/config -Dorg.osgi.service.http.port=8080 -Dorg.osgi.service.http.port.secure=8443 -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:+UseG1GC -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:+UseG1GC -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/jre/lib/endorsed:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/endorsed:/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/lib/endorsed -Djava.ext.dirs=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/jre/lib/ext:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/ext:/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/lib/ext -Dkaraf.instances=/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/instances -Dkaraf.home=/usr/share/openhab2/runtime -Dkaraf.base=/var/lib/openhab2 -Dkaraf.data=/var/lib/openhab2 -Dkaraf.etc=/var/lib/openhab2/etc -Dkaraf.restart.jvm.supported=true -Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/lib/openhab2/tmp -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/var/lib/openhab2/etc/java.util.logging.properties -Dkaraf.startLocalConsole=false -Dkaraf.startRemoteShell=true -classpath /usr/share/openhab2/runtime/lib/boot/org.apache.karaf.diagnostic.boot-4.0.8.jar:/usr/share openhab2/runtime/lib/boot/org.apache.karaf.jaas.boot-4.0.8.jar:/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/lib/boot/org.apache.karaf.main-4.0.8.jar:/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/lib/boot/org.osgi.core-6.0.0.jar org.apache.karaf.main.Main

Maybe I am missing somthing obvious here… I need someone to point me in the right direction. Any help is greatly apreciated.

Thanks
R.

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How are you setting the environment variables?

I don’t know Ubuntu, but if it uses systemd then try adding the following to the service file or, as I have done, to an override file e.g. /etc/systemd/system/openhab.service.d/override.conf
> [Service]
Environment="OPENHAB_HTTP_PORT=8095"
Environment=“OPENHAB_HTTPS_PORT=8443”

I see the correct parameters in the commend that is executed, however I have yet to gain access tot he http server so take this with a pinch of salt.

3

I’ve given up trying to do it the “proper” way and instead simply edit /usr/share/openhab2/runtime/bin/setenv

That certainly works, but needs to be re-done with each update, as the file is overwritten

Dan

4

That’s the benefit of the systemd override, it will survive an update.
Got mine working now, so can confirm it is an option.

Mike.

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You should be able to set the following in /etc/default/openhab2, which is a conffile and won’t get overriden each time.

EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS=""
OPENHAB_HTTP_PORT=8095
OPENHAB_HTTPS_PORT=8443
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Thx for the tip. Right now this is the only way that works. I can’t figure out, why its not working with the environment variables. But the openHab start just wont pick it up… :worried:

7

Same here. I set the port to 8090 in /usr/share/openhab2/runtime/bin/setenv because I have Kodi running and this us already using port 8080. Can’t get the ports to change otherwise.

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@reinhard_vornholt and @Marijn_Oudijk, Are you sure it’s not working when you set /etc/default/openhab2 as I mention above?

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Yes I am.
I put this part of the setenv script into a seperate shell script (added the echo):

if [ ! -z ${OPENHAB_HTTP_PORT} ]; then HTTP_PORT=${OPENHAB_HTTP_PORT}
else
HTTP_PORT=8080
fi

echo $HTTP_PORT

When I execute it, it gives me the desired port number. I don’t know why it’s not working with openhab2. I guess it’s some kind of user rights. Looks to me, that the openhab user can’t “see” the environment variables at startup. But thats just a guess.

10

Same here. Not working.

Workaround is using setenv which is fine for the time being

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I thought that might be it, but get the same result if I run openhab as root. So can’t be a permissions issue.

Perhaps some subtle bug in the setenv script?

12

Same problem here with raspbian jessie.

13

Unfortunately I still have the same problems after upgrading to OH2 final version. :frowning:

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my brilliant solution was to change the ports on my other application and let openHAB have ports 8080 and 8443 to itself!