Creating a new HTTP Listener

You can create a new HTTP Listener for a Virtual Server for processing incoming HTTP requests performing the following steps:

  1. Click Virtual Servers tab under a Server Configuration, for creating a new HTTP Listener.

  2. Click HTTP Listeners sub tab to view the list of configured HTTP Listeners.

  3. Click New button to pop up a wizard page for creating a new HTTP Listener.

The following provides a short description of each field in the Wizard page:

Table 1 Field Description > Creating a new HTTP Listener

Field

Description

Name

A short name for the new HTTP Listener

Port

Port for the HTTP Listener to bind and listen for incoming HTTP requests.

IP Address

A Valid IPv4 or IPv6 address. "*" implies that the HTTP Listener will listen to all IP addressed for the configured port.

Server Name

Enter the server name For example, sales.mycomp.com

Default Virtual Server

Select the virtual server from the drop down list. This action will associate the new HTTP Listener for the selected virtual server.

You can associate more than one HTTP Listeners to a virtual server.

Description (Optional)

Enter a short description for your HTTP Listener.