Summary

How to specify Orbix 3.3.x server application’s listening port
Setting CORBA port
Defining a fixed listening port

Environment

Orbix 3.3.x
All supported platforms

Question/Problem Description

CORBA server applications listen for incoming requests on a specific port. This article describes how to specify this port for Orbix 3.3.x server applications.

Resolution

If the server application is started by the Orbix daemon, "putitj -port" command can be used to specify the server’s listening port:

> putitj -port 65519 <Server Name>

Similarly, this application is to be launched manually, it can be registered with the Orbix Daemon as "persistent", again specifying the port number:

> putitj -port 65519 <Server Name> -persistent

Alternatively, if the application does not use the Orbix daemon, the configuration variable "IT_IIOP_USE_LOCATOR" should be set to "false". The port can then be set in the application’s code as follows:

IE.Iona.OrbixWeb.Features.Config.setConfigItem("IT_IIOP_LISTEN_PORT",String.valueOf(65519));

The port must be set before the creation of the IOR. Please see the Orbix 3 "standAlone" demo for an example of setting the port in this way. This demo can be found here:

<ORBIX_ROOT>/demos/orbixjava/standalone/