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How Do I Configure Non-standard Ports When Adding a Protected Domain Name?

When you add a domain name to WAF, Port must be configured to the service port of your website. You can configure it by referring to the following instructions:

  • If Client Protocol is HTTP, WAF protects services on the standard port 80 by default. If Client Protocol is HTTPS, WAF protects services on the standard port 443 by default.
  • To configure a port other than ports 80 and 443, select a non-standard port from the Protected Port drop-down list.

Example 1: Protecting Traffic to the Same Standard Port with Different Origin Server IP Addresses Assigned

  1. Select Standard port from the Protected Port drop-down list.
  2. Select HTTP or HTTPS for Client Protocol. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show standard port configurations when the client protocol is HTTP or HTTPS.
    Figure 1 Port 80
    Figure 2 Port 443

    If Client Protocol is set to HTTPS, a certificate is required.

  3. Your website visitors can access the website without adding a port to the end of the domain name. For example, enter http://www.example.com in the address box of the browser to access the website.

Example 2: Protecting Traffic to a Non-Standard Port with Different Origin Server IP Addresses Assigned

  1. In the Protected Port drop-down list, select a non-standard port you want to protect.
  2. Select HTTP or HTTPS for Client Protocol for all server ports. Figure 3 and Figure 4 show the configuration of non-standard HTTP or HTTPS port, respectively.
    Figure 3 Other HTTP port besides port 80
    Figure 4 Other HTTPS port besides port 443

    If Client Protocol is set to HTTPS, a certificate is required.

  3. Visitors must add the configured non-standard port to the domain name when they access your website. Otherwise, error 404 is returned. If the non-standard port is 8080, enter http://www.example.com:8080 in the address box of the browser.

Example 3: Protecting Different Service Ports

If the service ports to be protected are different, configure the ports separately. For example, to protect ports 8080 and 6443 for your site www.example.com, add the domain separately for each port, as shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6.
Figure 5 Protecting port 8080
Figure 6 Protecting port 6443