Enable user connection to ownCloud using port 8080

Admin

Note: You must have your server root password to change the ownCloud default port.

To change the port number used to connect to ownCloud, complete the following steps:

1. Open the ownCloud text console.
2. Enter this command to edit the file sudo nano /etc/apache2/ports.conf. Note: you must have the administrator password to run this command.
3. Replace Listen 80 with Listen 8080.
4. Press the keys ^X to exit the file. Type Y to save your changes.
5. Enter this command to edit the file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf.
6. Replace <VirtualHost *: 80> with <VirtualHost *: 8080>.
7. Press the keys ^X to exit the file. Type Y to save your changes.
8. To restart the web service, enter sudo service apache2 restart.
9. Test the change using your browser by navigating to your_ownCloud_IP:8080.

If the changes do not work, you may need to restart your server.