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Change the CA Access Control Web Service URL

You use the CA Access Control Web Service to access CA Access Control Enterprise Management and CA Access Control Endpoint Management. The CA Access Control Web Service URL has the format HTTP:hostname:port; for example, http://entmserver:5248. By default, hostname is the name of the Enterprise Management Server.

When you change the CA Access Control Web Service URL, you change the IP address and port that the web service listens on. To increase security, you can change the host name to localhost; for example, http://127.0.0.1:5248. Using localhost helps to limit the exposure of the web service, because it helps to prevent scanners from detecting the web service from outside the immediate localhost environment.

Follow these steps:

1. Stop JBoss and CA Access Control services if they are running.
2. Change the host name in the URL, as follows:
   • (Windows) Change the value of the machineName registry value in the WebService registry key to the new host name.
   • (Linux) Change the value of the machineName configuration setting in the WebService section of the seos.ini file to the new host name.
3. (Optional) Change the port number in the URL, as follows:
   • (Windows) Change the value of the portNumber registry value in the WebService registry key to the new port number.
   • (Linux) Change the value of the portNumber configuration setting in the WebService section of the seos.ini file to the port number.
4. Open the following file, where JBoss_home is the home directory in which you installed JBoss:

   JBoss_home/server/default/conf/webservice.properties
   

5. Change the value of the webservice.url property to the new host name and port. For example:

   webservice.url=http://127.0.0.1:5248
   

6. Save and close the file.
7. Restart CA Access Control services, including the CA Access Control Web Service.
8. Restart JBoss.

   The CA Access Control Web Service URL is changed.