Clients (e.g. Web browsers) will see
Qizx XML Server
as a Web server. This Web server will run on the machine on which you have
launched
qizxserver. Many other network
services are also running on this machine. Each of these network services
is uniquely identified by its
TCP port. Therefore you need to
specify a TCP port — an integer between 2 and 65535 — which is not already
used by another network service
(1).
The "
Use standard port number" button allows
to specify the standard TCP port number associated to the chosen
Web server protocol:
- Port 80 for "Web server (HTTP)".
- Port 443 for "Secure Web server
(HTTPS)".
Using a standard port number is useful if you intend to operate Qizx XML Server on the Internet because:
- Such ports are generally not blocked by enterprise firewalls or
proxies.
- You don't need to type the port number in the address bar of your
Web browser. Example: when the TCP port is 22080, you'll need to type
"http://gizmo.acme.com:22080/foo/bar" in the address bar of
your Web browser. When the TCP port is 80, you'll just need to type
"http://gizmo.acme.com/foo/bar".