This article describes how to change the Default Port on Citrix Licensing Config Service.

Citrix Licensing Config Service might fail to start when another application or service uses the default port 80.

Instructions

To change the default port, complete the following procedures:

• Machine with Citrix Licensing Config Service

• Machine that Runs Desktop Delivery Controller

Machine with Citrix Licensing Config Service

To change the default port om machine with Citrix Licensing Config service, complete the following steps:

1. Open Windows Explorer.exe and browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\Licensing\LicensingConfig\Service.

   Note: Remove x86 for a 32-bit machine.

2. Open Citrix.LicensingConfig.SdkWcfEndpoint.exe.minimal.config and copy and paste the complete content in a notepad

3. Open Citrix.LicensingConfig.SdkWcfEndpoint.exe.config in a notepad and complete the following steps:

   1. Clear all lines in it.

   2. Paste the contents that you had copied into this document.

   3. Save and close.

4. Run command prompt as an Administrator.

5. Browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\Licensing\LicensingConfig\Service.

   Note: Remove x86 for 32-bit machine.

6. Type "Citrix.LicensingConfig.SdkWcfEndpoint.exe /SDKPORT <PORT>*"

   *For example: Citrix.LicensingConfig.SdkWcfEndpoint.exe /SDKPORT 8080

Machine that Runs Desktop Delivery Controller

To change the default port om machine that runs Desktop Delivery Controller, complete the following steps:

1. Run PowerShell and load all the Citrix Snap-ins (add-pssnapin citrix*).

2. Type "Remove-ConfigServiceGroup –ServiceGroupUid  “5daf5329-90cf-470a-bfc6-eb0ffa0c4bd6”".

3. Type "$d = Get-LicServiceInstance –AdminAddress <licenseServer>:<port>*".
   *For example: $d = Get-LicServiceInstance -AdminAddress mylicenseserver:8080

4. Type "$d.ServiceGroupUid = "5daf5329-90cf-470a-bfc6-eb0ffa0c4bd6"".

5. Type "$d.ServiceGroupName = "LIC"".

6. Type "$d | Register-ConfigServiceInstance".