# WHATPORT(9080)

## NAME

port 9080 — Open Liberty / WebSphere Liberty HTTP — The default HTTP port for Open Liberty and WebSphere Liberty Java application servers.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA: glrpc

## DESCRIPTION

Open Liberty and IBM WebSphere Liberty ship with HTTP on 9080 and HTTPS on 9443, so a Java shop's application servers, and the sample apps in their tutorials, all answer here. Anything else that needs a second HTTP-alt port also reaches for 9080 because it reads as "80, but higher". IANA registers the port as glrpc (Groove GLRPC), a Microsoft Groove component you will not encounter now.

## EXPOSURE

**Expose with care.** Legitimate as an application listener, but it is plain HTTP — put TLS termination and access control in front of it rather than publishing 9080 directly.

## CHECK

```sh
curl -sI http://TARGET:9080/
```

## SEE ALSO

- docs — [Open Liberty — default port numbers (HTTP 9080, HTTPS 9443)](https://openliberty.io/docs/latest/reference/default-port-numbers.html) (openliberty.io)
- source — [OpenLiberty/open-liberty on GitHub](https://github.com/OpenLiberty/open-liberty) (github.com)
- iana — [IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry — 9080](https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml?search=9080) (iana.org)

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