# Changing port for Ignition Perspective

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-port-for-ignition-perspective/68444>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [January 10, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-port-for-ignition-perspective/68444 "2023-01-10T18:09:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-port-for-ignition-perspective/68444/3 "2023-01-10T19:10:29Z")

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Do note that background services can't use ports below 1024 in many environments unless they get extra privileges. If using Linux, CAP\_NET\_BIND\_SERVICE provides this permission so you can run Ignition as non-root.

> [@Ignition 8.1 Commissioning Automation](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-1-commissioning-automation/61034/14):
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> Succeeded with a work-around using a SystemD drop-in. Just before invoking the installer, my script has this: mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/ignition.service.d cat \>/etc/systemd/system/ignition.service.d/override.conf \<\<EOF [Service] AmbientCapabilities=CAP\_NET\_BIND\_SERVICE CAP\_NET\_RAW Environment=ACCEPT\_IGNITION\_EULA=Y Environment=GATEWAY\_ADMIN\_USERNAME=someUserName Environment=GATEWAY\_ADMIN\_PASSWORD=somePassword Environment=IGNITION\_EDITION=edge Environment=GATEWAY\_HTTP\_PORT=80 Environment=GAT…

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