ADDRESS (LISTEN)

The ADDRESS element specifies the IP address of the machine where the dispatcher listens.

Syntax

<ADDRESS>ip-address</ADDRESS>
  1. ip-address is any valid IP address of the machine.

This is an optional element.

Child elements

There are no child elements.

Usage

This element allows you to configure one machine to communicate with the dispatcher. For security reasons it is recommended to configure the dispatcher to only accept connections coming from the web server (Apache for instance) on one IP address.

For example, you can restrict access to the loopback address (127.0.0.1) of the machine where the dispatcher is running, or you can set it to any valid IP address of the machine. Examples are shown of how to specify this using the loopback and IP address.

Usage example with loopback

<LISTEN>
  <ADDRESS>127.0.0.1</ADDRESS>
</LISTEN>

Usage example with actual IP address

<LISTEN>
  <ADDRESS>192.127.45.17</ADDRESS>
</LISTEN>

Parent elements

This element is a child of the LISTEN element.