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9.9.1 Listener address

ListenHTTP directive: Address address

The IP address that pound will listen on. This can be a numeric IPv4 or IPv6 address, or a full pathname of a UNIX socket. To listen on all available interfaces, use ‘0.0.0.0’ (for IPv4), or ‘::0’ (for both IPv4 and IPv6).

If neither Address or SocketFrom are supplied, ‘::0’ is assumed.

ListenHTTP directive: Port n

The port number or service name (as per /etc/services that this listener will listen on.

If this directive is not given, the default port number is assumed (80 for ListenHTTP and 443 for ListenHTTPS).

ListenHTTP directive: SocketFrom "pathname"

Read the socket to listen on from the UNIX socket supplied by pathname. If this parameter is supplied, neither Address nor Port may be used. This parameter is intended for use in pound testsuite.