Changing default port 80 on Mi Case Verde veralite

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I’m about to get a Mi Casa Veralite, primarily for home automation, and I’m interested in the remote access ability.

I already have a web server running on port 80 on my network, so I’ll need to change the port that the Veralite web access is running on, I’ve seen posts here on how to do that.

I already have my router forward port 80 incoming traffic to my existing webserver. If I change the veralite to run on a different port and forward incoming traffic on that different port to forward to the veralite, will this still work for remote access? I understand you don’t access the veralite from outside by hitting it directly, but access it via cp.mios.com. Is there an option to tell it what port to use to connect to my veralite?

Thanks!

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You can’t (properly) change Vera’s HTTP port, but that’s ok because you don’t need to. MiOS remote access isn’t an incoming TCP connection to your public IP address; it’s an outgoing connection from Vera to cp.mios.com. This won’t interfere with your existing web server.

(Port forwarding Vera’s web interface so that it’s publicly accessible is an enormous security hole, because there is no authentication. Any stranger could do anything on your system.)

TL;DR is that it will Just Work without port forwarding and it won’t mess with your existing servers.

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Thanks, OK, that’s good to know.