Changing server IP address

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Howdy,
I’m trying to evaluate Octopus Deploy and have run into a major roadblock. I’ve searched high and low and cannot find the answer.

How do I change the server’s IP address? I am running a Windows 2008 R2 server w/multiple IP addresses. I want Octopus (and it’s built in RavenDB) to use 192.168.170.193.

Thanks!

2

Hi Brian,

Thanks for getting in touch! Using the Octopus Manager you can select “Change Bindings”.

Hope that helps!
Vanessa

3

That is where I have tried to change the setting. I get the following error
when I set the ip address:

2014-07-22 10:24:10.0205 INFO Waiting for service to start. Current
status: StartPending
2014-07-22 10:24:11.1176 INFO Waiting for service to start. Current
status: Running
2014-07-22 10:24:12.1197 INFO Service started
2014-07-22 10:24:12.1087 ERROR The network location cannot be reached.
For information about network troubleshooting, see Windows Help
System.Net.HttpListenerException (0x80004005): The network location cannot
be reached. For information about network troubleshooting, see Windows Help
at System.Net.HttpListener.AddAllPrefixes()
at System.Net.HttpListener.Start()
at Octopus.Server.Web.OctopusNancyHost.TryStartListener() in
y:\work\refs\heads\master\source\Octopus.Server\Web\OctopusNancyHost.cs:line
189
at Octopus.Server.Web.OctopusNancyHost.StartListener() in
y:\work\refs\heads\master\source\Octopus.Server\Web\OctopusNancyHost.cs:line
141
at Octopus.Server.Web.OctopusNancyHost.Start() in
y:\work\refs\heads\master\source\Octopus.Server\Web\OctopusNancyHost.cs:line
125
at Octopus.Server.Web.WebServerInitializer.Start() in
y:\work\refs\heads\master\source\Octopus.Server\Web\WebServerInitializer.cs:line
62
at Octopus.Server.OctopusServerEngine.Start() in
y:\work\refs\heads\master\source\Octopus.Server\OctopusServerEngine.cs:line
47
at Octopus.Server.Commands.RunCommand.Start() in
y:\work\refs\heads\master\source\Octopus.Server\Commands\RunCommand.cs:line
21
at
Octopus.Shared.Startup.AbstractCommand.Octopus.Shared.Startup.ICommand.Start(String[]
commandLineArguments, ICommandRuntime commandRuntime, OptionSet
commonOptions) in
y:\work\refs\heads\master\source\Octopus.Shared\Startup\AbstractCommand.cs:line
55
at
Octopus.Shared.Startup.WindowsServiceHost.<>c__DisplayClass2.b__0() in
y:\work\refs\heads\master\source\Octopus.Shared\Startup\WindowsServiceHost.cs:line
19
at Octopus.Shared.Startup.WindowsServiceAdapter.RunService() in
y:\work\refs\heads\master\source\Octopus.Shared\Startup\WindowsServiceAdapter.cs:line
44

My IPCONFIG output:
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : vmxnet3 Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-BA-5D-73
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.170.174(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.170.192(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.170.193(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.168.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.170.11
192.168.170.12
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.170.11
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 192.168.170.12
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

And finally NetStat showing that there’s nothing using that ip address:

Active Connections

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP 0.0.0.0:135 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:3389 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:9090 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:49152 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:49153 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:49154 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:49171 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:49175 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 0.0.0.0:49190 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 127.0.0.1:31000 127.0.0.1:32001 ESTABLISHED
TCP 127.0.0.1:32001 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 127.0.0.1:32001 127.0.0.1:31000 ESTABLISHED
TCP 192.168.170.174:139 0.0.0.0:0 LISTENING
TCP 192.168.170.174:3389 192.168.169.211:57347 ESTABLISHED
TCP [::]:135 [::]:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:445 [::]:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:3389 [::]:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:9090 [::]:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49152 [::]:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49153 [::]:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49154 [::]:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49171 [::]:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49175 [::]:0 LISTENING
TCP [::]:49190 [::]:0 LISTENING
UDP 0.0.0.0:123 :
UDP 0.0.0.0:500 :

Thanks!

4

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the reply and your error message. There is a second step, sorry about that.
You need to update the http.sys file to include your IP address.
But here I have to give a big fat warning: This will also change the IP addresses for anything using http.sys.
The instructions for what command to run and why can be found on the following blog post:
http://www.diaryofaninja.com/blog/2010/09/14/how-to-stop-iis-binding-to-all-ip-addresses

Let me know how that goes.
Vanessa

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Thank you Vanessa. That worked. I also had to add a binding for the DNS
name in the Octopus Manager.
So in short.
I added the IP I wanted Octopus to listen on using the “netsh http add
iplisten ipaddress=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” command.
Then I removed the localhost binding and added a binding for the IP address
and one for the internal DNS name. (http://deploy.xxxx.com)

Thanks!