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Changing Remote Service Port and Firebird server name

Why Change the Remote Service Port? If you need to install Firebird on your system or already have it installed for any reason, selecting a different port is usually a good idea since the default port can only be used by one program. Firebird always installs the Remote Service Port TCPIP as 3050. In this example, we will change the TCPIP port to 3210 instead of 3050
Why change the instance name of the Firebird server to a specific name? It will be much simpler to distinguish your own Firebird server instance from the Firebird server instance used by anyone else if you change the name of the Firebird server to a specified name rather than leaving it the same as default (an example for the name of the server instance can be your company name).

Changing the Firebird Service Port

(1) The first step is to uninstall the Firebird server inside the console by executing the command “uninstall_service.bat”

(2) Now that the Firebird server is uninstalled, to change the Remote Service Port, go to firebird.conf file inside the Local Disk (C:) and open the file as a notepad by first right-clicking, then clicking on Open with.. and selecting Notepad.

(3) Select CTRL + F on your keyboard and search for “RemoteServicePort”

(4) Now that we found the Remote Service Port, copy and paste it on the top of the config file and change the TCPIP to 3210 and save the document. (Putting the changed parameter on the top of the config file will make it easier in the future to see what you have changed)

(5) Click on File and click on the Save button to save the process we did.

Changing the Firebird Server name

(1) To change the instance name of the Firebird server name, go again to the command prompt, enter the following command: “install_service.bat fb30w64” and execute the command. (Change the parameter fb30w64 to any parameter you want to have)

(2) Check again to see if the server name is changed and to see if the server is running successfully. To check if the Firebase server is running successfully, on the taskbar go to Control Panel and click on System and Security. At the bottom, Click on Administrative Tools and open Services. To see if the firebird server is running correctly, scroll down till you see the Firebird server - (The name you changed your server to) and make sure it is running.