Its only available by default on dev builds, helps with executing commands quickly and not worry about api key signing.
If you install via RPM/DEB, 8096 is not enabled by default. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mathias Mullins [mailto:mathias.mull...@citrix.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 1:52 PM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Re: why do we need 8096? > > Hi Darren, > > It's a very commonly used port for many installations that want an > unauthenticated API access, especially from other tools and systems. I think > getting rid of this would be really bad idea. > > Matt > > > On 9/4/13 1:49 PM, "Darren Shepherd" <darren.s.sheph...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >Why do we need an unauthenticated backdoor? Is there any chance we > can > >just get rid of that entry point to CloudStack? > > > >Darren >
