| KB ID: | 4868 |
| Product: | Veeam Backup & Replication | 13.1 |
| Published: | 2026-07-31 |
| Last Modified: | 2026-07-31 |
The Veeam Reverse Proxy Service, a component of Veeam Backup & Replication, binds to port 80 by default in order to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS on port 443.
This article explains how to disable HTTPS redirection so that the service listens only on port 443, allowing port 80 to be closed on the Veeam Backup Server.
To prevent the Veeam Reverse Proxy Service from listening on port 80, disable HTTPS redirection:
C:\ProgramData\Veeam\ReverseProxy\Config\appsettings.jsonService section, add the DisableHttpsRedirection parameter and set it to true. A comma must be added to the end of the preceding line.Service section will appear as follows:
"Service": {
"Port": 443,
"TlsHandshakeTimeout": "00:00:30",
"DisableHttpsRedirection": true
}
The change can be confirmed in the following log:C:\ProgramData\Veeam\ReverseProxy\Logs\service.log
After the service restart, only the HTTPS listeners are present:
[INF] Now listening on: https://localhost:443 [INF] Now listening on: https://[::]:443
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