How to change default ports for task flow application?

Question

I deploy a task form with the following hwtaskflow.xml information:
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?>
<hwTaskFlows xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/bpel/workflow/hwTaskFlowProperties">
<ApplicationName>worklist</ApplicationName>
<LookupType>LOCAL</LookupType>
<TaskFlowDeploy>false</TaskFlowDeploy>
<TaskFlowServer>
*<hostName/>*
*<httpPort/>*
*<httpsPort/>*
</TaskFlowServer>
<hwTaskFlow>
<WorkflowName>ApproverHumanTask</WorkflowName>
<TaskDefinitionNamespace>http://xmlns.oracle.com/MyApp/MyComposite/MyTask</TaskDefinitionNamespace>
<TaskFlowId>MyTask_TaskFlow</TaskFlowId>
<TaskFlowFileName>WEB-INF/MyTask_TaskFlow.xml</TaskFlowFileName>
</hwTaskFlow>
</hwTaskFlows>
When I deploy the form then check the task URI in EM I see
Host name: server host name
HTTP port: 80
HTTPS port: 443
I know I can override these ports in the hwtaskflow but what if I want HTTPS port left blank? We don't have HTTPS active on our server. Another server in our environment only populates the HTTP port (HTTPS port is left blank) but I'm puzzled why the different behavior.
Can anyone tell me either how to specify a "blank" HTTPS port in the hwtaskflow or, preferably, how to change the server configuration so that HTTPS port is not filled in when I deploy the task form? We are wanting a completely automated deployment and presently we have to manually remove the HTTPS port via EM after deploying. Argh!

Answer 1

Jon,
May be you already figured out the solution nevertheless i will answer your questions.
1. Turning off the https port - give value as 0 for httpsPort in your hwtaskflow.xml.
Second reason why your custom hwtaskflow is not getting picked up is you have set the TaskFlowDeploy as false.
If you set this as true , and specify your cluster address you should be all set.
for eg : - your cluster host address is somename.cluster.com with only http configured at port 80 lets assume.
Then your hwtaskflow should look like this
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?>
<hwTaskFlows xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/bpel/workflow/hwTaskFlowProperties">
<ApplicationName>worklist</ApplicationName>
<LookupType>LOCAL</LookupType>
<TaskFlowDeploy>true</TaskFlowDeploy>
<TaskFlowServer>
<hostName>somename.cluster.com</hostName>
<httpPort>80</httpPort>
<httpsPort>0</httpsPort>
</TaskFlowServer>
<hwTaskFlow>
<WorkflowName>LeaveRequestTask</WorkflowName>
<TaskDefinitionNamespace>http://xmlns.oracle.com/BuildApplication/BuildProject/LeaveRequestTask</TaskDefinitionNamespace>
<TaskFlowId>LeaveRequestTask_TaskFlow</TaskFlowId>
<TaskFlowFileName>WEB-INF/LeaveRequestTask_TaskFlow.xml</TaskFlowFileName>
</hwTaskFlow>
</hwTaskFlows>
This will automatically pick up the values on deployment , other play you can configure this is in your em console as well.