# Problem using non-standard port when deploying with git **URL:** \ **Category:** Deployment\ **Created:** [October 9, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-using-non-standard-port-when-deploying-with-git/150534 "2008-10-09T16:45:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@justus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/justus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-using-non-standard-port-when-deploying-with-git/150534/1 "2008-10-09T16:45:14Z")
Hello, What do I need to change in the deploy.rb or elsewhere in order to use a non-default port number? Everything is working fine when I use the standard port 22 on my server. I’m able to deploy my code with capistrano and github. Now I changed my port number to something higher -say - 1234. I also updated the deploy.rb with this line: ‘ssh\_options[:port] = 1234’ This works if I do a single command such as cap deploy:cleanup BUT when I try to deploy updated code via GitHub I now get the following error: ‘ssh: connect to host [github.com](http://github.com) port 1234: Connection refused’ When I remove the ‘ssh\_options[:port] = 1234’ line from deploy.rb again this error doesn’t happen but instead: ‘Capistrano::ConnectionError, connection failed for: xx.xx.x.xx (Errno::ECONNREFUSED: Connection refused - connect(2))’ So does anybody know how to solve this? What do I need to change in the deploy.rb or elsewhere in order to use a non-default port number? Thanks a lot for any help! Justus ---
**Author:** ![justus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@justus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/justus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-using-non-standard-port-when-deploying-with-git/150534/2 "2008-10-09T18:09:16Z")
rubyphunk wrote: > You could add [github.com](http://github.com) to your ~/.ssh/config file and define a non- > default port: > > Host [github.com](http://github.com) > Port 1234 > > rubyphunk > > On 9 Okt., 16:45, Justus O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Hi, thanks. But this doesn’t work. It looks like it is trying to connect to github at this port ('‘ssh: connect to host [github.com](http://github.com) port 1234: Connection refused’) but that’s not what I am trying to do. All I am trying to specify is that to access my production server port 1234 needs to be used. How can I specify this correctly in the deploy.rb? Thanks again, Justus ---
**Author:** ![justus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@justus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/justus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-using-non-standard-port-when-deploying-with-git/150534/3 "2008-10-09T17:10:35Z")
You could add [github.com](http://github.com) to your ~/.ssh/config file and define a non- default port: Host [github.com](http://github.com) Port 1234 rubyphunk On 9 Okt., 16:45, Justus O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![justus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@justus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/justus)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-using-non-standard-port-when-deploying-with-git/150534/4 "2008-10-10T19:41:21Z")
On Oct 9, 9:09 am, Justus O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > But this doesn’t work. It looks like it is trying to connect to github > at this port ('‘ssh: connect to host [github.com](http://github.com) port 1234: Connection > refused’) but that’s not what I am trying to do. > > All I am trying to specify is that to access my production server port > 1234 needs to be used. > > How can I specify this correctly in the deploy.rb? You can try putting an entry in your local .ssh/config file (~/.ssh/ config) that includes the port, and then connecting. I’m not sure if it’ll work, but it’s worth a shot. Just add something like: host = [yourservername.com](http://yourservername.com) port = 1234 Now, anytime you try to ssh to [yourservername.com](http://yourservername.com), it’ll try the connection over port 1234 instead of 22.