# HTTP Listeners

The VerneMQ HTTP listener is used to serve various VerneMQ subsystems such as:

* [Status page](https://docs.vernemq.com/1.8.0/monitoring/status)
* [Prometheus metrics](https://docs.vernemq.com/1.8.0/monitoring/prometheus)
* [management API](https://docs.vernemq.com/1.8.0/administration/http-administration)
* [Health check](https://docs.vernemq.com/1.8.0/monitoring/health-check)

By default it runs on port `8888`. To disable the HTTP listener or change the port, adapt the configuration in `vernemq.conf`:

```
listener.http.default = 127.0.0.1:8888
```