🐛 Bug Report: Rundeck Redirects to Port 8443 After Logout Despite Configuration Using 8080

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Describe the bug

Rundeck always redirects the login page to port8443 after logout, even though the instance is configured and running onHTTPS port 8080 only.

All configuration files (rundeck-config.properties,framework.properties,/etc/rundeck/profile) and database entries (rundeckdb.mv.db) reference port 8080. However, after logging out and clickingLogin, the browser is redirected to:

https://dbfz-automate01.leipzig.dbfz.de:8443/user/login

This causes aERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED error since port 8443 is closed.

My Rundeck detail

To Reproduce

1. Install Rundeck via.deb on Ubuntu 22.04.
2. Configure SSL and port 8080 in/etc/rundeck/rundeck-config.properties:

   grails.serverURL=https://dbfz-automate01.leipzig.dbfz.de:8080server.port=8080server.enableHttpsConnector=falseserver.ssl.key-store=/etc/rundeck/ssl/keystore

3. Start Rundeck:

   sudo systemctl start rundeckd

4. Log in successfully viahttps://dbfz-automate01.leipzig.dbfz.de:8080.
5. Log out and clickLogin again.
6. Observe redirect to:

   https://dbfz-automate01.leipzig.dbfz.de:8443/user/login

   →ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED.

Expected behavior

Rundeck should consistently use the configured HTTPS port (8080) for all generated links and redirects, including login/logout actions.

The redirect should resolve to:

https://dbfz-automate01.leipzig.dbfz.de:8080/user/login

Screenshots

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Desktop (client browser)

Additional context

• No references to port 8443 exist in/etc/rundeck or the embedded H2 database.
• Redirect behavior persists even withserver.enableHttpsConnector=false and cookie clearing.
• The internal Grails app appears to default to 8443 when SSL is detected, despite custom port configuration.
• Likely related to Jetty’s embedded HTTPS connector initialization (default redirect port hardcoded at 8443).

Suspected Root Cause:
server.externalRedirectPort or similar Jetty/Grails internal default is not overridden when a nonstandard HTTPS port (8080) is configured. This causes Rundeck to generate redirect URLs pointing to 8443.