add console port override test
diff --git a/console/server/src/test/java/org/apache/edgent/test/console/server/HttpServerTestPort.java b/console/server/src/test/java/org/apache/edgent/test/console/server/HttpServerTestPort.java
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+package org.apache.edgent.test.console.server;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.Socket;
+
+import org.apache.edgent.console.server.HttpServer;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * This is a separate test because the HttpServer implementation
+ * precludes changing the console port within a jvm instance.
+ */
+public class HttpServerTestPort {
+	
+	  int getAvailablePort() throws IOException {
+	    try (Socket s = new Socket()) {
+	      s.bind(null);
+	      return s.getLocalPort();
+	    }
+	  }
+
+    @Test
+    public void overridePortNumber() throws Exception {
+      // count on the OS not immediately reusing an available local port.
+    	int port = getAvailablePort();
+      int port2 = getAvailablePort();
+      assumeTrue(port != port2);
+      
+      System.setProperty("edgent.console.port", String.valueOf(port));
+      HttpServer myHttpServer = HttpServer.getInstance();
+      myHttpServer.startServer();
+      
+      int portNum = myHttpServer.getConsolePortNumber();
+      assertEquals(port, portNum);
+    }
+
+}