diff --git a/doc/mgr/dashboard.rst b/doc/mgr/dashboard.rst
index fc028038fde..226e9e25b9a 100644
--- a/doc/mgr/dashboard.rst
+++ b/doc/mgr/dashboard.rst
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Host name and port
 Like most web applications, dashboard binds to a TCP/IP address and TCP port.
 
 By default, the ``ceph-mgr`` daemon hosting the dashboard (i.e., the currently
-active manager) will bind to TCP port 8080. If no specific address has been
+active manager) will bind to TCP port 8443. If no specific address has been
 configured, the web app will bind to ``::``, which corresponds to all available
 IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
 
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/HACKING.rst b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/HACKING.rst
index 5c06293a330..79f34dc8b94 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/HACKING.rst
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/HACKING.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Build the Project
 
 Run ``npm run build`` to build the project. The build artifacts will be
 stored in the ``dist/`` directory. Use the ``-prod`` flag for a
-production build. Navigate to ``https://localhost:8080``.
+production build. Navigate to ``https://localhost:8443``.
 
 Running Unit Tests
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -292,12 +292,12 @@ following code:
       return {'msg': "Hello"}
 
 The ``hello`` endpoint of the ``Ping`` controller can be reached by the
-following URL: https://mgr_hostname:8080/ping/hello using HTTP GET requests.
+following URL: https://mgr_hostname:8443/ping/hello using HTTP GET requests.
 As you can see the controller URL path ``/ping`` is concatenated to the
 method name ``hello`` to generate the endpoint's URL.
 
 In the case of the ``ApiPing`` controller, the ``hello`` endpoint can be
-reached by the following URL: https://mgr_hostname:8080/api/ping/hello using a
+reached by the following URL: https://mgr_hostname:8443/api/ping/hello using a
 HTTP GET request.
 The API controller URL path ``/ping`` is prefixed by the ``/api`` path and then
 concatenated to the method name ``hello`` to generate the endpoint's URL.
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ decorator by passing an additional decorator parameter called ``base_url``::
   @ApiController('/ping') <=> @Controller('/ping', base_url="/api")
 
 ``UiApiPing`` works in a similar way than the ``ApiPing``, but the URL will be
-prefixed by ``/ui-api``: https://mgr_hostname:8080/ui-api/ping/hello. ``UiApiPing`` is
+prefixed by ``/ui-api``: https://mgr_hostname:8443/ui-api/ping/hello. ``UiApiPing`` is
 also a ``@Controller`` extension::
 
   @UiApiController('/ping') <=> @Controller('/ping', base_url="/ui-api")
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ Consider the following example:
 In this example we explicitly declare a path parameter ``{node}`` in the
 controller URL path, and a path parameter ``{date}`` in the ``latency``
 method. The endpoint for the ``latency`` method is then accessible through
-the URL: https://mgr_hostname:8080/ping/{node}/stats/{date}/latency .
+the URL: https://mgr_hostname:8443/ping/{node}/stats/{date}/latency .
 
 For a full set of examples on how to use the ``@Endpoint``
 decorator please check the unit test file: ``tests/test_controllers.py``.
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/controllers/__init__.py b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/controllers/__init__.py
index ea5c962b542..f42c22cc06f 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/controllers/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/controllers/__init__.py
@@ -540,9 +540,9 @@ class RESTController(BaseController):
     Test with curl:
 
     curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST \
-         -d '{"username":"xyz","password":"xyz"}'  http://127.0.0.1:8080/foo
-    curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/foo
-    curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/foo/0
+         -d '{"username":"xyz","password":"xyz"}'  https://127.0.0.1:8443/foo
+    curl https://127.0.0.1:8443/foo
+    curl https://127.0.0.1:8443/foo/0
 
     """
 
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/proxy.conf.json.sample b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/proxy.conf.json.sample
index 1b4f52de52a..6a71a26bbaf 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/proxy.conf.json.sample
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/frontend/proxy.conf.json.sample
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   "/api/": {
-    "target": "https://localhost:8080",
+    "target": "https://localhost:8443",
     "secure": false,
     "logLevel": "debug"
   },
   "/ui-api/": {
-    "target": "https://localhost:8080",
+    "target": "https://localhost:8443",
     "secure": false,
     "logLevel": "debug"
   }
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/module.py b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/module.py
index 2a1a9217320..17b4cd67cf7 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/module.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/module.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class SSLCherryPyConfig(object):
         :returns our URI
         """
         server_addr = self.get_localized_config('server_addr', '::')
-        server_port = self.get_localized_config('server_port', '8080')
+        server_port = self.get_localized_config('server_port', '8443')
         if server_addr is None:
             raise ServerConfigException(
                 'no server_addr configured; '