diff --git a/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/Hosting.cs b/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/Hosting.cs
index 5aefa241d27..4c29abfd59e 100644
--- a/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/Hosting.cs
+++ b/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/Hosting.cs
@@ -9,20 +9,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service
 
     public class Hosting
     {
-        const int SslPortNumber = 443;
-
         Hosting(IWebHost webHost, IContainer container)
         {
             this.WebHost = webHost;
             this.Container = container;
         }
 
-        public static Hosting Initialize()
+        public static Hosting Initialize(int port)
         {
             IWebHostBuilder webHostBuilder = new WebHostBuilder()
                 .UseKestrel(options =>
                 {
-                    options.Listen(!Socket.OSSupportsIPv6 ? IPAddress.Any : IPAddress.IPv6Any, SslPortNumber, listenOptions =>
+                    options.Listen(!Socket.OSSupportsIPv6 ? IPAddress.Any : IPAddress.IPv6Any, port, listenOptions =>
                     {
                         listenOptions.UseHttps(ServerCertificateCache.X509Certificate);
                     });
diff --git a/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/Program.cs b/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/Program.cs
index d22bc557f81..758cdb0326b 100644
--- a/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/Program.cs
+++ b/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/Program.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ public static async Task<int> MainAsync(IConfigurationRoot configuration)
 
             // TODO: set certificate for Startup without the cache
             ServerCertificateCache.X509Certificate = cert;
-            Hosting hosting = Hosting.Initialize();
+
+            int port = configuration.GetValue("httpSettings:port", 443);
+            Hosting hosting = Hosting.Initialize(port);
 
             IContainer container = hosting.Container;
 
@@ -111,13 +113,23 @@ public static async Task<int> MainAsync(IConfigurationRoot configuration)
             (CancellationTokenSource cts, ManualResetEventSlim completed, Option<object> handler)
                 = ShutdownHandler.Init(ShutdownWaitPeriod, logger);
 
-            using (IProtocolHead protocolHead = new EdgeHubProtocolHead(
-                new IProtocolHead[]
-                {
-                    new HttpProtocolHead(hosting.WebHost),
-                    await container.Resolve<Task<MqttProtocolHead>>(),
-                    await container.Resolve<Task<AmqpProtocolHead>>()
-                }, logger))
+            var protocolHeads = new List<IProtocolHead>();
+            if (configuration.GetValue("mqttSettings:enabled", true))
+            {
+                protocolHeads.Add(await container.Resolve<Task<MqttProtocolHead>>());
+            }
+
+            if (configuration.GetValue("amqpSettings:enabled", true))
+            {
+                protocolHeads.Add(await container.Resolve<Task<AmqpProtocolHead>>());
+            }
+
+            if (configuration.GetValue("httpSettings:enabled", true))
+            {
+                protocolHeads.Add(new HttpProtocolHead(hosting.WebHost));
+            }
+
+            using (IProtocolHead protocolHead = new EdgeHubProtocolHead(protocolHeads, logger))
             {
                 await protocolHead.StartAsync();
                 await cts.Token.WhenCanceled();
diff --git a/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/Startup.cs b/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/Startup.cs
index 05c8d1024f4..39d9e85c6f0 100644
--- a/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/Startup.cs
+++ b/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/Startup.cs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ IContainer BuildContainer(IServiceCollection services)
             var routes = this.Configuration.GetSection("routes").Get<Dictionary<string, string>>();
             (bool isEnabled, bool usePersistentStorage, StoreAndForwardConfiguration config, string storagePath) storeAndForward = this.GetStoreAndForwardConfiguration();
 
-            IConfiguration mqttSettingsConfiguration = this.Configuration.GetSection("appSettings");
+            IConfiguration mqttSettingsConfiguration = this.Configuration.GetSection("mqttSettings");
             Option<UpstreamProtocol> upstreamProtocolOption = Enum.TryParse(this.Configuration.GetValue("UpstreamProtocol", string.Empty), false, out UpstreamProtocol upstreamProtocol)
                 ? Option.Some(upstreamProtocol)
                 : Option.None<UpstreamProtocol>();
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ IContainer BuildContainer(IServiceCollection services)
             // n Clients + 1 Edgehub
             int maxConnectedClients = this.Configuration.GetValue("MaxConnectedClients", 100) + 1;
 
-            IConfiguration amqpSettings = this.Configuration.GetSection("amqp");
+            IConfiguration amqpSettings = this.Configuration.GetSection("amqpSettings");
 
             var builder = new ContainerBuilder();
             builder.Populate(services);
diff --git a/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/appsettings_hub.json b/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/appsettings_hub.json
index 7f5a0145374..f7ec5c451a2 100644
--- a/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/appsettings_hub.json
+++ b/edge-hub/src/Microsoft.Azure.Devices.Edge.Hub.Service/appsettings_hub.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "appSettings": {
+  "mqttSettings": {
+    "enabled":  true, 
     "MaxPendingInboundAcknowledgements": 16,
     "DeviceReceiveAckTimeout": "00:00:00",
     "MaxInboundMessageSize": "262144",
@@ -19,10 +20,15 @@
     "TableQos2StatePersistenceProvider.StorageConnectionString": "UseDevelopmentStorage=true",
     "TableQos2StatePersistenceProvider.StorageTableName": "mqttqos2"
   },
-  "amqp": {
+  "amqpSettings": {
+    "enabled":  true, 
     "scheme": "amqps",
     "port": 5671
   },
+  "httpSettings": {
+    "enabled":  true, 
+    "port": 443
+  }, 
   "IotHubConnectionPoolSize": 1,
   "IotHubConnectionString": "",
   "mqttTopicNameConversion": {