diff --git a/lib/swift_utils.py b/lib/swift_utils.py
index 61893de..4b3ed40 100644
--- a/lib/swift_utils.py
+++ b/lib/swift_utils.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ MEMCACHED_CONF = '/etc/memcached.conf'
 SWIFT_RINGS_CONF = '/etc/apache2/conf.d/swift-rings'
 SWIFT_RINGS_24_CONF = '/etc/apache2/conf-available/swift-rings.conf'
 HAPROXY_CONF = '/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg'
+APACHE_PORTS_CONF = '/etc/apache2/ports.conf'
 APACHE_SITES_AVAILABLE = '/etc/apache2/sites-available'
 APACHE_SITE_CONF = os.path.join(APACHE_SITES_AVAILABLE,
                                 'openstack_https_frontend')
@@ -199,6 +200,10 @@ CONFIG_FILES = OrderedDict([
         'hook_contexts': [MemcachedContext()],
         'services': ['memcached'],
     }),
+    (APACHE_PORTS_CONF, {
+        'contexts': [],
+        'services': ['apache2'],
+    }),
 ])
 
 
diff --git a/templates/ports.conf b/templates/ports.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b46c728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/ports.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#File written by Juju: leave default ports closed (see LP 1845665).