1.8.1 Required Ports

Table 1-2 When a Firewall Separates an Access Manager Component from a Global Service

Component

Port

Description

NTP Server

UDP 123

Access Manager components must have time synchronized else the authentication fails. It is recommended to configure all components to use an network time protocol (NTP) server. Depending upon where your NTP server is located, you might need to open UDP 123, so that Access Manager components can use the NTP server.

DNS Servers

UDP 53

Access Manager components must be able to resolve DNS names. Depending upon where your DNS servers are located, you might need to open UDP 53, so that Access Manager components can resolve DNS names.

Remote Administration Workstation

TCP 22

If you want to use SSH for remote administration of Access Manager components, open TCP 22 to allow.

Table 1-3 When a Firewall Separates Administration Console from a Component

Component

Port

Description

Access Gateway, Identity Server

TCP 1443

For communication from Administration Console to devices.

TCP 8444

For communication from devices to Administration Console.

TCP 1290

For communication from devices to the syslog server on Administration Console.

TCP 524

For NCP certificate management with NPKI. Open this port so that both the device and Administration Console can use the port.

TCP 636

For secure LDAP communication from devices to Administration Console.

HTTP 2443

HTTP 8443

For the installer to communicate with Administration Console. You can close these port after installation is complete.

Importing an Access Gateway Appliance

ICMP

During an import, Access Gateway Appliance sends two pings through ICMP to Administration Console. When the import has finished, you can disable the ICMP echo requests and echo replies.

LDAP User Store

TCP 524

Required only if the user store is eDirectory. When configuring a new eDirectory user store, NCP is used to enable Novell SecretStore by adding a SAML authentication method and storing a public key for Administration Console. It is not used in day-to-day operations.

TCP 636

For secure LDAP communication from Administration Console to user store.

Administration Console

TCP 524

Required to synchronize the configuration data store.

 

TCP 636

Required for the secure LDAP communication.

 

TCP 8080, 8443

Used for the Tomcat communication.

TCP 705

Used by Sub Agent-Master Agent communication inside Administration Console.

UDP 161

Used for communication by an external Network Monitoring System with Administration Console by using SNMP.

Browsers

TCP 8080

For HTTP communication from browsers to Administration Console.

TCP 8443, 2443, 2080

For HTTPS communication from browsers to Administration Console.

NOTE:2443 and 2080 are optional ports required when Administration Console and Identity Server are collocated.

TCP 8028, 8030

To use iMonitor or DSTrace from a client to view information about the configuration store on Administration Console.

Upgrade Assistant Agent

TCP 9968

For HTTPS communication from Upgrade Assistant agent to Administration Console.

Table 1-4 When a Firewall Separates Identity Server from a Component

Component

Port

Description

Access Gateway

TCP 8080 or 8443

For authentication communication from Access Gateway to Identity Server. The default ports for Identity Server are TCP 8080 and 8443. They are configurable. You need to open the port that you configured for the base URL of Identity Server.

TCP 80 or 443

For communication from Identity Server to Access Gateway ESP. This is the reverse proxy port that is assigned to be ESP (see the Reverse Proxy /Authentication page). This is usually port 80 or 443.

Administration Console

TCP 1443

For communication from Administration Console to devices. This is configurable.

TCP 8444

For communication from Identity Server to Administration Console.

TCP 8443

For Docker deployment.

TCP 1290

For communication from devices to the Syslog server on Administration Console.

TCP 524

For NCP certificate management with NPKI from Identity Server to Administration Console.

TCP 636

For the secure LDAP communication from Identity Server to Administration Console.

Identity Server

TCP 8443 or 443

For HTTPS communication. You can use iptables to configure this for TCP 443. See Translating Identity Server Configuration Port.

TCP 7801

For back-channel communication with cluster members. You must enable the multicast traffic on this port.

This port is configurable.

NOTE:For Docker deployment, use TCP port 7901.

LDAP User Stores

TCP 636

For secure LDAP communication from Identity Server to the LDAP user store.

Service Providers

TCP 8445

If you have enabled identity provider introductions, open a port to allow HTTPS communication from the user’s browser to the service provider.

TCP 8446

If you have enabled identity provider introductions, open a port to allow HTTPS communication from the user’s browser to the service consumer.

Browsers

TCP 8080

For HTTP communication from a browser to Identity Server. You can use iptables to configure this for TCP 80. SeeTranslating Identity Server Configuration Port.

TCP 8443

For HTTPS communication from a browser to Identity Server. You can use iptables to configure this for TCP 443. See Translating Identity Server Configuration Port.

CRL and OCSP Servers

Configurable

If you are using x.509 certificates that include an AIA or CRL Distribution Point attribute, you need to open the port required to talk to that server. Ports 80/443 are the most common ports, but the LDAP ports 389/636 can also be used.

Active Directory Server with Kerberos

TCP 88, UDP 88

For communication with KDC on the Active Directory Server for Kerberos authentication.

Upgrade Assistant Agent

TCP 9968

For HTTPS communication from Upgrade Assistant agent to Identity Server.

Table 1-5 When a Firewall Separates Access Gateway from a Component

Component

Port

Description

Identity Server

TCP 8080 or 8443

For authentication communication from Access Gateway to Identity Server. The default ports are TCP 8080 and 8443, which are configurable. You need to open the port of the base URL of Identity Server.

TCP 80 or 443

For communication from Identity Server to ESP of Access Gateway. This is the reverse proxy port that is assigned to be ESP (see the Reverse Proxy /Authentication page). This is usually port 80 or 443.

Administration Console

TCP 1443

For communication from Administration Console to Access Gateway. This is configurable.

TCP 8444

For communication from Access Gateway to Administration Console.

TCP 1290

For communication from devices to the Syslog server on Administration Console.

TCP 524

For NCP certificate management with NPKI from Access Gateway to Administration Console.

TCP 636

For secure LDAP communication from Access Gateway to Administration Console.

Access Gateway

TCP 7801

For back-channel communication with cluster members. You must enable the multicast traffic option on this port.

This port is configurable. It is set by Identity Server cluster configuration that Access Gateway trusts. See Configuring a Cluster with Multiple Identity Servers in the NetIQ Access Manager 5.0 Administration Guide.

TCP 80 or 443

For communication among Embedded Service Providers (ESP) of the Access Gateway cluster members. This is the reverse proxy port that is assigned to be ESP (see the Reverse Proxy /Authentication page). This is usually port 80 or 443. This port is configurable.

Access Gateway Appliance Configuration console (https://<access_gateway_appliance-IP address>:9443)

TCP 9090 or 9443

For using the Jetty service on the appliance Configuration console.

For information about the Configuration console, see Configuring Access Gateway Appliance.

TCP 1099

For the Java RMI communication.

Browsers/Clients

TCP 80

For HTTP communication from the client to Access Gateway. This is configurable.

TCP 443

For HTTPS communication from the client to Access Gateway. This is configurable.

Web Servers

TCP 80

For HTTP communication from Access Gateway to web servers. This is configurable.

TCP 443

For HTTPS communication from Access Gateway to web servers. This is configurable.

Upgrade Assistant Agent

TCP 9968

For HTTPS communication from Upgrade Assistant agent to Access Gateway.

Table 1-6 When a Firewall Separates Analytics Server from Administration Console or any Services

Component

Port

Description

Administration Console

TCP 1444

For communication between Administration Console and Analytics Server.

Browsers

TCP 8445

For HTTPS communication with Analytics Server for Access Manager Dashboard.

Syslog

TCP 1468

For sending Syslog messages from Access Manager components to Analytics Server.

Docker

TCP 2443

For Docker deployment.

Remote Administration Workstation

TCP 22

For communication from your remote administration workstation to Analytics Server.

Upgrade Assistant Agent

TCP 9968

For HTTPS communication from Upgrade Assistant agent to Administration Console or any services.

NOTE:On SLES, you can use YaST to configure UDP ports and internal networks.

Table 1-7, Table 1-8, and Table 1-9 are intended for use in configuring the security groups in cloud deployments. The security groups, by default, do not restrict the outbound ports. Therefore, these tables include only the inbound ports.

Table 1-7 Administration Console on Cloud

Component

Port

Traffic Direction

Description

Access Gateway, Identity Server

TCP 1290

Inbound

For communication from devices to the Syslog server on Administration Console.

TCP 2443

Inbound

For the installer to communicate with Administration Console.

TCP 8444

Inbound

For communication from devices to Administration Console.

TCP 524

Inbound

For NCP certificate management with NPKI. Open this port so that both the device and Administration Console can use the port.

TCP 636

Inbound

For secure LDAP communication from devices to Administration Console.

Access Gateway

TCP 1289

Inbound

For importing Access Gateway into Administration Console.

SSH

TCP 22

Inbound

For accessing Administration Console using SSH.

Access Gateway

ICMP

Inbound

For importing Access Gateway.

Upgrade Assistant Agent

TCP 9968

Inbound

For HTTPS communication from Upgrade Assistant agent to Administration Console on Cloud.

Table 1-8 Identity Server on Cloud

Component

Port

Traffic Direction

Description

Administration Console

TCP 1443

Inbound

For communication from Administration Console to devices. This is configurable.

TCP 524

Inbound

For NCP certificate management with NPKI from Identity Server to Administration Console.

Identity Server

TCP 7801

Inbound

For the back-channel communication with cluster members. You must enable the multicast traffic option on this port. This port is configurable.

SSH

TCP 22

Inbound

For accessing Identity Server using SSH.

Access Gateway, Browsers

TCP 8443

Inbound

For authentication communication from Access Gateway to Identity Server.

For HTTPS communication from a browser to Identity Server's base URL when the default ports are used.

Upgrade Assistant Agent

TCP 9968

Inbound

For HTTPS communication from Upgrade Assistant agent to Identity Server on Cloud.

Table 1-9 Access Gateway on Cloud

Component

Port

Traffic Direction

Description

Service Providers

TCP 8445

Inbound

If you have enabled identity provider introductions, open a port to allow HTTPS communication from the user’s browser to the service provider.

TCP 8446

Inbound

If you have enabled identity provider introductions, open a port to allow HTTPS communication from the user’s browser to the service consumer.

Access Gateway

TCP 7801

Inbound

For back-channel communication with cluster members. You must enable the multicast traffic option on this port.

Administration Console

TCP 1443

Inbound

For communication from Administration Console to Access Gateway. This is configurable.

SSH

TCP 22

Inbound

For accessing Administration Console using SSH.

Identity Server

TCP 80 or 443

Inbound

For communication from Identity Server to Access Gateway ESP. This is the reverse proxy port that is assigned to be ESP.

Browsers/Clients

TCP 443

Inbound

For HTTPS communication from workstation browsers to Access Gateway.

TCP 80

Inbound

For HTTP communication from workstation browsers to Access Gateway.

Upgrade Assistant Agent

TCP 9968

Inbound

For HTTPS communication from Upgrade Assistant agent to Access Gateway on Cloud.

The following syslog ports for Docker are configured for Access Gateway, Administration Console, and Identity Server so they are unique and do not conflict:

Table 1-10 Syslog Ports on Docker

Ports for Administration Console

Ports for Access Gateway

Ports for Identity Server

1290

1490

1390

1291

1491

1391

1292

1492

1392