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Network port requirements for vCloud Director 5.1 (2034426)
Purpose
Secure operation of vCloud Director requires a secure network environment. Connect all vCloud Director servers to a network that is secured and monitored. vCloud Director network connections have several additional requirements.Configure and test this network environment before you begin installing vCloud Director.
This article outlines the network port requirements for vCloud Director 5.1.
Note: Do not connect vCloud Director directly to the public Internet. Always protect vCloud Director network connections with a firewall. Only port 443 (HTTPS) must be open to incoming connections. Ports 22 (SSH) and 80 (HTTP) can also be opened for incoming connections if needed. All other incoming traffic from a public network must be rejected by the firewall.
Resolution
This table outlines ports that must allow incoming packets from vCloud Director hosts:
Ports
Protocol
Comments
111
TCP, UDP
NFS portmapper used by transfer service
920
TCP, UDP
NFS rpc.statd used by transfer service
61611
TCP
ActiveMQ
61616
TCP
ActiveMQ
This table outlines ports that must allow outgoing packets from vCloud Director Hosts:
Note: Do not connect the ports used for outgoing connections to the public network.
