The Collector Manager uses the following ports to communicate with other components.
For Sentinel Collector Manager to work properly, ensure that the following ports are open on the firewall:
|
Ports |
Direction |
Required/Optional |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
TCP 1289 |
Inbound |
Optional |
Used for Audit connections. |
|
UDP 1514 |
Inbound |
Optional |
Used for syslog messages. |
|
TCP 1443 |
Inbound |
Optional |
Used for SSL encrypted syslog messages. |
|
TCP 1468 |
Inbound |
Optional |
Used for syslog messages. |
|
TCP 1099 and 2000 |
Inbound |
Required |
Used together by monitoring tools to connect to Sentinel server process using Java Management Extensions (JMX). |
|
TCP 61616 |
Outbound |
Required |
Initiates a connection to the Sentinel server. |
|
TCP 8443 |
Outbound |
Required |
Initiates a connection to the Sentinel web server port. Leave this port open only during installation and configuration of Collector Manager. |
In addition to the above ports, the following ports are open for the Sentinel Collector Manager appliance.
|
Ports |
Direction |
Required/Optional |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
TCP 22 |
Inbound |
Required |
Used for secure shell access to the Sentinel appliance. |
|
TCP 4984 |
Inbound |
Required |
Also used by the Sentinel appliance for the update service. |
|
TCP 289 |
Inbound |
Optional |
Forwarded to 1289 for Audit connections. |
|
UDP 514 |
Inbound |
Optional |
Forwarded to 1514 for syslog messages. |
|
TCP 1290 |
Inbound |
Optional |
This is the Sentinel Link port that is allowed to connect through the SuSE Firewall. |
|
UDP and TCP 40000 - 41000 |
Inbound |
Optional |
Used when configuring data collection servers, such as syslog. Sentinel does not listen on these ports by default. |
|
TCP 443 |
Outbound |
Required |
Initiates a connection to the appliance software update repository on the Internet or a Subscription Management Tool service in your network. |
|
TCP 80 |
Outbound |
Optional |
Initiates a connection to the Subscription Management Tool. |
|
TCP 9443 |
Inbound |
Required |
Used by the Sentinel Appliance Management Console. |
|
TCP 1098 and 2000 |
Inbound |
Required |
Used together by monitoring tools to connect to Sentinel server process using Java Management Extensions (JMX). |