Network Access Requirements Table

The following table lists the required network protocol ports needed while implementing network access restrictions when deploying CloudControl. These are the default port numbers. You can also use custom port numbers.

Service Name

Traffic Direction

Protocols

Ports

Interfaces

Comments

Active Directory service

Outbound

TCP

389, 3268

All

Active Directory communications for LDAP and Global Catalog (GC) communication.

Active Directory service

Outbound

TCP

636, 3269

All

Active Directory secure communications (TLS/SSL) for LDAP and Global Catalog (GC) communication.

DNS

Outbound

TCP, UDP

53

All

Domain Name Service communication

CloudControl HA clustering

Bidirectional

TCP, UDP

2224, 5405

 

These ports are used for 2 CloudControl nodes to communicate when in an HA cluster.

HTTPS

Outbound

TCP

443

All

Including custom HTTPS ports referenced in the CloudControl configuration.

HTTPS

Inbound

TCP

443

All

Including custom HTTPS ports referenced in the CloudControl configuration.

NTP

Outbound

TCP, UDP

123

All

Network Time Protocol.

Ping

Inbound

ICMP

Types 0, 8, 11

All

To test if remote servers are online.

Ping

Outbound

ICMP

Types 0, 8, 11

All

To test if remote servers are online.

PingFederate authentication

Inbound

TCP

443

All

PingFederate sends all requests to existing proxy urls from CloudControl.

PingFederate authentication

Outbound

TCP

443

All

After logout, CloudControl redirects all proxies to PingFederate login page.

RADIUS

Bidirectional

TCP, UDP

1812

All

This port is needed for communication between CloudControl and the RADIUS server.

RADIUS Accounting

Bidirectional

TCP, UDP

1812

All

This port is needed for communication between CloudControl and the RADIUS server.

SMTP

Outbound

TCP

25, 465, 587

All

Required for sending SMTP notifications and alerts.

SNMP v2c

Inbound

TCP, UDP

161

Network 1

SNMP is disabled by default.

SNMP v2c Trap

Outbound

TCP, UDP

162

All

SNMP alerts are disabled by default.

SNMP v3c

Inbound

TCP, UDP

161, 10161

All

Used for SNMP polling from the SNMP server.

SNMP alerts are disabled by default.

SNMP v3c Trap

Outbound

TCP, UDP

162, 10162

All

Used when sending SNMP traps to the SNMP server.

SNMP alerts are disabled by default.

SSH

Inbound

TCP

22

All

HA and Console SSH Access

SSH

Outbound

TCP

22

All

HA and Console SSH Access

SSH-Proxy

Inbound

TCP

49152-65536

All

External clients connect to the SSH Proxy over the ports ranging from 49152-65536 depending on the number of hosts in an environment.

SSH-Proxy

Outbound

TCP

22

All

SSH Proxy connects to target host via SSH over port 22.

Syslog

Outbound

TCP, UDP

514, 6514

All

Including custom syslog ports referenced in the CloudControl configuration.

Syslog

Outbound

TCP, UDP

514, 6514

All

Including custom syslog ports referenced in the CloudControl configuration.

vCenter Server Forwards

Inbound

TCP, UDP

1-65535

All

vCenter Server plug-ins and Windows Server can require additional ports in this port range.

vCenter Server Forwards

Outbound

TCP, UDP

1-65535

All

vCenter Server plug-ins and Windows Server can require additional ports in this port range.

vCenter Server Appliance

Inbound

TCP, UDP

443

All

Used by CloudControl to communicate with ESXi hosts.

vCenter Server Appliance

Outbound

TCP, UDP

443

All

Used by CloudControl to communicate with ESXi hosts.

vSphere Web Client (Flash)

Inbound

TCP

9443

All

By default open to CloudControl.

Important: Support for the vSphere Web Client will be deprecated in a future release.

vSphere Web Client (Flash)

Outbound

TCP

9443

All

By default open to CloudControl.

Important: Support for the vSphere Web Client will be deprecated in a future release.