KB92177634: Automation Engine - Which ports should be open to connect the Automation Pilot on a workstation to the Automation Engine Server

Question

Which network ports should be open to connect Automation Engine Pilot on a workstation to an Automation Engine Server?

Answer

To the Automation Engine Server:

TCP:

• 8000-9000 for BGMD and the Automation Engine Servers
• 5182 for Shuttle Server, unless configured otherwise
• 4401 for the Automation Engine JDF Server (service port)
• 1433 for the SQL Server (default installation)
• 27100 and a dynamic port for Station Information Service
• 1098 RMI port for the EG Application Server
• 1099 JNDI Naming Service for the EG Application Server
• 4444 RMI Object for the EG Application Server
• 4445 Transaction Manager for the EG Application Server
• 27000 for the License Manager service

HTTP:

• 80 + 9999 for Tomcat/ServerAdmin (egwebsrv.exe)
• 8080 Application Server/Viewer till Automation Engine 18.1.1
• 8083 Application Server/Viewer  till Automation Engine 18.1.1
• 18560 Viewer since Automation Engine 20.
• 4411 for the Automation Engine JDF Server  (JMF)
• 4412 for the Automation Engine Frip2JDF Server : process incoming feedback (JMF) from DFS
• 4415 for the Automation Engine ElemServer 
  
  

Connection with clients:

• The server sometimes relies on ephemeral ports, e.g. for uploading files in Pilot. These ports are generally picked randomly between 49152 and 65535.