SM 7 with firewall?

[glg]

Anybody tried running SM 7 client outside a firewall?

I'm trying to figure out if SM 7 works like SC 6 where it wasn't really practical to run outside a firewall due to it choosing random ports for client connections.

[williajx]

I have connected to SM7 on a test Linux server with a firewall turned on, but I have not yet been able to test in a more formal environment. I have also verified using netstat that when I connect to SM7, I'm connecting to a defined port (13080) instead of a random port like in 6.1.

[glg]

that is good news, thanks! I opened a ticket with HP on this as well. Will report back if I get anything concrete from them.

[tommy]

Anybody tried running SM 7 client outside a firewall?

I'm trying to figure out if SM 7 works like SC 6 where it wasn't really practical to run outside a firewall due to it choosing random ports for client connections.

I think I read somewhere in the documentation that the number of ports needed to be opened in the firewall has been drastically reduced and I believe you can choose the port range to use also.

[glg]

Okay, when I said 6, it really meant 6.0 or 6.1. Apparently 6.2 and 7 both work differently. It's a servlet implementation (appears to be tomcat's RTE). So, depending on how you scale, you just have to open a port for each servlet you have running.

[benvargas]

As you guys have found, Service Manager no longer uses ephemeral ports range which means no more gaping holes in firewalls in order to accept Eclipse client connections. The servlet ports just need to be available.