Client files are stored in <bfinstall>/webroot/public/clients/.
You can access the files on a running Management Console. The Client download directory is at the following URL: http://<hostname>:<portnumber>/clients/
Programs using the APIs communicate with the Services Layer directly. The Services Layer is an application on Apache Tomcat. During installation the Apache Tomcat server is configured to listen on particular ports. Those ports must be open for the APIs to communicate with Build Forge. By default the ports are set to the following:
SSL configuration for API clients is in bfclient.conf, which must be included with the client. When SSL is enabled, the client must have a keystore and certificates to communicate with Build Forge. For more information, see Enabling SSL for an API client (Perl or Java).