Configuring the Windows firewall to open Rational Synergy ports

If you installed the software on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 2003, or Windows 2008, you must configure the Windows firewall so that the client can connect to the Rational® Synergy main server or the cache servers.

Before you begin

  • You must configure the firewall on the computer that is running the Rational Synergy Server components.
  • If you are installing a cache server on a Windows machine, only the server port must be opened.

About this task

If the firewall is enabled, you must configure the firewall to allow TCP connections from the Windows machine to the host name and port. You define the host name and port in these files, which are in the CCM_HOME/etc directory.

Procedure

To configure the firewall to allow for TCP connections:

  1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Windows Firewall.
  2. Click Advanced settings.
  3. In the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security window, click Inbound Rules > New Rule.
  4. On the Rule Type page, click Port and then click Next.
  5. On the Protocol and Ports page, click Specific local ports and then type the port number.

    Type port1 for the router port, port2 for the engine, port3 for the object registrar, port4 for the Rational Synergy Server, and port5 for the Rational Synergy Help Server.

    Note: The port numbers must be the same ones that you defined in the _router.adr, _esd.adr, _objreg.adr, and system_info.txt files.
  6. Click Next.
  7. On the Action page, click Allow the connection and then click Next.
  8. On the Profile page, select the profiles and click Next.
  9. On the Name page, type a name for the rule and click Finish.

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