1.2 Network Configuration

1.2.1 Changing the Network Configuration Settings

The default port that is configured when you install the Filr appliance is 8443. After the initial configuration of the Filr appliance (as described in Configuring a Small Deployment for the First Time or Configuring a Large Deployment for the First Time, in the Novell Filr 1.2 Installation and Configuration Guide), you can make any necessary network changes.

To modify network configuration options:

Follow the steps in Section 1.1, Changing Configuration Options for the Filr Appliance.

You can modify the following configuration options:

Port Redirection: Select this option to have Filr automatically redirect from ports 80 or 443 (which are the standard ports for Web browsers) to ports 8080 and 8443 (which are the default ports that Filr listens on). Enabling port redirection in this way allows users to specify the Filr site URL without including the port number. If port redirection is not enabled, users must include the port number in the site URL when accessing the Filr site.

IMPORTANT:When port redirection is enabled, ensure that the reverse proxy ports are set to 80 for the HTTP port and to 443 for the secure HTTP port. If they are not, URLs that are sent with Filr email notifications will continue to have the default port (8443) in them.

For information about how to change the reverse proxy ports, see Section 1.8, Changing Reverse Proxy Configuration Settings.

HTTP Port: The default HTTP port is 8080. As a best practice, do not change this from the default port.
- Select Enabled if you want to enable the HTTP port. By default, only the Secure HTTP port is enabled.
- Select Force Secure Connection to force users to connect to Filr over a secure connection (HTTPS).
  
  See Section 1.2.2, Port Numbers for more information about port numbers in Filr.
Secure HTTP Port: The default secure HTTP port for Filr is 8443. As a best practice, do not change this from the default.

See Section 1.2.2, Port Numbers for more information about port numbers in Filr.

Session Timeout: By default, if a user’s Novell Filr session is idle for four hours (240 minutes), Filr logs the idle user out. For increased convenience to Filr users, you can make the session timeout interval longer. For increased security for your Filr site, you can make the session timeout shorter.

Keystore File: Leave this field blank.
Click OK, then click Reconfigure Filr Server for your changes to take effect.

NOTE:This stops and restarts your Filr server. Because this results in server downtime, you should restart the server at off-peak hours.

1.2.2 Port Numbers

Table 1-1 lists the ports that you need to take into consideration when setting up Filr. Figure 1-1 is a graphical representation of how some of the ports are used in a Filr deployment.

As a best practice, do not change any port numbers from the default ports.

Table 1-1 Filr Port Numbers

Port Numbers	Description
80, 443	Standard Web server ports For more information, see HTTP Port:, Secure HTTP Port: and HTTP/HTTPS Ports When You Use NetIQ Access Manager with Filr.
8080, 8443	Default Tomcat ports for the Filr appliance When you install Filr, Tomcat is installed along with the Filr software. Filr uses Tomcat as a stand-alone web server for delivering data to Filr users in their web browsers. For more information about Tomcat, see the Apache Tomcat Web site. For more information, see HTTP Port:, Secure HTTP Port: and HTTP/HTTPS Ports When You Use NetIQ Access Manager with Filr.
9090, 9443	Jetty port for the appliance (Administrator Interface)
9080	Apache/HTTPD port
8005	Default shutdown port For an explanation of the shutdown port, see Tomcat - Shutdown Port.
8009	Default AJP port For an explanation of the Apache JServ Protocol port, see The AJP Connector.
22	SSH port for the appliance
111	rpcbind utility
1099	Java RMI port
4330	FAMT port
7380, 7443	Ganglia RRD-REST ports
8380, 8381	Default Jetty ports
8642, 8649, 8650, 8651, 8652	Ganglia web interface port
1199	Lucene RMI registry port
1188	Lucene server port
3306	MySQL outbound port
1433	Microsoft SQL server port
25, 465	SMTP and SMTPS outbound ports
6901	OES DFS JetStream port
524/tcp	Access OES server over NCP
137/tcp, 137/udp, 138/udp, 139/tcp, 445/tcp	Access servers over CIFS
88	Kerberos port
11211	Used for memcached caching in an appliance cluster
636	Secure LDAP port
389	Non-secure LDAP port

Figure 1-1 Filr Port Usage

HTTP/HTTPS Ports When You Use NetIQ Access Manager with Filr

If you are fronting Filr with NetIQ Access Manager, ensure that you have configured the HTTP/HTTPS ports.

Configuring Filr in this way configures NetIQ Access Manager to access Filr over port 80, which is the standard port.

Port Configuration

Use the following port configuration when NetIQ Access Manager is fronting your Filr system on Linux:

HTTP Port: 80
Secure HTTP Port: 443

You need to make these configuration settings in the Reverse Proxy section. For more information, see Section 1.8, Changing Reverse Proxy Configuration Settings.