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.
- _router.adr
Entry example: hostname:port1:IPAddr
- _esd.adr
Entry example: hostname:port2:IPAddr
This
step is required if the firewall settings on the Rational Synergy machine cannot be disabled.
- _objreg.adr
Entry example: hostname:port3:IPAddr
If
the objreg.adr file does not exist in the CCM_HOME/etc directory,
you must create it.
- system_info.txt
Entry example: HELP_SERVER http://hostname/IP:port4 DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT port5
Procedure
To configure the firewall to allow for TCP connections:
- On the Windows taskbar,
click .
- Click Advanced settings.
- In the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security window,
click .
- On the Rule Type page, click Port and
then click Next.
- 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.
- Click Next.
- On the Action page, click Allow
the connection and then click Next.
- On the Profile page, select the profiles
and click Next.
- On the Name page, type a name for
the rule and click Finish.