Prerequisites - Firewall Analyzer Distributed Edition Admin Server

This topic deals with the following pre-requisites for setting up Firewall Analyzer Distributed Edition Admin Server in your enterprise.

• Ports to be Freed
• Recommended System Setup
• Changing Default Ports

Ports to be Freed

Firewall Analyzer Distributed Edition Admin Server requires the following ports to be free:

Look up Changing Default Ports for help on changing the default ports used by Firewall Analyzer Distributed Edition Admin Server

Recommended System Setup

Apart from the System Requirements, the following setup would ensure optimal performance from Firewall Analyzer Distributed Edition Admin Server:

• Run Firewall Analyzer Distributed Edition Admin Server on a separate, dedicated PC or server. The software is resource-intensive, and a busy processor may cause problems in collecting logs.
  
• Use the MySQL bundled with Firewall Analyzer Distributed Edition Admin Server that runs on port 33336. You need not start another separate instance of MySQL.

Changing Default Ports

Changing the default MySQL port:

1. Edit the mysql-ds.xml file present in the <Firewall Analyzer Home>/server/default/deploy directory.

2. Change the port number in the following line to the desired port number:
   <connection-url>jdbc:mysql://localhost:33336/firewall</connection-url>

3. Save the file and restart the server.

Changing the default web server port:

1. Edit the sample-bindings.xml file present in the <Firewall Analyzer Home>/server/default/conf directory.
2. Change the port number in the following line to the desired port number:
   <binding port="8500"/>
3. Save the file and restart the server.