Outbound Connections
The following outbound connections might differ from your deployed system, because connections depend on the configuration of the particular environment. For example, the Spotfire Server creates LDAP connections only if the system is configured to use LDAP.
| Type of connection | Default port | Function | Secure/ Encrypted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Database communication | Oracle database: 1521
SQL Server: 1433 PostgreSQL: 5432 |
The Spotfire database server monitors this port. | If configured |
| LDAP | LDAP over TLS: 389
LDAPS: 636. |
An optional number that indicates the TCP port that the LDAP service is monitoring. | If configured |
| LDAP > Global Catalog | LDAP: 3268
LDAPS: 3269 |
Active Directory LDAP servers also provide a Global Catalog that contains forest-wide information, instead of domain-wide information only. | If configured |
| TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS) | Non-secure connection: 7222
Secure connection: 7243 |
This service can be used to trigger scheduled updates. EMS monitors this port. | If configured |
| Kerberos/GSSAPI | Fixed port 88 on the Active Directory domain controllers | Used by the Kerberos authentication method, as well as when authenticating to an LDAP server using the GSSAPI method. | Yes |
| Microsoft Net Logon, SMB, and CIFS | Fixed port 445 on the Active Directory domain controllers | Used by the NTLM v2 authentication method. | Yes |
| Open ID Connect providers | 443 | Used by the web authentication method. | Yes |
| Data sources (Information Services) | Oracle database: 1521
SQL Server: 1433 Netezza: 5480 Otherwise, varies. |
JDBC-compliant data sources and other services used by Information Services monitor these ports. | Varies |
| Spotfire Community authorization | 443 | Used for obtaining access tokens to be used when the Spotfire Web Player service connects to the Spotfire Community via the assets.spotfire.com host. | Yes |
| Type of connection | Default | Function | Secure/ Encrypted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spotfire Web Player & Spotfire Automation Services > Map/tiles server connections | The default map layer uses https://geoanalytics.tibco.com/ | The map chart downloads map tiles and other information from external servers. | Yes |
| Spotfire Web Player & Spotfire Automation Services > SMTP | 25, 2525, or 587
Secure SMTP: 465, 25, or 587 |
Used by Spotfire Automation Services for sending e-mails. | Secure if configured |
| Spotfire Web Player & Spotfire Automation Services > Data sources (Connectors) | Varies | For information on available connectors, see 'Supported data sources' in the Spotfire User Guide. Data connectors listen to these ports. | Varies |
| Spotfire Web Player > Spotfire Community | 443 | Used for browsing for add-ons such as visualization mods, action mods, and demos on the Spotfire Community via the assets.spotfire.com host. | Yes |
| Type of connection | URL | Function | Secure/ Encrypted |
|---|---|---|---|
| TERR Tools and TERR console CRAN access | The tools requires access to the URL
https://cran.r-project.org/CRAN_mirrors.csv or
http://cran.r-project.org/CRAN_mirrors.csv.
One of these URLs must be available from the computer running the client and cannot be blocked by firewalls. |
Used for downloading CRAN packages from CRAN or
a repository site mirror, to be used in TERR or R data functions.
See also TERR tools – Package Management in the Spotfire® User Guide. |
Varies (yes if https works, no if the backup http is used) |