Configuring The Zenworks Reporting Servers; Specifying The Firewall Rules - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - ZENWORKS REPORTING SERVER INSTALLATION GUIDE 10.3 30-04-2010 Installation Manual

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2.4.1 Configuring the ZENworks Reporting Servers

You must configure the Central Management Server as well as all the ZENworks Reporting Server
Services that are listed under Central Configuration Manager inside the firewall to respond to
communication from the application server on a fixed port.
1 On ZENworks Reporting Server, click the desktop Start menu > Programs > ZENworks
Reporting Server > ZENworks Reporting Server > Central Configuration Manager.
2 Stop the ZENworks Reporting Server Service that is listed in the Central Configuration
Manager by doing one of the following:
Right-click the ZENworks Reporting Server Service, then click Stop.
Select the ZENworks Reporting Server Services, then click the Stop icon ( ) on the
toolbar.
3 On the toolbar, click the Properties icon ( ).
The Properties tab is displayed by default.
4 In the Command option, append
port_number
For example, the command value for Central Management Server is as follows:
"\\blr-nrm-r1d\C$\Program Files\Novell\ZENworks\share\boe\BusinessObjects
Enterprise 11.5\win32_x86\CMS.exe" -service -name blr-nrm-r1d.cms
restart
Files\Novell\ZENworks\conf\security" -ssl_mycertificate "server.der" -
ssl_trustedcertificate "ca.der" -ssl_mykey "server.key" -
ssl_mykey_passphrase "passphrase.txt" -requestport 5601
Each server under Central Configuration Manager must use a unique port number, but you
must ensure that the port number for the Central Management Server is a value other than
6400.
5 Click OK.
6 Restart the server by doing one of the following:
Right-click the ZENworks Reporting Server Service, then click Restart.
Select the ZENworks Reporting Server Service, then click the Start icon ( ) on the toolbar.
7 Repeat
firewall.

2.4.2 Specifying the Firewall Rules

If there is a firewall between ZENworks Reporting Server and other ZENworks Primary Servers,
you must specify the inbound access rules. For more details on how to specify these rules, see the
firewall documentation.
We recommend that only the ZENworks Primary Server be allowed to contact ZENworks Reporting
Server running at 6400 or at the port specified in
the ZENworks Reporting Servers," on page
The following table lists the inbound access rules.
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is a valid free port number.
-protocol ssl -ssl_certdir "C:\Program
Step 2
through
Step 6
for each ZENworks Reporting Server Service that is behind the
-requestport port_number
Step 4 on page 18
18.
to the value, where
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Section 2.4.1, "Configuring

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