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Port that needs to open for communication from a webserver to database server

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    Port that needs to open for communication from a webserver to database server

    Hello all,

    I'm hoping someone can help us out. We are working on setting up a webserver that will communicate with the database server to pull information and send it back in. The webserver is in a DMZ and I'm looking for the port that is used internally so I can allow traffic through the firewall from the database server to the webserver.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks,

    ACT_Tech

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    Re: Port that needs to open for communication from a webserver to database server

    It depends on the database server.

    In this case, it sounds like you are pulling from the dbserver to the webserver - so the port is determined by the dbserver.

    If you need to open a port to get to the webserver, assuming it is alpha, the default would be 80, but you can change it from inside the webserver configuration.

    does that help?

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      #3
      Re: Port that needs to open for communication from a webserver to database server

      Larry,

      Thanks for your reply. The webserver and the database server are on the same HyperV server. Would it still be port 80? I would think there is an internal port that Alpha talks to clients through. Example. User A logs into Alpha from their computer. Would that be using port 80?

      Thanks,

      Eric

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        #4
        Re: Port that needs to open for communication from a webserver to database server

        Alpha is a webserver, just like IIS.

        You configure the port that Alpha listens on in the alpha server properties. (Default = 80)

        You configure the alpha server to talk to the database on whatever port and/or IP address the db server is configured to.

        The client talks to Alpha and Alpha talks to the DB.

        Even if the server is virtual, it still has a unique IP address and it's own set of ports, right? That is how the client talks to Alpha.

        For more info, I'd have to know more about your server setup.

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          #5
          Re: Port that needs to open for communication from a webserver to database server

          The webserver and the database server are on the same HyperV server.
          this is how alpha works with database server.
          the database server has connection properties, to use mysql as an example: hostname: localhost, port: 3306, user: root or someone with enough privileges, password something.
          so in alpha you create a connection string incorporating those info. then you create components. then you place the components in the a5w page.
          publish all this stuff. now when you serve the a5w page if there is nothing but static display then that is it it will display just like any other page. but if you have dynamic content pulled from the database server then the component will do that and alpha web application server (WAS) will process those request and pass along the converted HTML code to the server and the server will show with the dynamic content.

          does not matter where each of these servers are located for the database server you need to know the hostname, port,user,password to construct the connection string in alpha. then rest is easy so to say.
          thanks for reading

          gandhi

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            Re: Port that needs to open for communication from a webserver to database server

            Thanks all for your help. I think we got it sorted.

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