For Open-AudIT to function, certain network ports must be enabled for communication.

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The following table shows the traffic required for using Open-AudIT and the related features that use each port.

 NOTE – See below for more details on Windows network port range requirements. 

Network Management Traffic for Open-AudIT installed on a Linux based server.

The following table shows the traffic required for using Open-AudIT and the related features that use each port.

Network Management User Traffic for Open-AudIT

The following table shows the traffic required for a user to communicate with Open-AudIT or for Open-AudIT to communicate to the user.

Optional LDAP / MS Active Directory traffic

If you use the optional LDAP Auth, you will likely need the below ports accessible from the Open-AudIT Server to the LDAP server.

OpenLDAP and Microsoft Active Directory require the same ports.

Optional Collector Server traffic

If you are using Collectors for remote auditing you should consider the following.

Note: You may also wish to consider the day to day administration of the operating system and open-audit configurations on the server e.g. enable ssh access to the device. 

Notes

Microsoft’s DCOM/WMI services typically use a large range of random ports to function.

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A valuable reference for Remote WMI can be found on Microsoft’s website, along with several other linked documents. Connecting to WMI on a Remote Computer - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389290(v=vs.85).aspx