<![CDATA[what connects to what?]]>Just wondering, does the agent connect to the server or the other way around?

Why am I asking:
I'm trying to connect an external machine to my server but both are behind a router.
Now will I need to forward an external port to my server(on my side) or will I have to forward an external port to the agent(on the other side)?

And, how safe is it?
it's a little creepy to open up an incoming port just like that....
I'm not to fond of doing that....

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/topic/549/what-connects-to-whatRSS for NodeFri, 13 Nov 2026 18:37:57 GMTSun, 07 Dec 2008 22:56:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to what connects to what? on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:26:55 GMT]]>Don't be so hard on yourself  🙂
I wouldn't call it a design flaw..
It can be very useful to be able to push commands to an agent (server 2 agent communication, like now)
instead of always having to wait for the agent to pick up it's todo list at the server...
2-way communication would be best...

See, you're already half-way!!  ;D  😉

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/2852https://forum.netxms.org/post/2852Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:26:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to what connects to what? on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:25:57 GMT]]>possamai said in what connects to what?:

Why?

Design flaw 🙂 I agree that connections from agent to server can be very useful in many situations, especially for hosts with dynamic addresses or behind NAT. It is in my long to-do list, because it requires significant changes on server side, but eventually this feature will be available.

Best regards,
Victor

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/2842https://forum.netxms.org/post/2842Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:25:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to what connects to what? on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:31:22 GMT]]>Why?

I mean, wouln't it be smarter to let the agent connect to the server? Or even both ways..
This would also fix the problem with DHCP I think.

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/2839https://forum.netxms.org/post/2839Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:31:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to what connects to what? on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:20:45 GMT]]>Hi!

Server connects to agent, by default using port 4700.

It should be safe - first, agent accepts connection only for explicitly listed IP addresses (usually you will have only one address - of your NetXMS server). In addition, you can configure NetXMS to use encrypted connections between server and agent, and configure shared secret authentication on agent, so it will acccept connections not only from specific addressm but also only if valid shared secret was provided.

Best regards,
Victor

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