HP Smart Update Manager 6.0.1 Release Notes (Ed. 3)

NOTE: HP SUM 6.x supports /port and /ssl_port options. This allows you to use ports other

than 63001 and 63002. Use these options to avoid conflicts with firewalls. HP SUM supports

--open_firewall on Linux systems only. HP SUM uses the iptables command to open the HTTP

and HTTPS ports used by HP SUM for external access. Open these ports for remote node functionality

and for remote browser access. For example:

hpsum /port 80 /ssl_port 443

Beginning with HP SUM 6.3.0, you can use the command /ftp_port to assign which port to use

for FTP service. By default FTP port is disabled. Use the command to enable the service.

Changing the port address in the hpsum.ini file

You can change the default ports in the hpsum.ini file, instead of using the /port or /ssl_port

parameters.

1. Navigate to the hpsum.ini file in the temp directory, %temp%\HPSUM (Windows) or /tmp/

HPSUM (Linux).

NOTE: HP SUM creates this directory the first time you launch HP SUM. If you have not launched

HP SUM, launch it and then shut it down.

2. Open the file in a text editor, and edit the following items in the [HTTP] section.

• port=63001 edit to port=80

• ssl_port=63002 edit to ssl_port=443

3. Save the file.

4. Launch HP SUM. It now uses the 80 and 443 ports.

Enabling HP SUM ports for VMware nodes

By default, outgoing connections are blocked in VMware ESXi servers, except ports 80 and 443. Use

the following steps to enable the default ports of 63001 and 63002. You need to enable these outgoing

ports on the VMware ESXi server.

1. Create an httpHPSUM firewall rule that enables outgoing connection via port 63001.

2. Create the file httpSUM.xml in the /etc/vmware/firewall directory. Type the following

into the file:

/etc/vmware/firewall # cat httpHPSUM.xml

<id>httpHPSUM</id>

<direction>outbound</direction>

</rule>

<required>false</required>

</service>

</ConfigRoot>

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