Installation

Google Search Appliance: Planning for Search Appliance Installation 14
The following table lists the inbound search appliance ports.
7885 Used for exporting logs for the preinstalled connector manager at the URL https://
search_appliance_location:7885/connector-manager/getConnectorLogs/ALL
8080 Default port for requests to the connector manager when a connector manager is
installed on an external host. Configurable when a connector manager is installed.
Inbound
Ports
Function Protocol When Open
51 Communication among search appliances in multi-
node configurations
AH protocol
of IPsec
Always open
80 Accepts search requests HTTP Always open
161 Accepts SNMP requests, both TCP and UDP SNMP Always open
443 Accepts search requests
This is the default port for HTTPS access. HTTPS
requests sent to port 443 are automatically routed
by the search appliance to the correct service. We
recommend that you access HTTPS services using
port 443.
HTTPS Always open
4430 Used for secure connections. Also, the search
appliance forwards traffic from port 443 to 4430.
HTTPS Always open
500 IPsec IKE key exchange protocol port UDP Always open
7843 Connector manager and security manager HTTPS Always open
7886 Connector manager and security manager HTTP Always open
8000 Accepts requests for the Admin Console, the search
appliance’s administrative interface
HTTP Always open
8443 Accepts requests for the Admin Console, the search
appliance’s administrative interface
HTTPS Always open
9941 Accepts requests to the search appliance’s Version
Manager utility
HTTP Always open
9942 Accepts requests to the search appliance’s Version
Manager utility
HTTPS Always open
19900 Accepts HTTP POST for XML feeds, including from
connectors
HTTP/XML Always open
19902 Accepts HTTPS POST for XML feeds HTTPS/XML Always open
Outbound
Ports
Function