Port assignments
To support fully the Ion Torrent™ Server and Ion Torrent™ sequencers, remote monitoring must be provided using Axeda® Remote System Monitoring software enabled, and able to reverse ssh into the boxes. This requirement means that the Ion sequencers and Torrent Servers be connected to the Internet with outbound connections that are permitted on the following ports:
Port |
Required |
Use |
---|---|---|
22 |
Yes |
Start reverse SSH tunnel for remote troubleshooting |
80 |
Yes |
Download updates from http://updates.iontorrent.com and http://us.archive.ubuntu.com |
123 |
Yes |
(UDP) NTP access to the Internet, incoming and outgoing. |
443 |
Yes |
Enable sending of basic status information to the remote monitoring server. The IonReporterUploader plugin also requires port 443 to transfer data to Ion Reporter™ Software. |
5432 |
No |
Remote access to PostgreSQL database. |