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"Cloudstack send requests via https but reponse is it on https too?"

That would be my guess, the entire interaction for vCenter should be 
over 443.


On 4/14/14, 1:17 PM, Mohamed Ali Saidi wrote:
> thank you for informations.
>
> Exactly i would like to know what protocol vcenter uses to send reponse to
> cloudstack.
> Cloudstack send requests via https but reponse is it on https too?
>
> Regards
>
>
> 2014-04-14 17:28 GMT+01:00 ilya musayev <ilya.mailing.lists@gmail.com>:
>
>> Interaction happens on several layers.
>>
>> Using VMware SDK, CloudStack Management Server initially talks to vCenter
>> over 443. However, you will also see some interaction between Storage VM as
>> well as Proxy VM to vCenter and ESXi hosts directly.
>>
>> Are you experiencing any issues or is this for firewall/security review?
>>
>> If you are attempting to troubleshoot the issue, the easiest way is to
>> look at the logs as well as "netstat -antup | grep -i time", look for all
>> unestablished connections to see where the flow goes and what needs to be
>> open. I do have a doc on communication flow, it may take a week or little
>> longer for me to post it online, since it is on one of the hard drives @
>> work, and i'm working remotely this week.
>>
>> If you need any help in the meantime, let me know,
>>
>> Regards
>> ilya
>>
>>
>> On 4/9/14, 7:52 AM, Mohamed Ali Saidi wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for your response.
>>> To configure vcenter on cloudstack we don't need  to know interactions
>>> between them , but i need informations for research issues.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-04-09 13:48 GMT+02:00 Erik Weber <terbolous@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>   On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 1:44 PM, Mohamed Ali Saidi <
>>>> saidi.mohamed.ali.88@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Hello,
>>>>> I'm searching in the internet for interaction issues (Ports, protocol
>>>>>
>>>> ,...
>>>>
>>>>> ) between cloudstack and vmware (vcenter,..) but i can't find any
>>>>> helpful
>>>>> docs.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   I believe most of the traffic happens on HTTPS to vcenter.
>>>> we put the vcenter in our management network, so didn't really have to
>>>> puzzle with openings.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Erik Weber
>>>>
>>>>