Replication server. Firewall and VPS

I already successfully use the replication server at several clients. This one works excellently.

I do have two problems:

1) I have to turn off the firewall. Just opening that one port won't help. I probably need to open multiple ports. I do not know which. Probably only TCP ports.

2) I also want to use the replication server on my VPS. So in the cloud. So safety is even more important there.
Is it possible to put the replication server on a VPS so that I have a local copy of the data AND a copy in the cloud that I can access via an app on my smartphone.

Thank you in advance.
Willy Hermans

Hi Willy,

you do not need to turn off the firewall - and If you do 100 years in hell close to the fire are not enough

You need to open 4900 and 4996 and it should work.
For security reasons I wouldrecommend using a VPN.
If you do not want to use a VPN I would configure the firewall of both servers to acept only traffic of the other from their IP.
So: inhouse Server is IP 1
Remote Serber IP 2

Remote server has open ports 4996 and 4990 and these ports only accept traffic from IP 1
Inhouse server has open ports 4996 and 4900 and these ports only accept traffic from IP 2

Take care of proper firewall config!

This might cause a huge security risk.

Regards

Stefan.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/2023 07:08PM by stefan.kern.

Hello,

I really wasn't planning on turning off the firewall. Hence my question here.

I will try asap with these port settings. I suspect that it will indeed be that second port that makes the difference.

Thank you in advance.

Willy Hermans.