Portal for ArcGIS Install

Sunnywaygis

Hi There, I am in process of installing Portal for ArcGIS (10.8.1) and have two questions:

1. How do I check if port 7080, 7443 are open on the Portal server?
2. Do I need to have https binding along with SSL Cert in place before I install the Portal or can I do this later?

Appreciate your feedback 

Thanks  

CodyPatterson

Hey @Sunnywaygis 

Along with George's response, I have a PowerShell script that lets you check the ports as well, this does not require a device listening on that port as it temporarily places one in. This lets you run a command such as:

netstat -an | findstr :7443

Which allows you to find the port that you have active, if nothing is listening on that port, then you will not get a response.

First is when listening, second without listening

PowerShell script:

$port = Read-Host "Enter Port Number"

$listener = [System.Net.Sockets.TcpListener]::new([System.Net.IPAddress]::Any, $port)
$listener.Start()

Write-Host "Listening on port $port..."

# Script will need to continue running to enable listener
try {
    while ($true) {
        $client = $listener.AcceptTcpClient()
        $stream = $client.GetStream()
        
        $reader = [System.IO.StreamReader]::new($stream)
        $writer = [System.IO.StreamWriter]::new($stream)

        # Reads any incoming data, optional use, Test-NetConnection will send blank data
        $data = $reader.ReadLine()
        Write-Host "Received data: $data"

        # Optional response to data
        $writer.WriteLine("Connection works, data received")
        
        # Close the connection
        $client.Close()
    }
}
finally {
    $listener.Stop()
}

 

For your question about the SSL certificates, you do not need to have one in order to get your Portal up and going, that is what I did in order to enable HTTP using a self-signed certificate. As George said, you will be better off if you start with a CA signed certificate immediately.

Cody