ChangeAuditor requires certain ports open to function properly. The Service Connection Point (SCP) ports and SQL port are required for basic communication.
How to find the Coordinator Agent and Client port:
Coordinator Status method (version 6.9.5 and later):
- Open the System Tray on the Coordinator server
- Right click The Coordinator icon and select Coordinator Status
- The Agent and Client Port are listed at the bottom of the page
ADSIEdit.msc method:
- Open ADSI Edit and connect to the Default naming context
- Browse to the computer object for the ChangeAuditor Coordinator
- Expand the computer object, right-click on the ChangeAuditor.Coordinator SCP object and select "Properties"
- Double click serviceBindingInformation
- Scroll to the right
- The Client port is show as Port="xxxxx"
- The Agent port is listed as "<property key="APort" value='xxxxx' />
Agent Status method (version 6.x and later:
- Log onto a machine with a Change Auditor Agent that is currently connected
- Run the following application: C:\Program Files\QuestChangeAuditor\Agent\ServiceStatusTray.exe
- Right click on the new Change Auditor Agent icon in the system tray, and select Agent Status
- Towards the bottom of the window it will list the connected Coordinators, as well as the port.
SQL Server Port: 1433 (by default) is required to be open from the Coordinator Host to the Microsoft SQL Server.
The SCP and SQL ports provide for basic communication. There are other ports needed for full functionality of ChangeAuditor.