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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 9, 2020

Need to be able to configure non-standard ports for CP4MCM external communications

I was talking to TELUS regarding an upcoming POC. They have a requirement that you can't open standard ports for communications between firewall zone. They have requested that CP4MCM allow for the configuration of alternative ports.

They indicated that in order to make their network more secure, they don't allow ssh over port 22. They change the port. They don't allow HTTPS traffic on port 443, they require a different port for HTTPS traffic.

We should make sure that all communications FROM/TO the CP4MCM HUB can be configured to use whatever port the customer specifies.

Specifically, TELUS wants Agent/UA traffic, but this idea could apply to Cloudforms, Ansible Tower, Terraform, etc.

Idea priority High