Reviewing the CDA Server System and Security

You must prepare the Automic Continuous Delivery Automation Server (short: CDA Server) to operate CDA server software.

This page includes the following:

Required Security Setup

Find below the list of components and default setup:

  • IIS

    • Default port 80 (443 for https)

  • Connection to the CDA Database

    • Default port 1433 for MS SQL Server

    • Default port 1521 for Oracle Database Server

      • Oracle Data Access Component (ODAC) version x64 must be installed. (Oracle Instant Client)

      • Only component odp.net4 is required (with its dependencies). The Machine wide configuration option must be enabled.

      • After installing Oracle ODAC a server restart is required.

      • Ensure that only a single version of Oracle client is installed. Multiple client versions or versions which were not uninstalled properly might result in conflicts that could cause errors.

      • TNSNAMES.ORA must be configured to access the Oracle Database.

    See also the database vendors' documentation (MSDN, TechNet, Oracle Documentation Library, etc.)

  • Connection to the Automation Engine Server

    Connection using the following ports must be allowed:

    • Default ports 2217-2221

  • Connection to the Automic Web Interface

    Connection using the following port must be allowed:

    • Default port 8080 (8443 for https)

  • If an Agent is installed on the CDA server

    See Reviewing the AE Agents Default Ports - Required Security Setup

    Be aware that the CDA server can be used as a deployment target. In this case, you must add these port rules there too, if required.

All ports listed in this section are default ports used during the installation procedure. Any port can be changed, depending on the infrastructure.

Required Software Setup

Download and install .net framework v4.8 on the CDA server:

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework

Notes:

  • External links are subject to change at any time
  • Only Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and later versions are supported

The following roles and features have to be installed:

Features

  • .NET Framework 3.x Features
    • .NET Framework 3.x (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)
    • HTTP Activation
    • Non-HTTP Activation
  • .NET Framework 4.x Features (4 of 7)
    • .NET Framework 4.x
    • ASP.NET 4.x
    • WCF Services (2 of 5)
      • HTTP Activation
      • TCP Port
  • Windows PowerShell (3 of 5)
    • Windows PowerShell 4.0
    • Windows PowerShell 2.0 Engine
    • Windows PowerShell ISE
  • Windows Process Activation Service
    • Process Model
    • .NET Environment
    • Configuration APIs
  • WoW64 Support

Roles

  • Web Server (IIS) (16 of 43)
    • Web Server (15 of 34)
      • Common HTTP Features (5 of 6)
        • Default Document
        • Directory Browsing
        • HTTP Errors
        • Static Content
        • HTTP Redirection
      • Health and Diagnostics (1 of 6)
        • HTTP Logging
      • Performance (1 of 2)
        • Static Content Compression
      • Security (1 of 9 installed)
        • Request Filtering
      • Application Development (7 of 11)
        • .NET Extensibility 3.x
        • .NET Extensibility 4.x
        • ASP.NET 3.x
        • ASP.NET 4.x
        • ISAPI Extensions
        • ISAPI Filters
        • WebSocket Protocol
    • Management Tools (1 of 7)
      • IIS Management Console

    Note: The version numbers may vary depending on your operating system.

Next step:

Configuring the CDA Client