Connector agents

Connector Agents enable secure, reliable communication between your on-premises systems and Novacura Cloud. They act as lightweight, self-managed services that allow you to seamlessly access data and services hosted behind firewalls—without exposing your internal infrastructure to the public internet.

Connect Agent data flow

Once installed within customer premise, a Connector Agent establishes outbound-only connections over secure channels to Novacura Cloud. This approach simplifies deployment—there’s no need to open inbound firewall ports or configure VPNs.

Communication Requirements

The agent supports two outbound communication protocols: AMQP over TCP and AMQP over WebSockets (HTTPS). If no protocol is explicitly configured, the agent defaults to AMQP over WebSockets.

Required Ports

Transport Type
Protocol
Port
Note

AMQP over WebSockets

HTTPS

443

Default option

AMQP over TCP

AMQP

5671

To enable AMQP over TCP, add the following entry to the appSettings.json file located in the agent’s installation directory after completing the installation.

"TransportSettings": { "TransportType": "AmqpTcp"}

Connectors

Depending on the configured connectors in the Hub, additional outbound access may be required.

Email connector

Protocol
Default Port
Usage

SMTP

587

TLS

SMTP

465

SSL

Database connectors

System
Default Port
Notes

SQL Server

1433

Default SQL server port

Oracle

1521

Default Oracle listener port

Make sure your firewall allows outbound access to the services and ports used by the configured connectors.

Next steps: Installing a Connector Agent

To get started with Connector Agents,

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