Which Ports To Open for FileMaker Server?

Port Number

Added in Server 9?

Description

Which Machine?

80

No

Apache/IIS Web Server Default HTTP port used for access to Instant and Custom Web Publishing – can be changed by the user configuring their web server and will not affect functionality of FileMaker Server/Advanced other than the port that is needed to access web publishing. If SSL is used, then the default port is 443

This port must be open on the machine that is functioning as the Web Server

5003

No

Networking Port – used by the WPC (Web Publishing Component) and remote copies of FileMaker Pro to connect to the database server

This port must be open on the Master machine in the configuration

16000

Yes

This port is used to serve the Admin Console Launch Page.

This is the port that is used to access the Admin Console Launch Page via the url http://:16000

On the worker machines, this port is used to communicate with the Admin Helpers.

(NOTE: Add for FM12) This port is used to progressively download content for FileMaker Pro/Web clients.

This port must be open on all machines in the configuration

16001

Yes

This port is used for communication between the Admin Console Client and the Admin Server.

The Admin Console uses HTTPS to connect to the admin server.

This port must be open on the Master machine in the configuration

16016

No

This is the AJP port used to connect the Web Server to the WPC.

This port must be open on all WPE machines in the configuration

16018

No

This is the AJP port used to connect the Web Server to the WPC.

This port must be open on all WPE machines in the configuration

2399

No

This port is used for ODBC/JDBC connections.

This port must be open on the database server machine

16020

No

Custom Web Publishing HTTP Port.

This port must be available on all WPE

16021

No

AJP port used to connect the Web Server to the WPE (Web Publishing Engine) for custom web publishing.

This port must be available on all WPE