SMB Connector Service Hosting Requirements

Requirements for hosting service to process the files and their metadata from any shared file storage.

Software/Hardware Details
Operating System Windows 2019
CPU 4 Cores (at least 2GHz)
RAM 4 GB
Disk Space 100MB
Disk IOPs/Bandwidth N/A
Server Quantity 1 (minimum) per environment.
Load Balancing Stateless load balancing (from external load balancer) supported for High Availability.
Ports

For Storage Account (Ennov InSight Environment):

Whitelist Client Public IP to be able to connect to Storage Account

For Client VM with SMB connector:

  • SMB Port 445

    Source: SMB Connector Servers (Client Environment)

    Destination: File Share (Client Environment)

  • HTTPS Port 9098 - Allow for Inbound

    Source: MCS Servers (Ennov InSight Environment)

    Destination: SMB Connector Servers (Client Environment)

  • HTTPS Port 443 - Allow for Outbound

    Source: SMB Connector Servers (Client Environment)

    Destination: Storage Account (Ennov InSight Environment)

  • HTTPS Port 9096 - Allow for Outbound

    Source: SMB Connector Servers (Client Environment)

    Destination: MCS Servers (Ennov InSight Environment)

  • HTTPS Port 9097 - Allow for Outbound

    Source: SMB Connector Servers (Client Environment)

    Destination: MCS Servers (Ennov InSight Environment)

For MCS Servers (Ennov InSight Environment):
  • HTTPS Port 9098 - Allow for Outbound

    Source: MCS Servers (Ennov InSight Environment)

    Destination: SMB Connector Servers (Client Environment)

  • HTTPS Port 9096 - Allow for Inbound

    Source: SMB Connector Servers (Client Environment)

    Destination: MCS Servers (Ennov InSight Environment)

  • HTTPS Port 9097 - Allow for Inbound

    Source: SMB Connector Servers (Client Environment)

    Destination: MCS Servers (Ennov InSight Environment)

Software Dependencies

ASP.NET Core 6.0 Runtime - Windows Hosting Bundle

Internet Information Services 10.0+

Proximity to File Share Ennov recommends that the SMB Connector is deployed on the same LAN as the SMB file share. For instructions to deploy SMB connector, see Ennov InSight SMB Connector Installation IQ.