External Firewall Ports (Optional)

:choco-warning: WARNING

• Performing this incorrectly could cause security issues and possibly cause you to be subjected to copyright law/redistribution. Read all of this first.
• DO NOT OPEN these ports externally until you have done the following:
  • Locked down your repositories to user/pass access.
  • Updated your ClientSetup script within the raw client repository.

These are ports that need to be opened through the corporate firewall, if users are not on VPN and need to install packages from anywhere.

Internal Firewall Ports

These are the ports that are already opened on Windows Firewall in the Quick Start Environment.

:choco-info: Cloud Hosting Consideration

If hosting your Quick Start Environment on a cloud provider, such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services, be sure to set your inbound networking rules appropriately for the VM.

FAQ

Can I open up the Chocolatey Central Management Service's port to allow machines to report in from anywhere?

For best results, we recommend using a VPN connection for client check-ins. The Chocolatey Central Management service connection is authenticated over SSL, but our best practice recommendation is to secure the connection over a VPN as well. With Chocolatey Central Management v0.3.0+, more security has been put into allowing for checking in over internet connections. We highly recommend setting both a centralManagementClientCommunicationSaltAdditivePassword and centralManagementServiceCommunicationSaltAdditivePassword Chocolatey configuration value on your client machines and Chocolatey Central Management Service host machine.