Firewalls

Configuration for LSF, License Scheduler, and taskman interoperability.

Parent topic: Installing and starting License Scheduler

Set up firewall communication

About this task

The mbatchd and bld listening ports (inbound connections) must be open on either side of the firewall.

  • mbatchd: Set by LSB_MBD_PORT in lsf.conf

  • bld: Set by PORT in lsf.licensescheduler

Procedure

  • If a firewall is between the mbatchd and bld hosts, both listening ports must be open.
  • If a firewall is between bld and blcollect hosts (for example, blcollect is configured to run locally on the license servers and bld is on the LSF master host), the bld listening port must be open.
  • If a firewall is between taskman and bld (where jobs use taskman to interface with License Scheduler), the bld listening port must be open.