Deployment Example 1: Access Manager 7.1 Load Balancing, Distributed Authentication UI, and Session Failover

2.4 Intercomponent Communication

The following table provides an overview of the types of communication that take place between servers, load balancers, and other components in the deployment example.

Table 2–4 Summary of Intercomponent Communication

Entity A 

Entity B 

Bi-Directional 

Port 

Protocol 

Traffic Type 

Internet Users 

LoadBalancer-5 

 

90 

HTTP 

Application Traffic 

Intranet Users 

LoadBalancer-3 

 

7070 

HTTP 

Intranet User Authentication 

Internet Users 

LoadBalancer-6 

 

91 

HTTP 

Application Traffic 

Internet Users 

LoadBalancer-4 

 

9443 

HTTPS 

Internet User Authentication 

LoadBalancer-4 

AuthenticationUI-1 

 

1080 

HTTP 

Internet User Authentication 

LoadBalancer-4 

AuthenticationUI-2 

 

1080 

HTTP 

Internet User Authentication 

LoadBalancer-5 

ProtectedResource-1 

 

1080 

HTTP 

Application Traffic 

LoadBalancer-5 

ProtectedResource-2 

 

1080 

HTTP 

Application Traffic 

LoadBalancer-6 

ProtectedResource-1 

 

1081 

HTTP 

Application Traffic 

LoadBalancer-6 

ProtectedResource-2 

 

1081 

HTTP 

Application Traffic 

AuthenticationUI-1 

LoadBalancer-3 

 

9443 

HTTPS 

Internet User Authentication 

AuthenticationUI-2 

LoadBalancer-3 

 

9443 

HTTPS 

Internet User Authentication 

ProtectedResource-1 

LoadBalancer-3 

 

9443 

HTTPS 

Agent-AM communication 

ProtectedResource-2 

LoadBalancer-3 

 

9443 

HTTPS 

Agent-AM communication 

LoadBalancer-3 

AccessManager-1 

 

1080 

HTTP 

User Authentication Agent-AM communication 

LoadBalancer-3 

AccessManager-2 

 

1080 

HTTP 

User Authentication Agent-AM communication 

AccessManager-1 

AccessManager-2 

Yes 

1080 

HTTP 

AM Back-channel communication 

AccessManager-1 

MessageQueue-1 

 

7777 

HTTP 

Session communication 

AccessManager-1 

LoadBalancer-1 

 

389 

LDAP 

AM Configuration communication 

AccessManager-1 

LoadBalancer-2 

 

489 

LDAP 

User profile communication User Authentication 

AccessManager-2 

MessageQueue-2 

 

7777 

HTTP 

Session communication 

AccessManager-2 

LoadBalancer-1 

 

389 

LDAP 

AM Configuration communication 

AccessManager-2 

LoadBalancer-2 

 

489 

LDAP 

User profile communication User Authentication 

MessageQueue-1 

MessageQueue-2 

Yes 

7777 

HTTP 

Session communication 

MessageQueue-2 

MessageQueue-1 

Yes 

7777 

HTTP 

Session communication 

LoadBalancer-1 

DirectoryServer-1 

 

1389 

LDAP 

AM Configuration communication 

LoadBalancer-1 

DirectoryServer-2 

 

1389 

LDAP 

AM Configuration communication 

LoadBalancer-2 

DirectoryServer-1 

 

1489 

LDAP 

User profile communication User Authentication 

LoadBalancer-2 

DirectoryServer-2 

 

1489 

LDAP 

User profile communication User Authentication 

DirectoryServer-1 

DirectoryServer-2 

Yes 

1389 

LDAP 

Data replication communication 

DirectoryServer-1 

DirectoryServer-2 

Yes 

1489 

LDAP 

Data replication communication