General Operational Considerations

Oracle Utilities Live Energy Connect V8.0.0.2.0 is a microservices-based server application that is deployed in a Kubernetes cluster to host systems running Oracle Linux 8 (OL8) and Oracle Cloud Native Environment (OCNE). Upon initial installation, the Oracle Utilities Live Energy Connect v8.0 cluster runs in a default mode, with a single configuration pod and no networking pods installed. As pods supporting network protocol interfaces are installed in the cluster, various protocol-specific IP ports will need to be opened to support interfaces to remote devices and systems.

Customer network and security policies vary, but in general it is recommended that inbound and outbound network access to and from the Oracle Utilities Live Energy Connect v8.0 cluster be limited to the specific ports required for enabled protocol functionality and be limited to specific peer IP addresses. Enforcement at the network level and the local machine firewall level is recommended.