Ports
Qlik NPrinting uses the following Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port numbers.
| Port | Description |
|---|---|
| 4242 | Qlik Sense Repository Service (QRS) REST API listen port. |
| 4243 | Qlik Sense Proxy Service (QPS) REST API listen port. |
| 4747 | Qlik Sense Engine Service (QES) listen port and QlikView Server (QVS). |
| 4992 | Repository service |
| 4993 | Qlik NPrinting web console proxy. Uses |
| 4994 | NewsStand proxy. Uses |
| 4995 | Windows authentication service. This port does not need to be open on the end-user's computer. |
| 4996 | Web engine service |
| 5672 | Qlik NPrinting messaging service |
| 15672 | Qlik NPrinting messaging service management plugin |
| 4730 | QlikView DSC service port, always open on QlikView Server (QVS). |
| 4799 | QlikView Management Service (only for cluster). |
| 4997 | Engine |
Firewall rules
These ports need to be open inbound on the Qlik NPrinting Server to allow access from web browsers and Qlik NPrinting Designer:
- 4993
- 4994
These ports need to be open inbound on the Qlik Sense server, and outbound on Qlik NPrinting Server and Qlik NPrinting Engines:
- 4242
- 4243
- 4747
This port needs to be open outbound on Qlik NPrinting Engines if Qlik NPrinting scheduler service and Qlik NPrinting Engine are installed on different machines:
- 5672
This port needs to be open inbound on the Qlik NPrinting scheduler service if Qlik NPrinting scheduler service and Qlik NPrinting Engine are installed on different machines:
- 5672
This port needs to be open inbound on QlikView Management Server (QMS), if a cluster is used:
- 4799
This port needs to be open outbound on Qlik NPrinting Server and inbound on all Qlik NPrinting Engines:
- 4997
Changing the default ports
By default, the Qlik NPrinting web console is set to port 4993. The NewsStand is set to port 4994. These can be changed by editing the webengine.config file. This file is typically located under: C:\Program files\NPrintingServer\NPrinting\Webengine\Qlik.NPrinting.Webengine.config.
Do the following:
- Stop the Qlik NPrinting web engine and NewsStand services.
- Open the webengine.config file in a text editor.
- Update these strings with your preferred port values:
- <add key="webconsole-proxy-port" value="4993" />
- <add key="newsstand-proxy-port" value="4994" />
- Save the file.
- Start the Qlik NPrinting web engine and NewsStand services.
Fore more information about managing ports, see the
