Network Requirements

Architecture and Terms

Our software is built on the standard LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MYSQL, and PHP) architecture. The software has been designed to work on the latest LTS version of Ubuntu Linux. For networking purposes, there are 2 main components to the software application:

Application Server: This makes up the bulk of the application and consists of 3 primary components:

• PHP web pages being served up by the Nginx web server
• MySQL Database
• NodeJS messaging and control service

Media Server: This portion of the application handles all the communication with the cameras and video streams being served out to the client PCs. It also handles all the recording and clip creation.

From a physical or virtual server perspective, the entire server side software stack can be run on a single server. For applications requiring more than 50 cameras or consisting of different departments the software can be broken out and additional Media Servers can be added. These servers only run the Media Server portion of the VALT application.

Visual Overview

Basic Configuration

Client to Application & Media Server(s)

Port	Protocol	Service	Source	Destination
🔓 TCP 80	HTTP	Web Application	Client	Application Server
🔓 TCP 1935	WS	Video Streaming	Client	Application & Media Server
🔒 TCP 443	HTTPS	Web Application	Client	Application Server
🔒 TCP 444	WSS	Video Streaming	Client	Application & Media Server
TCP 8000	HTTP/HTTPS*	Downloads/Wowza webserver	Client	Application & Media Server
For Administration
🔧 TCP 22	SSH	SSH	Client	Application & Media Server
🔧 TCP 8088	HTTP	Wowza admin	Client	Application & Media Server

🔓 Required when SSL is Disabled 🔒 Required when SSL is Enabled 🔧 Required only for Administration

Media Server(s) to Camera(s)

Port	Protocol	Service	Source	Destination
TCP 80	HTTP	Web Application/API	Media Server	Camera
TCP 554	RTSP	Video Stream	Media Server	Camera

BEAM (Mobile Application)

Only required for those who have purchased BEAM licenses.

BEAM is an application that allows users to leverage devices, such as iPads and iPhones, as a mobile video endpoint. This includes the following features:

• Live streaming to VALT
• Recording sessions
• Uploading sessions

BEAM Device(s) to Media Server

Port	Protocol	Service	Source	Destination
🔓 TCP 80	HTTP	BEAM API/HTTP Upload	BEAM Device	Media Server
🔒 TCP 443	HTTPS	BEAM API/HTTPS Upload	BEAM Device	Media Server
TCP 444	RTMP	Video Streaming	BEAM Device	Media Server
TCP 1935	RTMP	Video Streaming	BEAM Device	Media Server

🔓 Required when SSL is Disabled 🔒 Required when SSL is Enabled

Online Updates

Valid DNS servers are required to download updates

Application & Media Server(s) to Repositories

Port	Protocol	Package	Source	Destination
TCP 80	HTTP	Ubuntu	Application & Media Server	http://us.archive.ubuntu.com
TCP 80	HTTP	Ubuntu	Application & Media Server	http://security.ubuntu.com
TCP 80	HTTP	Ubuntu	Application & Media Server	http://kazooie.canonical.com
TCP 80	HTTP	Ubuntu	Application & Media Server	http://banjo.canonical.com
TCP 80	HTTP	IVS	Application & Media Server	http://apt.ipivs.com
TCP 80	HTTP	Ondrej Apache/PHP	Application & Media Server	http://ppa.launchpad.net
TCP 443	HTTPS	Ondrej Apache/PHP	Application & Media Server	https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net
TCP 443	HTTPS	Ubuntu Changelogs	Application & Media Server	https://changelogs.ubuntu.com
TCP 443	HTTPS	Node	Application & Media Server	https://deb.nodesource.com
TCP 443	HTTPS	Docker	Application & Media Server	https://download.docker.com
TCP 443	HTTPS	Docker	Application & Media Server	https://docker.ipivs.com

Application Server to Additional Media Server(s)

Only required for installations where additional servers, acting as Media Servers, are present.

Application Server to Media Server(s)

Port	Protocol	Service	Source	Destination
TCP 22	SSH	OS	Application Server	Media Server
🔒 TCP 444	HTTPS	Wowza Streaming Engine	Application Server	Media Server
🔓 TCP 1935	HTTP	Wowza Streaming Engine	Application Server	Media Server
TCP 8000	HTTP/HTTPS	Wowza Streaming Engine	Application Server	Media Server
TCP 8086	HTTP/HTTPS	Wowza Streaming Engine	Application Server	Media Server
TCP 8087	HTTP	Wowza Streaming Engine	Application Server	Media Server

Media Server(s) to Application Server

Port	Protocol	Service	Source	Destination
TCP 22	SSH	OS	Media Server	Application Server
🔓 TCP 80	HTTP	Wowza Streaming API	Media Server	Application Server
🔒 TCP 443	HTTPS	Wowza Streaming API	Media Server	Application Server
TCP 8086	HTTP/HTTPS	Wowza Streaming Engine	Media Server	Application Server
TCP 8087	HTTP	Wowza Streaming Engine	Media Server	Application Server

🔓 Required when SSL is Disabled 🔒 Required when SSL is Enabled

Digital Wowza License

Only required for servers utilizing an electronic Wowza key. Servers with a physical Wowza key do not need access to the licensing servers.

This communication is required to verify valid Wowza Streaming licenses.

Media Servers to Wowza Licensing Servers

Port	Protocol	Source	Destination
TCP 80	HTTP	Media Server	wowzalicense-all.wowzamedia.com
TCP 80	HTTP	Media Server	wowzalicense1.wowzamedia.com
TCP 80	HTTP	Media Server	wowzalicense2.wowzamedia.com
TCP 80	HTTP	Media Server	wowzalicense3.wowzamedia.com
TCP 80	HTTP	Media Server	wowzalicense4.wowzamedia.com

VALT Cloud

VALT Cloud is a hybrid solution that requires an on-premise server and a cloud server.

The cloud server is the Application Server. This hosts the website where users will access the application.

The on-premise server is a Media Server. This hosts the camera streams and recordings.

The on premise media server will establish a connection to the VALT AWS Private Cloud. All traffic will flow through this connection. This connection requires the following ports:

On-Premise Media Server to Cloud Application Server

Port	Source	Destination
UDP 500	On-Premise Media Server	Cloud Application Server
UDP 4500	On-Premise Media Server	Cloud Application Server
GRE	On-Premise Media Server	Cloud Application Server

VALT Cloud utilizes Let's Encrypt to provide SSL certificates. The On-Premise Media Server must be able to communicate with the following websites to request the certificate:

Let's Encrypt

Port	Protocol	Source	Destination
TCP 443	HTTPS	On Premise Media Server	https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org
TCP 443	HTTPS	On Premise Media Server	https://route53.amazonaws.com