Network Prerequisites

To ensure the performance and stability of Anypoint Platform Private Cloud Edition (Anypoint Platform PCE), every node in your Anypoint Platform PCE environment must meet the network requirements described in this topic.

Before you install Anypoint Platform PCE, your infrastructure team must review each of the following sections and verify that your environment meets the stated network requirements. If needed, contact your MuleSoft representative for assistance.

Verify Static IPs

All nodes in the cluster must have static private IPv4 assigned to them, and these must persist after restarts. If IP addresses are not persistent between reboots, the cluster can fail.

Verify VXLAN

The version of Kubernetes supported by Anypoint Platform PCE uses an overlay VXLAN and UDP transport to encapsulate traffic. There is direct communication between cluster components.

The following table lists the ports used for inter-host communication. The table uses the following source and destination descriptions:

Anypoint Platform PCE nodes: Nodes that are members of the cluster.
Installer node: The node on which you started the installation.
Load Balancer: Any source that is outside the cluster.
localhost: The port that is used only within the host where the request started.

You must ensure that all of the following ports are configured correctly on all nodes.

Table 1. Port Configuration Requirements
Protocol	Port/Range	Purpose	Source	Destination
TCP/UDP	53	Internal cluster DNS	localhost	localhost
TCP	2379, 2380, 4001, 7001	etcd distributed database	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	4242	Installer	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	6443	Kubernetes API server	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP/UDP	7496	Serf RPC agent	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	7373	Serf RPC agent	localhost	localhost
TCP	9100	Prometheus node-exporter	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	10248, 10250	Kubernetes Kubelet	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	10249	Kubernetes kube-proxy	localhost	localhost
TCP	10251-10252	Kubernetes controller-manager and scheduler	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	10257-10259	Kubernetes controller-manager and scheduler (secure)	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	10255	Kubernetes Kubelet (read-only)	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	5000	Docker registry	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	3009-3012	Cluster control plane	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	3022	Cluster control plane	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	3023-3025	Cluster control plane	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	7575	Cluster control plane	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	7580	Cluster control plane monitoring endpoint	localhost	localhost
TCP	6060	Cluster control plane profiling endpoint	localhost	localhost
TCP	30000-32767	Internal services port range	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	61009-61010	Installer port ranges (only used during install)	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	installer node
TCP	61022-61024	Installer port ranges (only used during install)	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	installer node
TCP	61025	Installer port ranges (only used during install)	localhost	installer node
UDP	8472	Overlay VXLAN network	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	32009	Ops Center Admin UI	Load Balancer	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	30080	HTTP public access	Load Balancer	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	30443	HTTPS public access	Load Balancer	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	30889	Mule Runtime Websocket	Load Balancer	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes
TCP	30883	Mule Runtime Authentication Service (for certificate renewals)	Load Balancer	Anypoint Platform PCE nodes

You can use netcat or a similar utility to verify port configuration.

Enable Required Ports

You must enable TCP ports 53, 3011, and 3012 on all nodes to allow communication with the database cluster.
If you plan to use the GUI installer to install Anypoint Platform PCE, you must enable port 61009.

Verify NAT Traffic Requirements

In some situations, the Kubernetes overlay network uses NAT. NAT requires that nodes be able to send and receive packages with a source and destination different from the node’s internal IP.

Any software that monitors the network traffic must be tuned to allow this type of network interaction.

Disable OS NetworkManager Services

In some operating systems, like RHEL/CentOS 8.4, NetworkManager includes two extra services: nm-cloud-setup.service and nm-cloud-setup.timer. These services add routing tables that interfere with the configuration of the Kubernetes Container Network Interface (CNI) plugin. If those services exist, disable them and restart the node before proceeding with the installation.

Verify SMTP Server Requirements

Your network must include an SMTP server to manage email alerts that are triggered by the platform. Anypoint Platform PCE must be connected to this SMTP server.

For additional information, refer to the instructions in Configure SMTP in Anypoint Platform PCE.

Verify External Identity Provider Configuration and Client Management

Your network must include an external identity provider that is compatible with LDAP, OpenIDConnect, or SAML. To configure an External Identity Provider for user SSO (LDAP, OpenIDConnect, and SAML) or for external client management as OpenID Connect, the cluster must be able to access the external identity provider endpoint.

For additional information, refer to the instructions in Configure an External Identity Provider in Anypoint Platform PCE.

Synchronize Clocks

Ensure that the clocks on all servers are synchronized. Unsynchronized clocks can cause problems with platform communications.