Central Service - Overview

MOVEit Central is normally installed as a service. See Requirements.

The MOVEit Central Admin program is used to configure and control file transfer and manipulation tasks, but the MOVEit Central service is the program which actually maintains the configuration file and runs configured tasks.

Starting and Stopping

The MOVEit Central service normally starts automatically when the computer boots. However the service and/or the underlying service application may also be started manually through the Windows command-line console or the Windows Service control panel if the MOVEit Central service is not currently running. (The "Service - Running As..." documentation has more information about this.)

The MOVEit Central service can also be stopped through the Windows command-line console or the Windows Service control panel, but a cleaner way to stop the service (and avoid killing running tasks) is to use MOVEit Central Admin's "Shut Down Service" command.

Firewall Considerations

The type of "outbound" access MOVEit Central requires through a firewall depends on what remote hosts you wish to access. For example, if you wish to access a remote MOVEit DMZ server, you will need to allow Central to connect to that server using HTTPS.

It is not normally necessary for firewall rules to be configured to allow "inbound" access to a MOVEit Central. Two exceptions:

• If MOVEit Central Admin needs to be allowed to connect from a remote IP addresses through a firewall. (In this case, MOVEit Central should be configured to force SSL encryption when communicating with MOVEit Central Admin). Ports 3471, 3472, and 3473 are used.
• If an additional server (e.g., Microsoft IIS FTP) has been installed on the same platform as MOVEit Central. (Strictly speaking, inbound firewall rules are still not required to access MOVEit Central in this situation. However most firewall administrators take a "rules for machine" view rather than "rules for application" view, so it is best to be up front with your firewall administrators if you plan on installing any "helper" services on the MOVEit Central platform.)

For more information, see Port Numbers.