Opening Ports for External Connection for Web Control Center on Windows
It is necessary to open a port in your firewall to allow other computers to access the Harmony Web Control Center server. By default, Harmony Web Control Center uses port 8080.
- Open the Windows Control Panel.
- Depending on your setup, you might need to click System and Security before moving to the next step.
- Click Windows Firewall.
- On the left pane, click Advanced settings.
- The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security window appears.
- On the left pane, click Inbound Rules.
- On the right pane, click New Rule.
The New Inbound Rule Wizard appears.
- Select the Port option and click Next.
- Select the TCP and Specific local ports options.
- In the Specific local ports field, type in 8080 and click Next.
NOTE:You can change the default port used by Harmony Web Control Center by modifying the
webcc.bat
file—see Opening Ports for External Connection for Web Control Center on Windows.
- Select the Allow the connection option and click Next.
- Select the Domain, Private and Public options and click Next.
- In the Name field, type in Toon Boom Web Control Center and click Finish.
Toon Boom Web Control Center appears in the list of inbound rules.