Image Artist: Communication Pathways and Firewall Requirements for Harmony 5.2 and Earlier

This article describes the network communication and firewall requirements for transferring image data from Harmony 5.2 and earlier versions to Image Artist.

Firewall Requirements

Image Artist Host

Required

• TCP 80 (HTTP)

Harmony Host

Required

• TCP 80 (HTTP)

Communication Pathway

Communication between Harmony and Image Artist is bi-directional.

1. Connection Establishment

Harmony connects to the Image Artist host.

2. Metadata Transfer

Harmony sends an XML file to Image Artist containing the network locations of the images to be transferred.

3. Image Retrieval

Image Artist retrieves the images directly from the Harmony host using HTTP GET requests.

4. Status Monitoring

Harmony periodically polls Image Artist for job status updates.

Communication Direction

Harmony → Image Artist

• Connection establishment
• XML metadata transfer
• Status monitoring

Image Artist → Harmony

• Image retrieval (HTTP GET)

Connectivity Summary