This chapter outlines the network ports and communication protocols required for AKIPS to operate.
| Protocol name | Feature | Protocol type, port |
| HTTP/HTTPS | Web server | TCP 80, 443 |
| SSH | Developer login, backup mechanism | TCP 22 |
| Syslog | Syslog collector | UDP 514 |
| NetFlow | NetFlow collector (v5, v9, IPFIX) | UDP/SCTP 2055, 4739, 9995, or 9996 |
| SNMP traps | Trap collector | UDP 162 |
| Database socket | Disabled by default | TCP, configurable port |
| Protocol name | Feature | Protocol type, port |
| Ping | Ping scan | ICMP/ICMPv6 |
| SNMP | Network monitoring | TCP 161 |
| SSH (libssh2) | Config Crawler, Backup/restore authentication | TCP 22 |
| SSH (OpenSSH) | Backup/restore | TCP 22 |
| HTTP/HTTPS | HTTP client, Integrations | TCP, configurable port |
| HTTP Proxy | Integration proxy | TCP, configurable port |
| DNS | Custom DNS cache | UDP 53 |
| Syslog | Syslog forwarding | UDP, configurable port |
| SNMP trap | SNMP trap forwarding | UDP 162 |
| NetFlow | NetFlow forwarding | UDP, configurable port |
| LDAP/Radius/TACACS+ | User authentication | Configurable |
| SMTP | Mail | Configurable |