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Chapter 13. Processes and Networking

13.1. Processes
13.2. Sockets
13.3. RMI

13.1. Processes

The following Services and Process are used by the system:

Table 13.1. Services and Processes

Service / ProcessDescription
AlgoTrader ServerThis is the main AlgoTrader process
StrategiesIn Live Trading Mode each strategy can run in its own Java process or within the same process as the AlgoTrader Server (one strategy only). In simulation mode, the strategies run within the same process as the AlgoTrader Server
MySqlMain database process.
InfluxDBThe InfluxDB database used for storage of historical data

If the AlgoTrader Server and the strategies are running within separate processes, individual strategies can be stopped / altered / restarted independent of each other and the AlgoTrader Server.

13.2. Sockets

Table 13.2. Sockets

SocketDescriptionDefault Ports
RMI ExporterRemote access to Spring services1199
ActiveMQ TCPActiveMQ TCP transport61616
ActiveMQ WSActiveMQ WebSockets transport61614
ActiveMQ WSSActiveMQ Secure WebSockets transport61613
ActiveMQ StompActiveMQ TCP Stomp transport61617
ActiveMQ SSL StompActiveMQ Secure TCP Stomp transport61618
HTTPJetty HTTP transport9090
HTTPSJetty HTTPS transport9443
MySqlMySql database connection3306
InfluxDBInfluxDB connection8086
IB Gatewaydefined by IB Gateway configuration4001
Bloomberg TerminalBBComm.exe8194
FixFix Connectionsvaries

13.3. RMI

The system defines an RMI services through Spring Remoting (RMI Registry 1199): RmiServiceExporter (defined in applicationContext-export-remoteServices.xml)