The database requires several ports to be open on the local network. It is not recommended to place a firewall between nodes (all nodes should be behind a firewall), but if you must use a firewall between nodes, ensure the following ports are available:
|
Ports |
Direction |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
TCP 22 |
Inbound |
Required for the Administration Tools and Management Console Cluster installation wizard. |
|
TCP 5433 |
Inbound |
Used by database clients, such as vsql, ODBC, JDBC, and so on |
|
TCP 5434 |
Inbound |
Used for Intra-cluster and inter-cluster communication |
|
UDP 5433 |
Inbound |
Used for databse spread monitoring |
|
TCP 5438 |
Inbound |
Used as Management Console-to-node and node-to-node (agent) communication port |
|
TCP 5450 |
|
Used to connect to Management Console from a web browser and allows communication from nodes to the Management Console application/web server. |
|
TCP 4803 |
Inbound |
Used for client connections |
|
UDP 4803 |
Inbound |
Used for daemon to daemon connection |
|
UDP 4804 |
|
Used for daemon to daemon connections |
|
UDP 6543 |
|
Used to monitor to daemon connections |