From d36ca4cabc9085c7822cfe5efe20add445fc7ebd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Shumate Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:42:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Network ports. - Added a table of protocols an ports used by Consul to FAQ. --- website/source/docs/faq.html.markdown | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/source/docs/faq.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/faq.html.markdown index 31d73791f4..a79fd2a0ea 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/faq.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/faq.html.markdown @@ -78,3 +78,13 @@ read and compute the delta client side. By design, Consul offloads this to clients instead of attempting to support the delta calculation. This avoids expensive state maintenance on the servers as well as race conditions between data updates and watch registrations. + +## Q: What network ports does Consul use? + +Consul agents communicate on the following TCP and UDP ports: + +| Port | Protocol | Description | +| ------ | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------| +| 8300 | TCP | RPC for client/server and server/server replication | +| 8301 | TCP & UDP | LAN gossip from client/client and client/server | +| 8302 | TCP | WAN gossip from server/server |