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Essential Ports for DevOps Engineers

1. HTTP(HypertextTransferProtocol)-Port80
Purpose: Used for transferring web pages
Key Points:
● Facilitatescommunicationbetweenwebbrowsersandservers.
● Statelessprotocol;eachrequestisindependent.
● Commonlyusedforunencryptedwebtraffic.

2. HTTPS(HTTPSecure)-Port443
Purpose: Secure version of HTTP.
Key Points:
● EncryptsdatausingSSL/TLSforsecurecommunication.
● Essentialforhandlingsensitivedataonline.
● Widelyadoptedasthestandardforallwebsites.

3. SSH(SecureShell)-Port22
Purpose: Secure remote login and command execution.
Key Points:
● Providesasecurechanneloverunsecurednetworks.
● Supportsencryptedfiletransfers(SCP,SFTP).
● Commonlyusedinservermanagement.

4. FTP(FileTransferProtocol)-Port21
Purpose: Transfers files between computers.
Key Points:
● Allowsuserstoupload/downloadfilesfromservers.
● Canbeinsecure;oftenreplacedbySFTPorFTPS.
● Supportsbothanonymousandauthenticatedaccess.

5. SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) - Port 22


Purpose: Secure file transfer protocol.
Key Points:
● UsesSSHtoprovidesecurefiletransfercapabilities.
● Combinesfileaccess,transfer,andmanagementfunctionalities.
● MoresecurethantraditionalFTP.

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6. SMTP(SimpleMailTransferProtocol)-Port25
Purpose: Sending emails across networks.
Key Points:
● Essentialforemaildeliveryfromclienttoserver.
● OftenusedwithPOP3orIMAPforretrievingemails.
● Vulnerabletospam;manyISPsrestrictitsuse.

7. DNS (Domain Name System) - Port 53


Purpose: Resolves domain names into IP addresses.
Key Points:
● Criticalforroutinginternettrafficcorrectly.
● OperatesusingbothTCPandUDPprotocols.
● DNScachingimprovesperformanceandreducesserverload.

8. MySQLDatabaseServer–Port3306
Purpose: Default port for MySQL connections.
Key Points:
● UsedbyapplicationstoconnectsecurelytoMySQLdatabases.
● Supportsvariousauthenticationmethodsforsecurity.
● Oftenconfiguredwithfirewallstorestrictaccess.

9. PostgreSQLDatabaseServer–Port5432
Purpose: Default port for PostgreSQL database connections.
Key Points:
● Supportsadvanceddatatypesandperformanceoptimizationfeatures.
● UsesSSLforsecureconnections.
● Commonlyusedinwebapplicationsandenterprisesystems

10.Docker Daemon API – Port 2375/2376


Purpose: PortsusedbytheDockerdaemonforAPIaccess.
Key Points:
● Port2375isunsecured;port2376usesTLSencryption.
● EssentialformanagingDockercontainersremotely.
● Requirescarefulconfigurationtoavoidsecurityvulnerabilities.

11.Kubernetes API Server – Port 6443


Purpose: Entry point for all API requests in Kubernetes clusters.
Key Points:
● HandlesRESTrequestsandupdatestheclusterstateaccordingly.
● SecuredwithTLStoensurecommunicationintegrityandconfidentiality.
● EssentialformanagingresourceswithinKubernetes.

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12.Redis Server – Port 6379


Purpose: Default port used by Redis, an in-memory data
structure store.
Key Points:
● Usedasadatabase,cache,andmessagebroker.
● Supportsvariousdatastructuressuchasstrings,hashes,lists,etc.
● Oftenusedinmicroservicesarchitecturesforfastdataaccess.

13.MongoDB – Port 27017


Purpose: Default port for MongoDB database connections.
Key Points:
● NoSQLdatabasedesignedforscalabilityandperformance.
● UsesBSONformattostoredata,facilitatingcomplexqueries.
● Supportshorizontalscalingthroughsharding

14.Apache Kafka – Port 9092


Purpose: Default port for Apache Kafka messaging system
connections.
Key Points:
● Usedforbuildingreal-timedatapipelinesandstreamingapplications.
● Highlyscalableandfault-tolerantarchitecture.
● Supportspub/submessagingmodel

15.Nginx – Port 80/443


Purpose: Web server that can also act as a reverse proxy server,
load balancer, etc.
Key Points:
● Handlesstaticcontentefficiently;commonlyusedwithdynamiccontent
servers like Node.js or PHP-FPM.
● Canserveasaloadbalancertodistributetrafficacrossmultipleservers.

16.Tomcat – Port 8080


Purpose: Default port for Apache Tomcat web server instances
serving Java applications.
Key Points:
● ImplementsJavaServletandJavaServerPagestechnologies.
● CommonlyusedinenterpriseenvironmentstorunJava-basedweb
applications.

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17.VNC (Virtual Network Computing) – Port 5900


Purpose: Remote desktop sharing system that uses the RFB
protocol to remotely control another computer's desktop interface.
Key Points:
● Enablesremoteaccesstographicaldesktopenvironmentsoveranetwork
connection
18.ElasticSearch – Port 9200
Purpose: Default port used by ElasticSearch REST API calls.
Key Points:
● DistributedsearchenginebuiltonApacheLucene;usedforfull-textsearch
capabilities and analytics on large datasets.
19.RabbitMQ – Port 5672
Purpose: Default port used by RabbitMQ messaging
broker connections.
Key Points:
● ImplementsAdvancedMessageQueuingProtocol(AMQP).
● Usedinmicroservicesarchitecturestofacilitatecommunicationbetween
services.
20.Grafana – Port 3000
Purpose: Default port used by Grafana dashboard application for
visualizing metrics from various data sources like Prometheus or
InfluxDB.
Key Points:
● Providespowerfulvisualizationcapabilitiesandalertingfeaturesbasedon
metrics collected from various systems

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