From 05ebb9db6fc96657763d56ee2d89cdc2a266bcb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Shumate Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:42:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] 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 31d73791f..a79fd2a0e 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 | From c9005797e83bd14f44c1c8150d9d3272c5b7cba0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Shumate Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:43:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Updated FAQ entry --- website/source/docs/faq.html.markdown | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/faq.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/faq.html.markdown index a79fd2a0e..a88909cc5 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/faq.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/faq.html.markdown @@ -81,10 +81,4 @@ 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 | +The [Ports Used](https://www.consul.io/docs/agent/options.html#ports) section of the Configuration documentation lists all ports that Consul uses.