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docs Required Ports docs-install-ports Before starting Consul it is important to have the necessary bind ports accessible.

Required Ports

Before running Consul, you should ensure the following bind ports are accessible.

Use Default Ports
DNS: The DNS server 8600
HTTP: The HTTP API 8500
HTTPS: The HTTPs API disabled (8501)*
gRPC: The gRPC API disabled (8502)*
LAN Serf: The Serf LAN port. 8301
Wan Serf: The Serf WAN port 8302
server: Server RPC address 8300
Sidecar Proxy Min: Inclusive min port number to use for automatically assigned sidecar service registrations. 21000
Sidecar Proxy Max: Inclusive max port number to use for automatically assigned sidecar service registrations. 21255

*For HTTPS and gRPC the ports specified in the table are recommendations.

Note, the default ports can be changed in the agent configuration.