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Ports

The following network ports must be open to ensure proper communication of components in Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure infrastructure.

From

To

Protocol

Port

Description

Workstation web browser

Backup appliance

TCP

443

Required to access the Web UI component from a user workstation.

TCP

443

Required to communicate with the REST API service running on the backup appliance.

Worker instance

TCP

443

Required to access the Veeam File Level Recovery browser running on a worker instance during the file-level recovery process.

Backup appliance

Veeam Update Notification Server (repository.veeam.com)

TCP

443

Required to download information on available product updates.

Ubuntu Security Update repository (security.ubuntu.com)

HTTP

80

Required to get OS security updates.

Ubuntu Network Time Protocol (ntp.ubuntu.com)

UDP

123

Required to run a time sync service for Linux VMs.

Ubuntu Archive repository (azure.archive.ubuntu.com)

HTTP

80

Required to get APT updates when updating the backup appliance manually using the terminal.

APT repository of PostgreSQL packages (apt.postgresql.org)

HTTP

80

DotNetCore Update Repository (packages.microsoft.com)

TCP

443

Required to get .NET updates.

SMTP server

TCP

25

Required to send email notifications.

Note: The TCP 25 port is the port that is most commonly used by SMTP servers.

Azure AD

TCP

443

Required to add service and repository accounts.

Azure Resource Manager

TCP

443

Azure Storage

TCP

443

Required to communicate with Azure storage accounts.

 

ServiceBus service

TCP/AMQP

443, 5671, 5672

Required to communicate with user workstations.

Azure Key Vault

TCP

443

Required to encrypt backup repositories using cryptographic keys.

Azure VMs

Backup appliance

TCP/AMQP

443, 5671, 5672

Required to communicate with Windows-based Azure VMs with enabled guest processing option. For more information, see Performing Backup.

ServiceBus service

TCP/AMQP

443, 5671, 5672

Azure Storage

TCP

443

Worker instances

Ubuntu Security Update repository (security.ubuntu.com)

HTTP

80

Required to get OS security updates.

Ubuntu Archive repository (azure.archive.ubuntu.com)

HTTP

80

Required to get APT updates.

ServiceBus service

TCP/AMQP

443, 5671, 5672

Required to communicate with Windows-based Azure VMs with enabled guest processing option. For more information, see Performing Backup.

SQL Servers

TCP

1433, 11000-11999

Required to connect to SQL Servers.

Note: The usage of the specified TCP ports depends on the networking settings of SQL servers. If the Redirect option is selected, port 1433 is used to establish only the first connection. If the Proxy option is selected, port 1433 is used to establish all connections by default. For more information on networking settings of SQL Servers, see Microsoft Docs.

Azure SQL Managed Instances

TCP

3342

Required to connect to Azure SQL Managed Instances using public endpoints.

TCP

1433, 11000-11999

Required to connect to Azure SQL Managed Instances using private endpoints.

Note: The usage of the specified TCP ports depends on the networking settings of SQL servers. If the Redirect option is selected, port 1433 is used to establish only the first connection. If the Proxy option is selected, port 1433 is used to establish all connections by default. For more information on networking settings of SQL Servers, see Microsoft Docs.

Azure Storage

TCP

443

Required to download worker binary files from Veeam storage accounts.

ServiceBus service

Worker instances

TCP/AMQP

443, 5671, 5672

Required to perform image-level backup and restore operations.

Backup appliance

TCP/AMQP

443, 5671, 5672

Required to communicate with Windows-based Azure VMs with enabled guest processing option. For more information, see Performing Backup.