Ports
Veeam Backup for RHV automatically creates firewall rules for the ports required to allow communication between the RHV backup proxy and the backup server.
Important |
Some Linux distributions require manual configuration of firewall rules. For more information, see this Veeam KB article. |
RHV Backup Proxy
The following table describes network ports that must be open to ensure proper communication of the RHV backup proxy with other backup infrastructure components.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Workstation web browser | RHV backup proxy | TCP/HTTPS | 443 | Used to access the RHV backup proxy web console. |
RHV backup proxy | Backup server | TCP | 10006 | Used to communicate with the Veeam Backup & Replication server. |
RHV manager | TCP/HTTPS | 443 | Used to communicate with the REST API service running on the RHV manager. | |
RHV manager | TCP | 54323 | Used to communicate with RHV Manager (hosted engine). | |
RHV host | TCP/HTTPS | 443 | Used to communicate with the REST API service running on an RHV host. | |
RHV host | TCP | 54322 | Used to communicate with RHV hosts. | |
Veeam backup repository or gateway server | TCP | 2500-3300 | Default range of ports used as transmission channels for jobs and restore sessions. For each TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. | |
Ubuntu Security and OS Update repository (security.ubuntu.com, archive.ubuntu.com) | TCP/HTTP | 80 | Used to get OS security updates. | |
.NET Core Update repository | TCP/HTTPS | 443 | Used to get .NET Core updates. | |
Veeam Updater repository (repository.veeam.com, cloudfront.net) | TCP/HTTPS | 443 | Used to download RHV backup proxy update packages. | |
Nginx repository (nginx.org/packages/, nginx.org/packages/keys/) | TCP/HTTPS | 443 | Used to download nginx packages required for RHV backup proxy web console updates. |
Backup Server
The following table describes network ports that must be open to ensure proper communication of the backup server with other backup infrastructure components.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RHV backup proxy, Veeam Backup & Replication console | Backup server | TCP/HTTPS | 8544 | Used to communicate with the Platform Service REST API.
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Backup server | FLR helper appliance | TCP | 22 | Used to connect to the helper appliance during file-level restore. |
Backup server | TCP/HTTPS | 6172 | Used by the RHV Platform Service to enable communication with the Veeam Backup & Replication database. | |
RHV manager | TCP/HTTPS | 443 | Used to communicate with the REST API service running on the RHV manager. | |
RHV manager | TCP | 54323 | Used to communicate with the RHV manager (hosted engine). | |
RHV backup proxy | TCP/HTTPS | 443 | Used by the RHV Platform Service to connect to the RHV backup proxy. |
Note |
For the list of ports used by the backup server to communicate with backup repositories, see the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Used Ports. |