Ports

Veeam Backup for RHV automatically creates firewall rules for the ports required to allow communication between the RHV backup appliance, workers and the backup server.

RHV Backup Appliance

The following table describes network ports that must be open to ensure proper communication of the RHV backup appliance with other backup infrastructure components.

From

To

Protocol

Port

Notes

RHV backup appliance

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.

Workers

TCP

19000

Used to communicate with workers.

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(S)

80 (443)

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 appliance update packages.

Nginx repository

(nginx.org/packages/, nginx.org/packages/keys/)

TCP/HTTPS

443

Used to download Nginx packages required for RHV backup appliance web console updates.

Workers

The following table describes network ports that must be open to ensure proper communication of workers with other backup infrastructure components.

From

To

Protocol

Port

Notes

Worker

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.

RHV backup appliance

TCP

19001

Used to communicate with the RHV backup appliance.

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(S)

80 (443)

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 appliance update packages.

Nginx repository

(nginx.org/packages/, nginx.org/packages/keys/)

TCP/HTTPS

443

Used to download Nginx packages required for RHV backup appliance 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 appliance,

Veeam Backup & Replication console

Backup server

TCP/HTTPS

8544

Used to communicate with the Platform Service REST API.

 

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 appliance

TCP/HTTPS

443

Used by the RHV Platform Service to connect to the RHV backup appliance.

 

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.