Port Availability

The install_vertica script checks that required ports are open and available to Vertica. The installer reports any issues with identifier N0020.

The following table lists the ports required by Vertica.

Port Protocol Service Notes

22

TCP

sshd

Required by Administration Tools and the Management Console Cluster Installation wizard.

5433

TCP

Vertica

Vertica client (vsql, ODBC, JDBC, etc) port.

5434

TCP

Vertica

Intra- and inter-cluster communication. Vertica opens the Vertica client port +1 (5434 by default) for intra-cluster communication, such as during a plan. If the port +1 from the default client port is not available, then Vertica opens a random port for intra-cluster communication.

5433

UDP

Vertica

Vertica spread monitoring.

5444

TCP

Vertica
Management Console

MC-to-node and node-to-node (agent) communications port. See Changing MC or Agent Ports.

5450

TCP

Vertica
Management Console

Port used to connect to MC from a web browser and allows communication from nodes to the MC application/web server. See Connecting to Management Console.

4803

TCP

Spread

Client connections.

4803

UDP

Spread

Daemon to daemon connections.

4804

UDP

Spread

Daemon to daemon connections.

6543

UDP

Spread

Monitor to daemon connection.