Ensure Ports Are Available

Verify that ports required by Vertica are not in use by running the following command as the root user and comparing it with the ports required, as shown below:

netstat -atupn

If you are using a Red Hat 7/CentOS 7 system, use the following command instead:

ss -atupn

Firewall Requirements

Vertica requires several ports to be open on the local network. Vertica does not recommend placing a firewall between nodes (all nodes should be behind a firewall), but if you must use a firewall between nodes, ensure the following ports are available:

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.