Required Ports for vCenter

Question 1

System port for SSHD

Answer 1

TCP 22

Question 2

Required to be open to join Active Directory

Answer 2

TCP 88

Question 3

LDAP port for directory services for the vCenter Server group

Answer 3

TCP/UDP 389

Question 4

vSphere Syslog Collector port for vCenter Server and vSphere Syslog Service port for vCenter Server Appliance

Answer 4

TCP/UDP 514

Question 5

Default port that the vCenter Server system uses to send data to managed hosts

Answer 5

TCP/UDP 902

Question 6

vSphere Syslog Collector TLS port for vCenter Server

Answer 6

TCP 1514

Question 7

Control interface RPC for Single Sign-On

Answer 7

TCP 2012

Question 8

RPC port for VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) APIs

Answer 8

TCP 2014

Question 9

Authentication framework management

Answer 9

TCP/UDP 2020

Question 10

vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface (VAMI)

Answer 10

TCP 5480

Question 11

ESXi Dump Collector port

Answer 11

TCP/UDP 6500

Question 12

Secure Token Service (internal ports)

Answer 12

TCP 7080, 12721

Question 13

vSphere Client (internal ports)

Answer 13

TCP 7081

Question 14

VMware vSphere Authentication Proxy

Answer 14

TCP 7475, 7476

Question 15

vSphere Lifecycle Manager SOAP port used by vSphere Lifecycle Manager client plug-in

Answer 15

TCP 8084

Question 16

vSphere Lifecycle Manager Web Server Port used by ESXi hosts to access host patch files from vSphere Lifecycle Manager server

Answer 16

TCP 9084

Question 17

vSphere Lifecycle Manager Web SSL port used by vSphere Lifecycle Manager client plug-in for uploading host upgrade files to vSphere Lifecycle Manager server

Answer 17

TCP 9087

Question 18

vSphere Web Client HTTPS

Answer 18

TCP 9443

Question 19

Default port used by vCenter Server to listen for connections from the vSphere Web Client and SDK clients

Answer 19

TCP 443

Question 20

Port for direct HTTP connections; redirects requests to HTTPS port 443

Answer 20

TCP 80