Appendix A. Firewall Rules

The following table outlines the firewall rules that the rhel-osp-installer command configures when you install the user interface. The installer uses these ports to communicate with and control other machines in the environment. This table is provided for your information; no further configuration is necessary beyond that provided by rhel-osp-installer.

Table A.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform Installer Firewall Rules

Ports Protocols Service Purpose
22 TCP SSH Connecting to other machines on the private network that the installer defines.
53 TCP, UDP DNS Resolving the host names and addresses of machines on the private network that the installer defines.
67 TCP DHCP Assigning IP addresses to machines on the private network that the installer defines.
69 TCP TFTP Enabling the PXE booting of machines on the private network that the installer defines.
80, 443 TCP HTTP, HTTPS The Apache web server for hosting the user interface for the installer.
8140 TCP Puppet Communication between Puppet clients and the Puppet master.