Port 2379 (TCP) โ€” etcd client

etcd key-value store client API (Kubernetes state).

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Port
2379
Protocol
TCP
Service
etcd client
Internet exposure risk
High

Contains cluster secrets. Never expose.

Check if port 2379 is open

On the server, see what is listening:

sudo ss -tulpn | grep ':2379 '

From another machine, test reachability:

nc -zv your-server.example.com 2379

Block port 2379 from the internet

With UFW (Ubuntu/Debian):

sudo ufw deny 2379

With firewalld (RHEL/AlmaLinux/Rocky):

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --remove-port=2379/tcp && sudo firewall-cmd --reload

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