Port 9090 (TCP) โ€” Prometheus

Prometheus server web UI and API.

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Port
9090
Protocol
TCP
Service
Prometheus
Internet exposure risk
Medium

Exposes your whole metrics inventory. Add auth or keep private.

Check if port 9090 is open

On the server, see what is listening:

sudo ss -tulpn | grep ':9090 '

From another machine, test reachability:

nc -zv your-server.example.com 9090

Block port 9090 from the internet

With UFW (Ubuntu/Debian):

sudo ufw deny 9090

With firewalld (RHEL/AlmaLinux/Rocky):

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --remove-port=9090/tcp && sudo firewall-cmd --reload

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