Port 9100 (TCP) โ€” Node Exporter

Prometheus node_exporter metrics.

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Port
9100
Protocol
TCP
Service
Node Exporter
Internet exposure risk
Medium

Leaks host details. Restrict to your Prometheus server.

Check if port 9100 is open

On the server, see what is listening:

sudo ss -tulpn | grep ':9100 '

From another machine, test reachability:

nc -zv your-server.example.com 9100

Block port 9100 from the internet

With UFW (Ubuntu/Debian):

sudo ufw deny 9100

With firewalld (RHEL/AlmaLinux/Rocky):

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --remove-port=9100/tcp && sudo firewall-cmd --reload

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