Understanding which ports the hybrid runtime plane uses is important for enterprise
implementations. This section describes the ports used for secure communications within the
runtime plane as well as external ports used for communications with external services.
Internal connections
Communication between the runtime plane and management plane is secured with TLS 1-way and OAuth
2.0. Individual services use different protocols, depending on which service they are communicating
with.
The following image shows the ports and communications channels within the hybrid runtime
plane:
The following table describes the ports and communications channels within the hybrid runtime
plane:
Internal Connections
Source
Destination
Protocol/Port(s)
Security Protocol
Description
MART
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Cassandra
TCP/9042 TCP/9142
mTLS
Sends data for persistence
MART Istio Ingress
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MART
TCP/8443
TLS
Requests from the management plane go through the MART Istio Ingress
Default Istio Ingress
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Message Processor
TCP/8443
TLS (Apigee-generated, self-signed cert)
Processes incoming API requests
Message Processor
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Cassandra
TCP/9042 TCP/9142
mTLS
Sends data for persistence
Message Processor
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fluentd (Analytics)
TCP/20001
mTLS
Streams data to the data collection pod
Cassandra
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Cassandra
TCP/7001
mTLS
Intra-node cluster communications. Note that you can also leave port 7000 open for
firewall configuration as a backup option for potential troubleshooting.
Prometheus
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Cassandra
TCP/7070 (HTTPS)
TLS
Scrapes metrics data from various services
MART
TCP/8843 (HTTPS)
TLS
Message Processor
TCP/8843 (HTTPS)
TLS
Synchronizer
TCP/8843 (HTTPS)
TLS
UDCA
TCP/7070 (HTTPS)
TLS
External connections
To appropriately configure your network firewall, you should know the inbound and outbound ports
used by hybrid to communicate with external services.
The following image shows the ports used for external communications with the hybrid runtime
plane:
The following table describes the ports used for external communications with the hybrid runtime
plane:
External Connections
Source
Destination
Protocol/Port(s)
Security Protocol
Description
Inbound Connections (exposed externally)
Apigee Services
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MART Istio Ingress
TCP/443
OAuth over TLS 1.2
Hybrid API calls from the management plane
Client Apps
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Default Istio Ingress
TCP/*
None/OAuth over TLS 1.2
API requests from external apps
Outbound Connections
Message Processor
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Backend services
TCP/* UDP/*
None/OAuth over TLS 1.2
Sends requests to customer-defined hosts
Synchronizer
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Apigee Services
TCP/443
OAuth over TLS 1.2
Fetches configuration data; connects to apigee.googleapis.com
GCP
Connects to iamcredentials.googleapis.com for authorization
UDCA (Analytics)
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Apigee Services (UAP)
TCP/443
OAuth over TLS 1.2
Sends data to UAP in the management plane and to GCP; connects to
apigee.googleapis.com and storage.googleapis.com
Prometheus (Metrics)
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GCP (Stackdriver)
TCP/443
TLS
Sends data to Stackdriver in the management plane; connects to
monitoring.googleapis.com
fluentd (Logging)
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GCP (Stackdriver)
TCP/443
TLS
Sends data to Stackdriver in the management plane; connects to
logging.googleapis.com
MART
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GCP
TCP/443
OAuth over TLS 1.2
Connects to iamcredentials.googleapis.com for authorization
* indicates that the port is configurable. Apigee recommends using 443.
You should not allow external connections for specific IP addresses associated with
*.googleapis.com. The IP addresses can change since the domain currently resolves to
multiple addresses.
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