Registered · Cross-platform

2181 Apache ZooKeeper

TCP Yes
UDP Unofficial
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

ZooKeeper client coordination port.

When / why

Kafka, Hadoop and distributed-system coordination.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
SCTP Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP Not applicable for this transport.

Port range

Registered (1024–49151). Assigned by IANA on request; usable without elevated privileges on most systems.

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Firewall rules for port 2181

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from <source> to any port 2181

Allow TCP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 2181

Allow UDP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="2181" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="2181" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 2181 accept

Allow TCP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 2181 accept

Allow UDP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 2181 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 2181 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-apachezookeeper-2181 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 2181

Inbound rule for 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Set <source> to a CIDR; lower priority number = higher precedence.

AWS Security Group

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=tcp,FromPort=2181,ToPort=2181,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=udp,FromPort=2181,ToPort=2181,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-apachezookeeper-2181 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:2181,udp:2181 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Apache ZooKeeper 2181/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=2181 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Apache ZooKeeper 2181/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=2181 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Apache ZooKeeper 2181/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 2181 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Apache ZooKeeper 2181/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 2181 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 2181 (Apache ZooKeeper). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

Rules are generated only for transports marked active for this port. They default to an inbound allow with an explicit source placeholder — never any. Review direction, scope, and rule precedence before applying in production.