Registered · Cross-platform

2456 Valheim

TCP Unofficial
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Valheim dedicated server (uses 2456–2458).

When / why

Game server hosting.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Not applicable for this transport.
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 2456

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 2456

Allow TCP 2456 (Valheim). 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="2456" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 2456 (Valheim) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 2456 accept

Allow TCP 2456 (Valheim). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 2456 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 2456 (Valheim). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-valheim-2456 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 2456

Inbound rule for 2456 (Valheim). 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=2456,ToPort=2456,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 2456 (Valheim). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-valheim-2456 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:2456 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 2456 (Valheim). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Valheim 2456/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=2456 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 2456 (Valheim). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Valheim 2456/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 2456 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 2456 (Valheim). 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.