Registered · Cross-platform

27015 Source / GoldSrc engine

TCP No
UDP Unofficial
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Valve Source/GoldSrc dedicated server (CS, TF2, etc.).

When / why

Game server hosting (UDP/27015).

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP No Not assigned, standardized, 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 27015

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 udp from <source> to any port 27015

Allow UDP 27015 (Source / GoldSrc engine). 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="27015" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 27015 (Source / GoldSrc engine) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 27015 accept

Allow UDP 27015 (Source / GoldSrc engine). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 27015 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 27015 (Source / GoldSrc engine). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-sourcegoldsrcengine-27015 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol UDP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 27015

Inbound rule for 27015 (Source / GoldSrc engine). 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=udp,FromPort=27015,ToPort=27015,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 27015 (Source / GoldSrc engine). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-sourcegoldsrcengine-27015 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=udp:27015 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 27015 (Source / GoldSrc engine). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Source / GoldSrc engine 27015/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=27015 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 27015 (Source / GoldSrc engine). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Source / GoldSrc engine 27015/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 27015 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 27015 (Source / GoldSrc engine). 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.