Registered · Cross-platform

27017 MongoDB

TCP Unofficial
UDP No
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

MongoDB daemon (mongod/mongos).

When / why

Document database. Infamous for open-internet data breaches — bind internally, enable auth.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP No Not assigned, standardized, 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 27017

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 27017

Allow TCP 27017 (MongoDB). 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="27017" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 27017 (MongoDB) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 27017 accept

Allow TCP 27017 (MongoDB). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 27017 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 27017 (MongoDB). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-mongodb-27017 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 27017

Inbound rule for 27017 (MongoDB). 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=27017,ToPort=27017,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 27017 (MongoDB). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-mongodb-27017 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:27017 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 27017 (MongoDB). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow MongoDB 27017/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=27017 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 27017 (MongoDB). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow MongoDB 27017/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 27017 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 27017 (MongoDB). 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.