Registered · Cross-platform

4840 OPC UA

TCP Yes
UDP Yes
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

OPC Unified Architecture connection protocol.

When / why

Industrial IoT / SCADA interoperability.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Yes Assigned by IANA and 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 4840

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 4840

Allow TCP 4840 (OPC UA). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 4840

Allow UDP 4840 (OPC UA). 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="4840" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 4840 (OPC UA) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="4840" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 4840 (OPC UA) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 4840 accept

Allow TCP 4840 (OPC UA). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 4840 accept

Allow UDP 4840 (OPC UA). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 4840 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 4840 (OPC UA). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 4840 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 4840 (OPC UA). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-opcua-4840 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 4840

Inbound rule for 4840 (OPC UA). 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=4840,ToPort=4840,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 4840 (OPC UA). 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=4840,ToPort=4840,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 4840 (OPC UA). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-opcua-4840 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:4840,udp:4840 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 4840 (OPC UA). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow OPC UA 4840/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=4840 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 4840 (OPC UA). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow OPC UA 4840/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=4840 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 4840 (OPC UA). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow OPC UA 4840/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 4840 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 4840 (OPC UA). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow OPC UA 4840/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 4840 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 4840 (OPC UA). 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.