Registered · Cross-platform

5269 XMPP server-to-server

TCP Yes
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

XMPP federation between servers.

When / why

Inter-domain XMPP.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and 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 5269

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 5269

Allow TCP 5269 (XMPP server-to-server). 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="5269" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 5269 (XMPP server-to-server) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 5269 accept

Allow TCP 5269 (XMPP server-to-server). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 5269 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 5269 (XMPP server-to-server). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-xmppservertoserver-5269 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 5269

Inbound rule for 5269 (XMPP server-to-server). 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=5269,ToPort=5269,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 5269 (XMPP server-to-server). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-xmppservertoserver-5269 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:5269 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 5269 (XMPP server-to-server). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow XMPP server-to-server 5269/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=5269 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 5269 (XMPP server-to-server). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow XMPP server-to-server 5269/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5269 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 5269 (XMPP server-to-server). 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.