Registered · Cross-platform

5984 CouchDB

TCP Yes
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Apache CouchDB HTTP API.

When / why

Document database. Past unauthenticated-exposure incidents — bind internally.

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 5984

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

⚠ Unencrypted or unauthenticated by default — prefer a TLS variant or tunnel over VPN/SSH rather than exposing this port directly.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from <source> to any port 5984

Allow TCP 5984 (CouchDB). 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="5984" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 5984 (CouchDB) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 5984 accept

Allow TCP 5984 (CouchDB). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 5984 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 5984 (CouchDB). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-couchdb-5984 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 5984

Inbound rule for 5984 (CouchDB). 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=5984,ToPort=5984,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 5984 (CouchDB). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-couchdb-5984 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:5984 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 5984 (CouchDB). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow CouchDB 5984/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=5984 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 5984 (CouchDB). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow CouchDB 5984/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5984 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 5984 (CouchDB). 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.