Registered · Cross-platform

8140 Puppet master

TCP Yes
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Puppet server agent check-in.

When / why

Configuration management. Agents connect here; restrict to managed nodes.

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 8140

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 8140

Allow TCP 8140 (Puppet master). 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="8140" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 8140 (Puppet master) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 8140 accept

Allow TCP 8140 (Puppet master). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 8140 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 8140 (Puppet master). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-puppetmaster-8140 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 8140

Inbound rule for 8140 (Puppet master). 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=8140,ToPort=8140,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 8140 (Puppet master). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-puppetmaster-8140 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:8140 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 8140 (Puppet master). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Puppet master 8140/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=8140 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 8140 (Puppet master). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Puppet master 8140/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8140 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 8140 (Puppet master). 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.