Registered · Cross-platform

9100 Printer raw / node_exporter

TCP Yes
UDP Assigned
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

PDL/JetDirect raw printing; also Prometheus node_exporter default.

When / why

Direct-to-printer jobs OR host metrics — context matters. Do not confuse the two.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Assigned Assigned by IANA, but not 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 9100

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 9100

Allow TCP 9100 (Printer raw / node_exporter). 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="9100" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 9100 (Printer raw / node_exporter) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 9100 accept

Allow TCP 9100 (Printer raw / node_exporter). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 9100 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 9100 (Printer raw / node_exporter). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-printerrawnodeexporter-9100 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 9100

Inbound rule for 9100 (Printer raw / node_exporter). 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=9100,ToPort=9100,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 9100 (Printer raw / node_exporter). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-printerrawnodeexporter-9100 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:9100 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 9100 (Printer raw / node_exporter). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Printer raw / node_exporter 9100/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=9100 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 9100 (Printer raw / node_exporter). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Printer raw / node_exporter 9100/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 9100 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 9100 (Printer raw / node_exporter). 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.