This section provides information about setting up the firewall built into your panel so as to allow access to Plesk and its services.
The following is a list of ports and protocols used by Plesk services.
Service name |
Ports used by service |
Administrative interface of Plesk over HTTPS |
TCP 8443 |
Administrative interface of Plesk over HTTP |
TCP 8880 |
Samba (file sharing on Windows networks) |
UDP 137, UDP 138, TCP 139, TCP 445 |
VPN service |
UDP 1194 |
Web server |
TCP 80, TCP 443 |
FTP server |
TCP 21 |
SSH (secure shell) server |
TCP 22 |
SMTP (mail sending) server |
TCP 25, TCP 465 |
POP3 (mail retrieval) server |
TCP 110, TCP 995 |
IMAP (mail retrieval) server |
TCP 143, TCP 993 |
Mail password change service |
TCP 106 |
MySQL server |
TCP 3306 |
Microsoft SQL Server |
TCP 1433 |
PostgreSQL server |
TCP 5432 |
Licensing Server connections |
TCP 443 |
Domain name server |
UDP 53, TCP 53 |
Plesk Installer, Plesk upgrades and updates |
TCP 8447 |
Note: If you install Presence Builder as part of Plesk, Presence Builder uses the same protocol and opens on the same port as the Plesk UI.