The client port is the port VoltDB client applications use to communicate with the database cluster nodes. By default, VoltDB uses port 21212 as the client port. You can change the client port. However, all client applications must then use the specified port when creating connections to the cluster nodes.

To specify a different client port on the command line, use the --client flag when starting the VoltDB database. For example, the following command starts the database using port 12345 as the client port:

$ voltdb create -l ~/license.xml \
         -d deployment.xml -H serverA \
         --client=12345

When using the Enterprise Manager, use the Edit Configuration dialog box to specify the port to use.

If you change the default client port, all client applications must also connect to the new port. The client interfaces for Java and C++ accept an additional, optional argument to the createConnection method for this purpose. The following examples demonstrate how to connect to an alternate port using the Java and C++ client interfaces.

Java

org.voltdb.client.Client voltclient;
voltclient = ClientFactory.createClient();
voltclient.createConnection("myserver",12345);  

C++

boost::shared_ptr<voltdb::Client> client = voltdb::Client::create();
client->createConnection("myserver", 12345);

The admin port is similar to the client port, it accepts and processes requests from applications. However, the admin port has the special feature that it continues to accept write requests when the database enters admin, or read-only, mode.

By default, VoltDB uses port 21211 on the default external network interface as the admin port. You can change the port assignment in the deployment file using the <admin-mode> tag or on the command line using the --admin flag. For example, the following deployment file sets the admin port to 2222:

<deployment>
   ...
   <admin-mode port="2222" />
</deployment>

The same effect can be achieved using the --admin flag on the command line:

$ voltdb create -l ~/license.xml \
         -d deployment.xml -H serverA \
         --admin=2222

When the admin port is set in both the deployment file and on the command line, the command line setting supersedes the deployment file.

When using the Enterprise Manager, use the Edit Configuration dialog box to specify a different admin port.

The web interface port is the port that VoltDB listens to for web-based connections from the JSON interface. There are two related settings associated with the JSON interface. The first setting is whether the port is enabled; the second is which port to use, if the interface is enabled.

When starting a VoltDB database manually, the web interface port (and the JSON interface) or disabled by default. When using the Enterprise Manager, both the web interface port and the JSON interface are enabled by default. The default httpd port is 8080.

If you plan on using the JSON interface from the community edition, be sure to include the <httpd> tag in the deployment file.

For example, the following deployment file fragment enables the web interface and the JSON interface, specifying the alternate port 8083.

<httpd port='8083'>
        <jsonapi enabled='true'/>
</httpd>

If you change the port number, be sure to use the new port number when connecting to the cluster using the JSON interface. For example, the following URL connects to the port 8083, instead of 8080:

http://athena.mycompany.com:8083/api/1.0/?Procedure=@SystemInformation

For more information about the JSON interface and specifying the appropriate port when connecting to the VoltDB cluster, see the section on "How the JSON Interface Works" in the Using VoltDB manual.

A VoltDB cluster uses ports to communicate among the cluster nodes. This port is internal to VoltDB and should not be used by other applications.

By default, the internal server port is port 3021 for all nodes in the cluster^[3]. You can specify an alternate port using the --internal flag when starting the VoltDB process. For example, the following command starts the VoltDB process using an internal port of 4000:

$ voltdb create -l ~/license.xml \
         -d deployment.xml -H serverA \
          --internal=4000

When using the Enterprise Manager to configure and run VoltDB, the resulting VoltDB cluster nodes open a port as an output stream for log4J messages. The Enterprise Manager uses the port to fetch log4J messages from the cluster nodes and display them in the management console.

By default, port 4560 is assigned as the log port. However, this port is only opened when using the Enterprise Manager. You can change the port number using the Edit Database dialog from within the VoltDB Enterprise Manager.

The VoltDB Enterprise Manager uses JMX to collect statistics from the cluster nodes at runtime. It does this using JMX.

The default JMX port is 9090. However, the JMX port is only opened when using the VoltDB Enterprise Edition. You can change the port number used by JMX by adding the Java argument -Dvolt.rmi.agent.port to the command line. You do that by defining the environment variable VOLTDB_OPTS before starting the server. For example, the following command assigns the JMX port to port number 2345:

$ export VOLTDB_OPTS="-Dvolt.rmi.agent.port=2345"

There is no JMX port when using the VoltDB Community Edition.

During database replication, the replica uses a dedicated port to connect to the master database. By default, the replication port is port 5555. You can use a different port by specifying a different port number either on the voltdb command line or in the deployment file.

Adding the replication port to the deployment file is useful when setting the port for all nodes in the cluster. Using the command line option is useful for changing the default port for only one node in the cluster or for specifying a specific network interface. If you specify the replication port in both the deployment file and on the command line, the command line argument takes precedence.

VoltDB uses a version of Apache Zookeeper to communicate among supplementary functions that require coordination but are not directly tied to database transactions. Zookeeper provides reliable synchronization for functions such as command logging without interfering with the database's own internal communications.

VoltDB uses a network port bound to the local interface (127.0.0.1) to interact with Zookeeper. By default, 7181 is assigned as the Zookeeper port for VoltDB. You can specify a different port number using the --zookeeper flag when starting the VoltDB process. It is also possible to specify a different network interface, like with other ports. However, accepting the default for the zookeeper network interface is recommended where possible. For example:

$ voltdb create -l ~/license.xml \
         -d deployment.xml -H serverA \
         --zookeeper=2288