Port 6379 · Redis

Port 6379 is Redis, TCP.

Redis in-memory data store — cache, session store, pub/sub broker. No auth by default in older versions.

Palo Alto

Create the service object for this port, then allow the App-ID on it. Restricting the rule to the port's service object keeps the rule working on a non-default port and stops the App-ID matching on other ports. Replace the placeholders with your own rule name and zones.

set service tcp-6379 protocol tcp port 6379

set rulebase security rules <rule-name> from <from-zone> to <to-zone> source any destination any application redis service tcp-6379 action allow

Risk and exposure

Rated high risk. Services on this port are commonly targeted by attackers. Keep it off the internet, or put it behind a VPN or a strict source allow-list, and monitor access.

Check it

• Linux ss -tlnp | grep :6379
• PowerShell Test-NetConnection <host> -Port 6379
• nmap nmap -p 6379 <host>

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