OpenStack could request a port number be assigned for default use: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6335
-- mark > On Apr 29, 2016, at 8:26 AM, John Dickinson <m...@not.mn> wrote: > > The "bind_port" setting in Swift's config files is required to be explicitly > set. It doesn't matter what the number is. If you have a port conflict with > another service, feel free to change it. > > As to why port 6000 was used initially... The truth is probably lost to the > mists of time. However, I know that "we're listening for X11 on the storage > boxes of our object storage system" was never a concern :-) > > There's an open patch to change the docs to use a different port, but for > now, feel free to use another port number which is more convenient for you. > > > --John > > > > >> On 29 Apr 2016, at 4:51, Peter Brouwer wrote: >> >>> On 29/04/2016 10:12, Peter Brouwer wrote: >>> Hello All, >>> >>> >>> When looking at the ports used by the system I noticed port 6000 is already >>> in use before starting the swift services. >>> >>> In the swift object-server.conf file the default port setting is 6000 to, >>> so yes when starting the swift object server there is an error message in >>> the corresponding log file and the object-service is put in a maintenance >>> state. >>> >>> How do I find out which other unix process is using this 6000 port, it >>> seems that 6001 is in the range (6000-6007) commonly used by x11. Why did >>> the swift openstack folks pick the same port range for their storage >>> services processes? >> To followup on the last q, port 6000 is used by X11 if you enable tcp >> listening option ( part of startx or in gdm config file) >> This is considered a non secure situation and not recommended, but it leaves >> the risk of swift using a same port as x11 if an admin chooses to use the >> tcp listen option for remote X11 connections (vnc) >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Peter Brouwer, Principal Software Engineer, >> Oracle Application Integration Engineering. >> Phone: +44 1506 672767, Mobile +44 7720 598 226 >> E-Mail: peter.brou...@oracle.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack >> Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org >> Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org > Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack _______________________________________________ Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org Unsubscribe : http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack
