AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Network and Firewall Requirements
Protocol
Port
Direction
Source
Destination
How Used
UDP
123 (NTP)
Outbound
NTP client
NTP server
Used by local
systems to
synchronize
VM time to the
host time.
Ports for file gateways
The following illustration shows the ports to open for a file gateway.
Note
For specific port requirements (including NFS and SMB port requirements), see
.
You only need to use Microsoft Active Directory when you want to allow domain users to access an
Server Message Block (SMB) file share. You can join your file gateway to any valid Microsoft Windows
domain (resolvable by DNS).
You can also use the AWS Directory Service to create an
AWS-managed Microsoft Active Directory
in the
AWS Cloud. For most AWS-managed Active Directory deployments, you need to configure the Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service for your VPC. For more information about how to create a
In addition to the common ports, file gateways require the following ports.
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