Ports configuration
When starting a quickwit search server, one important parameter that can be configured is
the rest.listen_port (defaults to :7280).
Internally, Quickwit will, in fact, use three sockets. The ports of these three sockets
cannot be configured independently at the moment.
The ports used are computed relative to the rest.listen_port port, as follows.
| Service | Port used | Protocol | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Http server with the rest api | ${rest.listen_port} | TCP | 7280 |
| Cluster membership | ${rest.listen_port} | UDP | 7280 |
| GRPC service | ${rest.listen_port} + 1 | TCP | 7281 |
It is not possible for the moment to configure these ports independently.
In order to form a cluster, you will also need to define a peer_seeds parameter.
The following addresses are valid peer seed addresses:
| Type | Example without port | Example with port |
|---|---|---|
| IPv4 | 172.1.0.12 | 172.1.0.12:7180 |
| IPv6 | 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334 | [2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334:7180]:7280 |
| hostname | node3 | node3:7180 |
If no port is specified in a peer node address, a Quickwit node will assume the peer is using the same port as itself.