Network Connectivity

Description of the Networking Connectivity needed by Talos Linux

Configuring Network Connectivity

The simplest way to deploy Talos is by ensuring that all the remote components of the system (talosctl, the control plane nodes, and worker nodes) all have layer 2 connectivity. This is not always possible, however, so this page lays out the minimal network access that is required to configure and operate a talos cluster.

Note: These are the ports required for Talos specifically, and should be configured in addition to the ports required by kubernetes. See the kubernetes docs for information on the ports used by kubernetes itself.

Control plane node(s)

ProtocolDirectionPort RangePurposeUsed By
TCPInbound50000*apidtalosctl, control plane nodes
TCPInbound50001*trustdWorker nodes

Ports marked with a * are not currently configurable, but that may change in the future. Follow along here.

Worker node(s)

ProtocolDirectionPort RangePurposeUsed By
TCPInbound50000*apidControl plane nodes

Ports marked with a * are not currently configurable, but that may change in the future. Follow along here.

Last modified August 12, 2024: docs: fix typo in doc (60e163d54)