AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Port Requirements
From
To
Protocol
Port
How Used
Storage
Gateway VM
AWS
Transmission
Control
Protocol (TCP)
443 (HTTPS)
For
communication
from an
AWS Storage
Gateway VM to
an AWS service
endpoint. For
information
about service
endpoints,
see
Your web
browser
Storage
Gateway VM
TCP
80 (HTTP)
By local
systems to
obtain the
Storage
Gateway
activation key.
Port 80 is used
only during
activation
of a Storage
Gateway
appliance.
A Storage
Gateway VM
doesn't require
port 80 to
be publicly
accessible.
The required
level of access
to port 80
depends on
your network
configuration.
If you activate
your gateway
from the
AWS Storage
Gateway
Management
Console, the
host from
which you
connect to the
console must
have access to
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