15672
rabbitmq-mgmt
TCP · 0x3D38
Port 15672 — rabbitmq-mgmt
Messaging
Port 15672 carries RabbitMQ management over TCP. Above 1023, so an ordinary user can open it.
1024–49151. Meant to be applied for, though some numbers here are custom by habit.
Where it sits in 65535
A port number is 16 bits, so it stops at 65535. The narrow band at the left is everything up to 1023.
065535
- Service
- RabbitMQ management (rabbitmq-mgmt)
- Kind
- Messaging
- Protocol
- TCP
- Range
- Registered
- Root needed
- No
- Hexadecimal
- 0x3D38
- Binary
- 0011110100111000
- Two bytes
- 61 · 56
Same kind
Passing messages along, or queueing them up.
Ports next to it
How to read this
- A port number is 16 bits, so it runs 0 to 65535. There is no port 65536.
- Opening anything at or below 1023 needs root on Unix.
- Plain and encrypted often live on different numbers — 80 and 443, for one.
- Numbers like 3000 and 8080 were never registered; those are marked as custom.
Frequently asked questions
Q. What is port 15672 used for?
RabbitMQ management (rabbitmq-mgmt) uses it, over TCP.
Q. Does opening port 15672 need root?
No. It is above 1023, so an ordinary user can open it.
Q. Which range does port 15672 fall in?
Registered (1024–49151). In hex it is 0x3D38.
Q. Does port 15672 have a twin?
Not a separate one. It either was encrypted from the start or negotiates TLS on the same number.