9092
kafka
TCP · 0x2384
Port 9092 — kafka
Messaging
Port 9092 carries Apache Kafka 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
- Apache Kafka (kafka)
- Kind
- Messaging
- Protocol
- TCP
- Range
- Registered
- Root needed
- No
- Hexadecimal
- 0x2384
- Binary
- 0010001110000100
- Two bytes
- 35 · 132
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 9092 used for?
Apache Kafka (kafka) uses it, over TCP.
Q. Does opening port 9092 need root?
No. It is above 1023, so an ordinary user can open it.
Q. Which range does port 9092 fall in?
Registered (1024–49151). In hex it is 0x2384.
Q. Does port 9092 have a twin?
Not a separate one. It either was encrypted from the start or negotiates TLS on the same number.