Summary: IP addresses and ports for client connections

Client applications connect to StorageGRID using the IP address of a grid node and the port number of a service on that node. If high availability (HA) groups are configured, client applications can connect using the virtual IP address of the HA group.

Information required to make client connections

The table summarizes the different ways that clients can connect to StorageGRID and the IP addresses and ports that are used for each type of connection. Contact your StorageGRID administrator for more information, or see the instructions for administering StorageGRID for a description of how to find this information in the Grid Manager.

Where connection is made	Service that client connects to	IP address	Port
HA group	Load Balancer	Virtual IP address of an HA group	Load balancer endpoint port
HA group	CLB Note: The CLB service is deprecated.	Virtual IP address of an HA group	Default S3 ports: HTTPS: 8082 HTTP: 8084
Admin Node	Load Balancer	IP address of the Admin Node	Load balancer endpoint port
Gateway Node	Load Balancer	IP address of the Gateway Node	Load balancer endpoint port
Gateway Node	CLB Note: The CLB service is deprecated.	IP address of the Gateway Node Note: By default, HTTP ports for CLB and LDR are not enabled.	Default S3 ports: HTTPS: 8082 HTTP: 8084
Storage Node	LDR	IP address of Storage Node	Default S3 ports: HTTPS: 18082 HTTP: 18084

Example

To connect an S3 client to the Load Balancer endpoint of an HA group of Gateway Nodes, use a URL structured as shown below:

https://<VIP-of-HA-group>:<LB-endpoint-port>

For example, if the virtual IP address of the HA group is 192.0.2.5 and the port number of an S3 Load Balancer endpoint is 10443, then an S3 client could use the following URL to connect to StorageGRID:

https://192.0.2.5:10443

It is possible to configure a DNS name for the IP address that clients use to connect to StorageGRID. Contact your local network administrator.