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Port 9411 β€” Zipkin Distributed Tracing

Port 9411 is the primary HTTP ingestion and query dashboard port for OpenZipkin distributed request tracing across microservice architectures.

PORT NUMBER

9411

PROTOCOL

TCP

DEFAULT PROCESS

java (zipkin)

FIREWALL TARGET

9411/tcp

Instant Terminal Fixes for Port 9411

macOS & Linux Terminal
1. Check who is listening on port 9411:
curl -I http://localhost:9411/health
2. Kill process occupying port 9411 (EADDRINUSE fix):
kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:9411)
3. UFW Firewall Allow rule:
sudo ufw allow 9411/tcp
Windows PowerShell (Admin)
1. Check listening port:
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 9411
2. Force kill process on port 9411:
Stop-Process -Id (Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 9411).OwningProcess -Force
3. Docker Port Forwarding Mapping:
docker run -d -p 9411:9411 openzipkin/zipkin

Common Error Encountered

Zipkin trace submission failed: Connection refused on port 9411.

Security Advisory & Hardening

Internal observability tool. Isolate behind an authenticated internal ingress.

Frequently Asked Questions

Port 9411 Questions & Answers

Common questions regarding default services, kill commands, and firewall configurations.

Port 9411 is commonly used for Zipkin Distributed Tracing. Port 9411 is the primary HTTP ingestion and query dashboard port for OpenZipkin distributed request tracing across microservice architectures.