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Network Ports used by MDS
MDS uses network ports for various communications. In order for certain features to function, the network ports shown below must be accessible.
| Service | Protocol | Port(s) | TLS? | Notes |
| MicroMDM | TCP | 80,8443 | Configurable | Port 80 is only used to enforce a redirect from 80 -> 8443 on the web server |
| Serve Images over HTTP | TCP | 8088+ | Configurable | Static webserver for mounting images from recovery. Content usually should be served via HTTP due to lack of HTTPS support in macOS Recovery. |
| Munki | TCP | 4443 | Configurable | Used by Munki clients to contact Munki Server hosted by MDS. |
| MunkiReport | TCP | 8081 | Configurable | Used by MunkiReport clients to contact MunkiReport Server hosted by MDS. |
| Imagr Remote Logging | TCP | 8080 | No | Used by Imagr when running workflows to post status back to MDS on workflow progress. |