Test and verify the TCP and UDP ports of ECS instances in Linux -

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Overview

This article describes how to test the connectivity between TCP and UDP ports in ECS instances of Linux.

Detail

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The following is the details of testing the connectivity between TCP and UDP ports:

Test TCP port connectivity

The following describes how to test port connectivity by using the Telnet tool and the Python Web server.

Telnet to test port connectivity

In the ECS instance, run the following command to test port connectivity by using the telnet tool.

telnet [$Host] [$Port]

Note:
[$Host] is the IP address of the target server.

[$Port] is the Port to be tested.
Run the following command to test the connectivity from port 22:
telnet 127.0.0.1 22
If the connection is successful, a message similar to the following is displayed. The display may vary depending on the Linux. However, if the connectedto. Information, the connection is successful.
Trying 127.0.0.1... 
Connected to 127.0.0.1. 
Escape character is '^]'. 
SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.3

Create a new listening port for testing.

The following describes how to use the Python Web server to temporarily create a new listening port for testing. Run the following command to test the port.

python -m SimpleHTTPServer [$Port]

The following command output is returned.

Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 123 ...

Note: The Web service is started with a single thread. Take the current directory as the root directory as an example. Only one request can be accepted for testing at a time. After the test is completed, press Ctrl C to terminate the process.

Test UDP port connectivity

The following describes how to test the connectivity of a UDP port by using an nc program:

Run the following command to check whether the nc program is installed.
```
which nc
```
If a similar output is displayed, the nc program has been installed.
```
/usr/bin/nc
```
Note: If the nc is not installed, use tools such as yum or apt-get to install the nc based on the operating system.
Run the following command on the server to listen to a port to be tested, such as port 1234:
```
nc -uvlp 1234
```
The following command output is returned.
```
Ncat: Version 6.40 ( http://nmap.org/ncat )
Ncat: Listening on :::1234
Ncat: Listening on 0.0.0.0:1234
```
Run the following command on the client to connect the server to the port to be tested, such as port 1234.
```
nc -u [$Host] 1234
```
After the connection is established, enter a test character (abc) on the client and confirm the display in the server. If no response is synchronized by the backend server, the port connectivity is abnormal.

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