Firewall configuration

In order to connect to IoT, you must ensure that firewalls are configured to allow traffic on specific ports.

A firewall might be located on your local workstation, on your router, or as part of your corporate network.

Required IP addresses

Ensure that the required IP addresses are open and enabled for communication.

Region IP Address Secure messaging ports
us-south
  • 169.46.7.56/29169.48.234.208/29169.62.202.128/29
  • 169.45.2.16/28*
 8883,443
eu-gb
  • 158.175.111.152/29158.176.104.24/29141.125.70.152/29
  • 159.8.169.208/28*
 8883,443
eu-de
  • 149.81.125.176/29158.177.82.208/29161.156.96.80/29
  • 159.122.121.80/28*
8883,443
Quickstart
  • 169.46.7.56/29169.48.234.208/29169.62.202.128/29
  • 169.45.2.16/28*
 Unavailable
Dedicated IoT Contact your IBM® representative. Not applicable

The asterisk (*) denotes an address that is no longer used after the first quarter of 2019.