Port 7474 (Neo4j HTTP)

Neo4j Browser and HTTP API (7473 for HTTPS).

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP Databases Do not expose to the internet

What port 7474 is used for

Neo4j Browser and HTTP API (7473 for HTTPS).

Do not expose to the internet. Change the default neo4j/neo4j password; keep internal.

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

neo4j TCP Neo4j Graph Database Neo Technology Inc -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2013-02-08.

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 7474?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :7474'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :7474

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':7474 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :7474

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 7474 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 7474

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 7474

ufw

sudo ufw deny 7474/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 7474 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 7474 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 7474' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 7474 -Action Block

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Assignment data: IANA port number registry (public domain), retrieved 2026-11-10.