#1107870 victoria-metrics: Open port 8248 for HTTP after installation

Package:
victoria-metrics
Source:
victoria-metrics
Description:
fast, cost-effective and scalable time series database
Submitter:
Valérian Sibille
Date:
2025-06-16 10:43:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1107870#5
Date:
2025-06-16 10:41:02 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

After installation port 8428 is open (check with nmap) from outside
because by default VictoriaMetrics listens on 0.0.0.0 instead of
127.0.0.1. The service is enabled after installation, which leaves the
port open to the outside world with write and read access to the
VictoriaMetrics database.

Enforcing the address to 127.0.0.1 ensures one needs a tunnel for
instance to write and read data after installation. See attached
configuration file that addresses that.

Best regards,
Valérian Sibille