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Control Plane Port Names
Linkerd’s control plane components expose various ports for communication and administration. Each container port is assigned a unique name to enable precise references from Services, probes, and monitoring configurations.
Control Plane Port Names
The following table lists control plane container port names:
| Component | Port Name | Protocol |
|---|---|---|
| destination | dest-grpc | gRPC |
| destination | dest-admin | HTTP |
| sp-validator | spval-admin | HTTP |
| policy-controller | policy-grpc | gRPC |
| policy-controller | policy-admin | HTTP |
| identity | ident-grpc | gRPC |
| identity | ident-admin | HTTP |
| proxy-injector | injector-admin | HTTP |
| linkerd2-cni | repair-admin | HTTP |
