I have a question for you guys.
I am installing the first hlm masternode ever, using the youtube tutorial for vultr.
Using ufw I did close all ports except for my ssh. In the vid its being said that you have to edit the masternode.conf with "alias ip:port" ... and he is using 9009 for the port.
Now, since I did close all the ports in the firewall, the network/wallet won't be able to connect to the masternode through this port, right? Did I miss something or do I have to open that port?!
Also the port for http and https are closed - basically really all the ports except one. How does the network communicate with the masternode? What ports need to be open?
Thanks for your time and help!
It was good of you to notice that, because you're right, the port does need to be opened for the masternode to work. If you are using AKcryptoGUY's Vultr guide on Youtube then Nodemaster's VPS script will take care of setting up the firewall rules for you. That's why you don't see it manually opened during the UFW setup step. After you run the VPS script, you can check it with 'sudo ufw status' and you'll see that the appropriate port has been opened. There's also a very active community on Discord that can help you if you run into any troubles.