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-p 4689:4689 \
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-p 14014:14014 \
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-p 16014:16014 \
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6. Make sure TCP ports 4689, 8080 (also 14014 if used) are open on your firewall and load balancer (if any).
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6. Ensure that TCP ports `4689` and `8080` are open on your firewall and load balancer (if applicable). Additionally, if you intend to use the node as a gateway, make sure the following ports are open:
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- `14014` for the IoTeX native gRPC API
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- `15014` for the Ethereum JSON API
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- `16014` for the Ethereum WebSocket
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## <a name="mainnet_native"/>Join Mainnet without using Docker
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This is not the preferred way to start an IoTeX node
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Click [IoTeX Tube docs](https://github.com/iotexproject/iotex-bootstrap/blob/master/tube/tube.md) for detailed documentation of the tube service.
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### JSON RPC API(Babel service)
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### JSON RPC API (former "Babel service")
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Our node supports most of methods of [Ethereum's JSON-RPC protocol](https://eth.wiki/json-rpc/API). The local endpoint of babal service is `localhost:15014` on the gateway node.
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Our node supports most methods of [Ethereum's JSON-RPC protocol](https://eth.wiki/json-rpc/API). The local endpoint for the Ethereum API service is available at `localhost:15014`. WebSocket support is also available on `localhost:16014`.
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Additional method support could be requested [here](https://github.com/iotexproject/iotex-core/issues).
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