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// * hosted_control_planes/hcp-networking.adoc

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= Ingress and egress requirements for {hcp}

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Specific network ports must be open for communication between the management cluster, the {hcp} components, and the compute nodes. The ports are categorized into ingress ports, which involve incoming traffic to {hcp} and egress ports, which involve outgoing traffic from {hcp}.