A Junior Engineer is configuring AWS X-Ray daemon which would be running locally on a multi-vendor OS environment. He is concerned about the listening port to be configured for this scenario. Which is the correct statement for the AWS X-Ray Daemon listening port?

Answer options:

A.AWS X-Ray Daemon Listening Port can be changed only for the Linux environment.
B.AWS X-Ray Daemon Listening Port cannot be changed while running the daemon locally.
C.AWS X-Ray Daemon Listening Port can be changed using --bind command with CLI.
D.AWS X-Ray Daemon Listening Port is default as 2000 & cannot be changed.

Correct Answer – C
By default, AWS X-Ray Daemon listens for traffic on UDP port 2000. This port can be changed while configuring daemon with CLI option as – bind “Different port number”.
Option A is incorrect as the AWS X-Ray Daemon Listening port can be changed for all environments.
Option B is incorrect as Listening Ports can be changed for running Daemons Locally as well.
Option D is incorrect as Daemons Listening port is UDP 2000, but it can be changed using – bind command.
For more information on AWS X-Ray Daemon Port configuration, refer to the following URL-
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/xray/latest/devguide/xray-daemon.html