An EndpointPort associates a name with a particular TCP/UDP port of the endpoint, allowing it to
be referenced as a named port in [policy rules](./policy#entityrule).

| Field       | Description                      | Accepted Values   | Schema | Default    |
|-------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|--------|------------|
| name        | The name to attach to this port, allowing it to be referred to in [policy rules](./policy#entityrule).  Names must be unique within an endpoint.  | | string |            |
| protocol    | The protocol of this named port. | tcp, udp          | string |            |
| port        | The workload port number.        | 1-65535           | int    |            |

> **Note**: On their own, EndpointPort entries don't result in any change to the connectivity of the port.
> They only have an effect if they are referred to in policy.
{: .alert .alert-info}
