CentOS 7: Firewall with Firewalld


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1 Install Firewalld

Install firewalld package.

$ sudo yum install firewalld$ sudo systemctl enable firewalld$ sudo systemctl start firewalld

2 Add rule

–add-port option or –add-service option adds rules. Without –permanent option, rule is applied temporally.

$ sudo firewall-cmd –add-port=80/tcp$ sudo firewall-cmd –add-service=http

Argument of –add-service option is filename in /usr/lib/firewalld/services/*.

$ sudo cat /usr/lib/firewalld/services/http.xml<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?><service> <short>WWW (HTTP)</short> <description>HTTP is the protocol used to serve Web pages. If youplan to make your Web server publicly available, enable this option.This option is not required for viewing pages locally or developingWeb pages.</description> <port protocol=”tcp” port=”80″/></service>

With –permanent option, rule is applied permanently. But –permanent option needs to run firewall-cmd –reload for applying rule.

$ sudo firewall-cmd –add-port=80/tcp –permanent$ sudo firewall-cmd –add-service=https –permanent$ sudo firewall-cmd –reload

3 Show rule list

–list-all option shows all rules.

$ sudo firewall-cmd –list-allpublic (active) target: default icmp-block-inversion: no interfaces: eth0 sources: services: dhcpv6-client https ssh ports: 80/tcp protocols: masquerade: no forward-ports: sourceports: icmp-blocks: rich rules:

–list-ports option shows rules applied by –add-port option.

$ sudo firewall-cmd –list-ports80/tcp

–list-services option shows rules applied by –add-service option.

$ sudo firewall-cmd –list-servicesdhcpv6-client ssh https

4 Delete rule

–remove-port option or –remove-service option deletes rule. Without –permanent option, rule is applied temporally.

$ sudo firewall-cmd –remove-port=80/tcp$ sudo firewall-cmd –remove-service=http

With –permanent option, rule is applied permanently. But –permanent option needs to run firewall-cmd –reload for applying rule.

$ sudo firewall-cmd –remove-port=80/tcp –permanent$ sudo firewall-cmd –remove-service=https –permanent$ sudo firewall-cmd –reload

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