How to Start/Stop or Enable/Disable firewalld on CentOS 7

How to Start/Stop or Enable/Disable firewalld on CentOS 7 – Cuongquach.com | firewalld (Dynamic Firewall Manager) tool provides a dynamically managed firewall. The tool enables network/firewall zones to define the trust level of network connections and/or interfaces. It has support both for IPv4 and IPv6 firewall settings. Also, it supports Ethernet bridges and allow you to separate between runtime and permanent configuration options. Finally, it supports an interface for services or applications to add firewall rules directly.

Disable firewalld

To disable firewalld, execute the following command as root or using sudo:

# systemctl disable firewalld

Enable firewalld

To enable firewalld, execute the following command as root or using sudo:

# systemctl enable firewalld

Stop firewalld

To stop (or deactivate) firewalld,execute the following command as root or using sudo:

# systemctl stop firewalld

Start firewalld

To start (or activate) firewalld, execute the following command as root or using sudo:

# systemctl start firewalld

Status of firewalld

To check the status of firewalld, execute the following command as root or using sudo:

# systemctl status firewalld

Very easy to stop firewalld and begin using ‘iptables‘ instead of if you want.

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