Hello! Recently I removed IPTables on my Centos 7 Droplet and since then I cannot access my server via SFTP only via the Droplet console… I understand that It has to be some sort of Centos 7 specific Firewall problem? Any suggestions to fix this problem Is much Appreciated… Thanks!
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CentOS 7 uses
firewalld
to implement firewalling. To check if it is enabled, run:If you use the default port 22 for SSH connections, you can open that port by running:
For more info, check out the “Configuring a Basic Firewall” section of our Additional Recommended Steps for New CentOS 7 Servers tutorial.