How to Set Up firewalld

firewalld is firewall management software which acts as a frontend for Linux’s in-kernel nftables or iptables packet filtering systems. In this guide, we’ll show you how to set up a firewalld firewall for your server, and cover the basics of managing the firewall with the firewall-cmd administrative tool. Choose your server operating system below to get started.

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