How to Start and Enable Firewalld on Fedora 20
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Please note that this article is considered legacy documentation because Fedora 20 has reached its end-of-life support.
It is highly recommended that you have a firewall protecting your server.
Pre-Flight Check
- These instructions are intended specifically for enabling and starting Firewalld Fedora 20.
- I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Self Managed Fedora 20 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.
Enable Firewalld
To enable firewalld, run the following command as root:
systemctl enable firewalld
Start Firewalld
To start firewalld, run the following command as root:
systemctl start firewalld
Check the Status of Firewalld
To check the status of firewalld, run the following command as root:
systemctl status firewalld
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