Note:
Please note that this article is considered legacy documentation because Fedora 23 has reached its end-of-life support.
Pre-Flight Check
- These instructions are intended specifically for enabling and starting firewalld on Fedora 23. The instructions are the same for CentOS 7.
- We’ll be logging in as root on a Liquid Web Self Managed Fedora 23 server.
Enable Firewalld
To enable firewalld and have it start at boot, run the following command:systemctl enable firewalld
Start Firewalld
To start firewalld, run the following command:systemctl start firewalld
Check the Status of Firewalld
To check the status of firewalld, run the following command as root:systemctl status firewalld
To stop and disable firewalld, visit How to Stop and Disable Firewalld on Fedora 23