Some basics you may not know
Firewall
Firewall is a network security tool that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules. A firewall typically establishes a barrier between a trusted network and an untrusted network, such as the Internet.
Packet filter
The first reported type of network firewall is called a packet filter. It inspects netwwork data (packets), transferring between computers. The firewall maintains the access control list (ACL) which indicates what packets should be tracked and what actions should be applied. Three basic actions are: a silent discard, discard and send a Internet Control Message Protocol message or TCP reset flag back to the sender or forward to the next hop. Default action is set to a silent discard. Packets may be filtered by source and destination IP addresses, protocol, source and destination ports.
Roxy-WI and Firewalld
Roxy-WI can manage Firewalld independently. Whether you add a new frontend, new proxy for HAProxy in the Add proxy-Listen section or add a new server section for NGINX, Roxy-WI will open necessary ports automatically.
You can tick the Firewalld checkbox to enable this function in the Servers-Servers or the Admin area-Servers sections.
Viewing Firewalld rules
For checking Firewalld rules go to the Servers-Servers section and press the View button.
Enabling Firewalld
On CentOS or RedHat Firewalld is installed by default. You can check it by performing the following command:
In output above you can see that Firewalld is installed and running: Active: active (running). If your have a different output, perform the command:
Installing Firewalld
In Debian/Ubuntu Firewalld is included in official repositories and can be installed using the standard package manager. Before installing Firewalld you should disable ufw (the preinstalled firewall) as it is shown below:
