{"id":19598,"date":"2024-03-15T19:09:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T19:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-open-ports-on-centos-7-firewall\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T16:05:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:05:05","slug":"how-to-open-ports-on-centos-7-firewall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-open-ports-on-centos-7-firewall\/","title":{"rendered":"How to open ports on CentOS 7 firewall."},"content":{"rendered":"

To open a firewall port on CentOS 7, you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Check the status of the firewall.<\/li>\n
  2. Check the status of the firewalld service using systemctl command.<\/li>\n
  3. Start the firewall if it is not running.<\/li>\n
  4. Initiate the firewalld service using sudo systemctl start.<\/li>\n
  5. View the list of currently open ports.<\/li>\n
  6. Show me a list of ports using firewall-cmd with sudo.<\/li>\n
  7. Open port:<\/li>\n
  8. Grant access to a specific port\/protocol in the public zone of the firewall using the command “sudo firewall-cmd –zone=public –add-port=port_number\/protocol –permanent”<\/li>\n
  9. Please replace “port number” with the desired port number, and replace “protocol” with the protocol used by the port (such as TCP or UDP).<\/li>\n
  10. Update firewall rules:<\/li>\n
  11. Please reload the firewall by using the command “sudo firewall-cmd –reload.”<\/li>\n
  12. Confirm if the port has been successfully opened.<\/li>\n
  13. Please list the ports using the command sudo firewall-cmd.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In this way, you have successfully opened the specified port on the CentOS 7 firewall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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