Change Host Firewall State

Using the Networking page, Cockpit administrators can enable or disable the firewall state on the host system.

Note:

By default, the firewall management service (firewalld) is enabled on the host system. When this service is enabled, all incoming network traffic is blocked with the exception where firewall zoning rules are set to enable incoming traffic for services and their ports.

For more information about a zone-based firewall implementation and the firewall management service in Oracle Linux, see one of the following:

What Do You Need?

The Cockpit web console must be installed and accessible.
For details, see these topics: Install and Enable Cockpit and Log in to the Cockpit Web Console.
Administrator privileges.

Steps

Using the Cockpit web console, follow these steps to enable or disable the firewall management service (firewalld) state on the host system.

In the Cockpit navigation pane, click Networking.
The Networking page appears.
In the Firewall panel of the Networking page, click the toggle switch to change the firewall state.
The Firewall panel displays the current state of the firewall: either Enabled or Disabled.