{"id":2108,"date":"2015-05-30T09:09:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T09:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2021-02-09T09:23:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T09:23:36","slug":"how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Disable The Iptables Firewall in CentOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iptables is a built in firewall in most Linux systems. firewall that provides protection between your server (workstation) and damaging content on the Internet or network. It will try to protect your system against both malicious users and software such as viruses\/worms.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In this article we&#8217;ll show you how to check the current\u00a0<strong>status of the iptables firewall<\/strong>, and how to <strong>disable<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>enable<\/strong>\u00a0it in\u00a0<strong>CentOS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Check the Status of The Iptables IPv4 Firewall<\/h3>\n<p>Run the following command to check the\u00a0<strong>status of the iptables IPv4 firewall<\/strong><strong>\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">service iptables status<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Check the Status of The Iptables IPv6 Firewall<\/p>\n<p>Run the following command to check the\u00a0<strong>status of the iptables IPv6 firewall<\/strong><strong>\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">service ip6tables status<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Disable The Iptables Firewall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Run the following commands to <strong>stop the iptables firewall for IPv4<\/strong><strong>\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"> service iptables save\r\n service iptables stop\r\n chkconfig iptables off<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Run the following commands to\u00a0<strong>stop the iptables firewall for IPv6<\/strong><strong>\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">service ip6tables save\r\nservice ip6tables stop\r\nchkconfig ip6tables off<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Enable The Iptables Firewall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Run the following commands to\u00a0<strong>start the iptables firewall for IPv4<\/strong><strong>\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"> service iptables start\r\n chkconfig iptables on<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Run the following commands to\u00a0<strong>start the iptables firewall for IPv6<\/strong><strong>\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \"> service ip6tables start\r\n chkconfig ip6tables on\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iptables is a built in firewall in most Linux systems. firewall that provides protection between your server (workstation) and damaging content on the Internet or network. It will try to protect your system against both malicious users and software such as viruses\/worms. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/\">Continue Reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cpanel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How To Disable The Iptables Firewall in CentOS - cPanel Plesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How To Disable The Iptables Firewall in CentOS - cPanel Plesk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Iptables is a built in firewall in most Linux systems. firewall that provides protection between your server (workstation) and damaging content on the Internet or network. It will try to protect your system against both malicious users and software such as viruses\/worms. [...]Continue Reading...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/iptable.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Seemab Saleem\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Seemab Saleem\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/73d573cc7eaaf6625cf0dbd72191a648\"},\"headline\":\"How To Disable The Iptables Firewall in CentOS\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-30T09:09:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-09T09:23:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/\"},\"wordCount\":171,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/c78ae1cf9451a09592fb9697d69c0c13\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/iptable.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Cpanel\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/\",\"name\":\"How To Disable The Iptables Firewall in CentOS - cPanel Plesk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/iptable.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-30T09:09:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-09T09:23:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/iptable.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/iptable.jpeg\",\"width\":265,\"height\":190},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How To Disable The Iptables Firewall in CentOS\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/\",\"name\":\"cPanel Plesk\",\"description\":\"Blog on famous hosting control panels\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/c78ae1cf9451a09592fb9697d69c0c13\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/c78ae1cf9451a09592fb9697d69c0c13\",\"name\":\"Farooq Omer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cpanelplesk.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cpanelplesk.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":44,\"caption\":\"Farooq Omer\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/73d573cc7eaaf6625cf0dbd72191a648\",\"name\":\"Seemab Saleem\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a87ff2e53b03e6839250e5278a6bd46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a87ff2e53b03e6839250e5278a6bd46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Seemab Saleem\"},\"description\":\"Linux Server Administrator, Web Hosting engineer. I'm dealing with Linux servers since 2014. I started this blog to share the work i love with the world . let me know if you need any assistance. Thanks!!\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/author\/cmb\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How To Disable The Iptables Firewall in CentOS - cPanel Plesk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"How To Disable The Iptables Firewall in CentOS - cPanel Plesk","twitter_description":"Iptables is a built in firewall in most Linux systems. firewall that provides protection between your server (workstation) and damaging content on the Internet or network. It will try to protect your system against both malicious users and software such as viruses\/worms. [...]Continue Reading...","twitter_image":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/iptable.jpeg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Seemab Saleem","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/"},"author":{"name":"Seemab Saleem","@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/73d573cc7eaaf6625cf0dbd72191a648"},"headline":"How To Disable The Iptables Firewall in CentOS","datePublished":"2015-05-30T09:09:47+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-09T09:23:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/"},"wordCount":171,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/c78ae1cf9451a09592fb9697d69c0c13"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/iptable.jpeg","articleSection":["Cpanel"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/","url":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/","name":"How To Disable The Iptables Firewall in CentOS - cPanel Plesk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/iptable.jpeg","datePublished":"2015-05-30T09:09:47+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-09T09:23:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/iptable.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/iptable.jpeg","width":265,"height":190},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-the-iptables-firewall-in-centos\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How To Disable The Iptables Firewall in CentOS"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/","name":"cPanel Plesk","description":"Blog on famous hosting control panels","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/c78ae1cf9451a09592fb9697d69c0c13"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/c78ae1cf9451a09592fb9697d69c0c13","name":"Farooq Omer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cpanelplesk.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cpanelplesk.png","width":300,"height":44,"caption":"Farooq Omer"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/73d573cc7eaaf6625cf0dbd72191a648","name":"Seemab Saleem","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a87ff2e53b03e6839250e5278a6bd46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a87ff2e53b03e6839250e5278a6bd46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Seemab Saleem"},"description":"Linux Server Administrator, Web Hosting engineer. I'm dealing with Linux servers since 2014. I started this blog to share the work i love with the world . let me know if you need any assistance. Thanks!!","sameAs":["https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62"],"url":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/author\/cmb\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}