How do I use Firewalld?

[arky217]

In LL4.8, the ufw firewall was simple to operate, just set it to autostart on boot.

In LL5.0, Firewalld seems very complicated.
I can't figure how to make it start at boot and the options are,
at least to me, not understandable.

Also, what is Firewall-cmd and how does it figure into Firewalld ?

Is it ok to just use the default Firewalld settings ?

And how do you start Firewalld and how do you autostart it on boot ?

And once you have it running, how do you disable it if needed and
then re-enable it ?

[kissbaby3]

In LL4.8, the ufw firewall was simple to operate, just set it to autostart on boot.

In LL5.0, Firewalld seems very complicated.
I can't figure how to make it start at boot and the options are,
at least to me, not understandable.

Also, what is Firewall-cmd and how does it figure into Firewalld ?

Is it ok to just use the default Firewalld settings ?

And how do you start Firewalld and how do you autostart it on boot ?

And once you have it running, how do you disable it if needed and
then re-enable it ?

sorry if i can only answer  some of your question's , i just learned how to do this on Linux lite 5.0 64bit.
the firewall (firewalld) is off by default when you first install linux lite 5.0.

so here goes.

1) to enable the firewall, so it boots up every time you turn on the computer.
type this in or copy and past this into the terminal,
sudo systemctl enable firewalld

2) now if you just for some reason want to stop(disable the firewall) then again in the terminal, type or copy and paste this in,
sudo systemctl stop firewalld

3) now if you want to turn it back on , then again in the terminal, type or copy and paste this in,
sudo systemctl start firewalld

4) now if you want to check the status(see if you turned it back on) then type or copy and paste this in the terminal,
sudo systemctl status firewalld

8) i hope this helped some , this is all i ever do for now, till i learn more about it.

[valtam]

The Help Manual has a section with all you need to know.

[kissbaby3]

The Help Manual has a section with all you need to know.

, your right, i just took a look at that now, my apologies for not mentioning that, i hope i did not make anyone mad, hugs.
i have not messed with the fire wall settings after i enabled it . i left it alone after that, it did good on the online tests,
so i am just going to leave it alone, i was just sharing what little i have learned so far,  :-*