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Set Up AlmaLinux Firewall

Category: VPS Setup

Configure Firewalld—a dynamic firewall—on an AlmaLinux VPS—install with

dnf install firewalld -y

start with

systemctl start firewalld

and enable with

systemctl enable firewalld

Open HTTP with

firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent

SSH with

firewall-cmd --add-service=ssh --permanent

and reload with

firewall-cmd --reload

Check with

firewall-cmd --list-all

—expect \"http ssh\" On Linode add MySQL (firewall-cmd --add-port=3306/tcp) for phpMyAdmin—test with

curl http://ip

Ensures uptime—log blocks with

journalctl -u firewalld

offering CentOS-like security without UFW