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Set Up OpenSUSE Firewall

Category: VPS Setup

Configure the firewall on an OpenSUSE VPS with YaST—install with

zypper install yast2-firewall

then run

yast2 firewall

in CLI Open SSH (port 22) by selecting \"ssh\" under Allowed Services and HTTP (port 80) for web hosting—save with \"Accept\" Alternatively use firewalld—install with

zypper install firewalld

then

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

Check with

firewall-cmd --list-all

—expect \"ssh\" listed On Hetzner this secures MySQL (add firewall-cmd --add-port=3306/tcp) and FTP maintaining uptime—verify logs at /var/log/firewalld for blocked attempts ensuring robust protection

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