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// firewalld.adoc


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= Starting firewalld

Start firewalld, by entering the following commands:

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$ sudo systemctl unmask firewalld
$ sudo systemctl start firewalld
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To make firewalld start automatically at system start:

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$ sudo systemctl enable firewalld
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