firewall-cmd - Man Page
firewalld command line client
Examples (TL;DR)
- View all available firewall zones and rules in their runtime configuration state:
firewall-cmd --list-all-zones
- Permanently move the interface into the block zone, effectively blocking all communication:
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=block --change-interface=enp1s0
- Permanently open the port for a service in the specified zone (like port 443 when in the
public
zone):firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https
- Permanently close the port for a service in the specified zone (like port 80 when in the
public
zone):firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --remove-service=http
- Permanently forward a port for incoming packets in the specified zone (like port 443 to 8443 when entering the
public
zone):firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4|ipv6" forward-port port="443" protocol="udp|tcp" to-port="8443"'
- Reload firewalld to lose any runtime changes and force the permanent configuration to take effect immediately:
firewall-cmd --reload
- Save the runtime configuration state to the permanent configuration:
firewall-cmd --runtime-to-permanent
- Enable panic mode in case of Emergency. All traffic is dropped, any active connection will be terminated:
firewall-cmd --panic-on
Synopsis
firewall-cmd [Options...]
Description
firewall-cmd is the command line client of the firewalld daemon. It provides an interface to manage the runtime and permanent configurations.
The runtime configuration in firewalld is separated from the permanent configuration. This means that things can get changed in the runtime or permanent configuration.
Options
Sequence options are the options that can be specified multiple times, the exit code is 0 if there is at least one item that succeeded. The ALREADY_ENABLED (11), NOT_ENABLED (12) and also ZONE_ALREADY_SET (16) errors are treated as succeeded. If there are issues while parsing the items, then these are treated as warnings and will not change the result as long as there is a succeeded one. Without any succeeded item, the exit code will depend on the error codes. If there is exactly one error code, then this is used. If there are more than one then UNKNOWN_ERROR (254) will be used.
The following options are supported:
General Options
- -h, --help
Prints a short help text and exits.
- -V, --version
Print the version string of firewalld. This option is not combinable with other options.
- -q, --quiet
Do not print status messages.
Status Options
- --state
Check whether the firewalld daemon is active (i.e. running). Returns an exit code 0 if it is active, RUNNING_BUT_FAILED if failure occurred on startup, NOT_RUNNING otherwise. See the section called “Exit Codes”. This will also print the state to STDOUT.
- --reload
Reload firewall rules and keep state information. Current permanent configuration will become new runtime configuration, i.e. all runtime only changes done until reload are lost with reload if they have not been also in permanent configuration.
Note: If FlushAllOnReload=no, runtime changes applied via the direct interface are not affected and will therefore stay in place until firewalld daemon is restarted completely. For FlushAllOnReload, see firewalld.conf(5).
- --complete-reload
Reload firewall completely, even netfilter kernel modules. This will most likely terminate active connections, because state information is lost. This option should only be used in case of severe firewall problems. For example if there are state information problems that no connection can be established with correct firewall rules.
Note: If FlushAllOnReload=no, runtime changes applied via the direct interface are not affected and will therefore stay in place until firewalld daemon is restarted completely. For FlushAllOnReload, see firewalld.conf(5).
- --runtime-to-permanent
Save active runtime configuration and overwrite permanent configuration with it. The way this is supposed to work is that when configuring firewalld you do runtime changes only and once you're happy with the configuration and you tested that it works the way you want, you save the configuration to disk.
- --check-config
Run checks on the permanent configuration. This includes XML validity and semantics.
- --reset-to-defaults
Reset configuration to firewalld's default configuration.
Log Denied Options
- --get-log-denied
Print the log denied setting.
- --set-log-denied=value
Add logging rules right before reject and drop rules in the INPUT, FORWARD and OUTPUT chains for the default rules and also final reject and drop rules in zones for the configured link-layer packet type. The possible values are: all, unicast, broadcast, multicast and off. The default setting is off, which disables the logging.
This is a runtime and permanent change and will also reload the firewall to be able to add the logging rules.
Permanent Options
- --permanent
The permanent option --permanent can be used to set options permanently. These changes are not effective immediately, only after service restart/reload or system reboot. Without the --permanent option, a change will only be part of the runtime configuration.
If you want to make a change in runtime and permanent configuration, use the same call with and without the --permanent option.
The --permanent option can be optionally added to all options further down where it is supported.
Zone Options
- --get-default-zone
Print default zone for connections and interfaces.
- --set-default-zone=zone
Set default zone for connections and interfaces where no zone has been selected. Setting the default zone changes the zone for the connections or interfaces, that are using the default zone.
This is a runtime and permanent change.
- --get-active-zones
Print currently active zones altogether with interfaces and sources used in these zones. Active zones are zones, that have a binding to an interface or source. The output format is:
zone1 interfaces: interface1 interface2 .. sources: source1 .. zone2 interfaces: interface3 .. zone3 sources: source2 ..
If there are no interfaces or sources bound to the zone, the corresponding line will be omitted.
- [--permanent] --get-zones
Print predefined zones as a space separated list.
- [--permanent] --get-services
Print predefined services as a space separated list.
- [--permanent] --get-icmptypes
Print predefined icmptypes as a space separated list.
- [--permanent] --get-zone-of-interface=interface
Print the name of the zone the interface is bound to or no zone.
- [--permanent] --get-zone-of-source=source[/mask]|MAC|ipset:ipset
Print the name of the zone the source is bound to or no zone.
- [--permanent] --info-zone=zone
Print information about the zone zone. The output format is:
zone interfaces: interface1 .. sources: source1 .. services: service1 .. ports: port1 .. protocols: protocol1 .. forward-ports: forward-port1 .. source-ports: source-port1 .. icmp-blocks: icmp-type1 .. rich rules: rich-rule1 ..
- [--permanent] --list-all-zones
List everything added for or enabled in all zones. The output format is:
zone1 interfaces: interface1 .. sources: source1 .. services: service1 .. ports: port1 .. protocols: protocol1 .. forward-ports: forward-port1 .. icmp-blocks: icmp-type1 .. rich rules: rich-rule1 .. ..
- --permanent --new-zone=zone
Add a new permanent and empty zone.
Zone names must be alphanumeric and may additionally include characters: '_' and '-'.
- --permanent --new-zone-from-file=filename [--name=zone]
Add a new permanent zone from a prepared zone file with an optional name override.
- --permanent --delete-zone=zone
Delete an existing permanent zone.
- --permanent --load-zone-defaults=zone
Load zone default settings or report NO_DEFAULTS error.
- --permanent --path-zone=zone
Print path of the zone configuration file.
Policy Options
- [--permanent] --get-policies
Print predefined policies as a space separated list.
- [--permanent] --info-policy=policy
Print information about the policy policy.
- [--permanent] --list-all-policies
List everything added for or enabled in all policies.
- --permanent --new-policy=policy
Add a new permanent policy.
Policy names must be alphanumeric and may additionally include characters: '_' and '-'.
- --permanent --new-policy-from-file=filename [--name=policy]
Add a new permanent policy from a prepared policy file with an optional name override.
- --permanent --path-policy=policy
Print path of the policy configuration file.
- --permanent --delete-policy=policy
Delete an existing permanent policy.
- --permanent --load-policy-defaults=policy
Load the shipped defaults for a policy. Only applies to policies shipped with firewalld. Does not apply to user defined policies.
Options to Adapt and Query Zones and Policies
Options in this section affect only one particular zone or policy. If used with --zone=zone or --policy=policy option, they affect the specified zone or policy. If both options are omitted, they affect the default zone (see --get-default-zone).
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--policy=policy] --list-all
List everything added or enabled.
- --permanent [--zone=zone] [--policy=policy] --get-target
Get the target.
- --permanent [--zone=zone] [--policy=policy] --set-target=target
Set the target.
For zones target is one of: default, ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT
For policies target is one of: CONTINUE, ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT
default is similar to REJECT, but it implicitly allows ICMP packets.
- --permanent [--zone=zone] [--policy=policy] --set-description=description
Set description.
- --permanent [--zone=zone] [--policy=policy] --get-description
Print description.
- --permanent [--zone=zone] [--policy=policy] --set-short=description
Set short description.
- --permanent [--zone=zone] [--policy=policy] --get-short
Print short description.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --list-services
List services added as a space separated list.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --add-service=service [--timeout=timeval]
Add a service. This option can be specified multiple times. If a timeout is supplied, the rule will be active for the specified amount of time and will be removed automatically afterwards. timeval is either a number (of seconds) or number followed by one of characters s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), for example 20m or 1h.
The service is one of the firewalld provided services. To get a list of the supported services, use firewall-cmd --get-services.
The --timeout option is not combinable with the --permanent option.
Note: Some services define connection tracking helpers. Helpers that may operate in client mode (e.g. tftp) must be added to an outbound policy instead of a zone to take effect for clients. Otherwise the helper will not be applied to the outbound traffic. The related traffic, as defined by the connection tracking helper, on the return path (ingress) will be allowed by the stateful firewall rules.
An example of an outbound policy for connection tracking helpers:
# firewall-cmd --permanent --new-policy clientConntrack # firewall-cmd --permanent --policy clientConntrack --add-ingress-zone HOST # firewall-cmd --permanent --policy clientConntrack --add-egress-zone ANY # firewall-cmd --permanent --policy clientConntrack --add-service tftp
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --remove-service=service
Remove a service. This option can be specified multiple times.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --query-service=service
Return whether service has been added. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --list-ports
List ports added as a space separated list. A port is of the form portid[-portid]/protocol, it can be either a port and protocol pair or a port range with a protocol.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --add-port=portid[-portid]/protocol [--timeout=timeval]
Add the port. This option can be specified multiple times. If a timeout is supplied, the rule will be active for the specified amount of time and will be removed automatically afterwards. timeval is either a number (of seconds) or number followed by one of characters s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), for example 20m or 1h.
The port can either be a single port number or a port range portid-portid. The protocol can either be tcp, udp, sctp or dccp.
The --timeout option is not combinable with the --permanent option.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --remove-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Remove the port. This option can be specified multiple times.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --query-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Return whether the port has been added. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --list-protocols
List protocols added as a space separated list.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --add-protocol=protocol [--timeout=timeval]
Add the protocol. This option can be specified multiple times. If a timeout is supplied, the rule will be active for the specified amount of time and will be removed automatically afterwards. timeval is either a number (of seconds) or number followed by one of characters s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), for example 20m or 1h.
The protocol can be any protocol supported by the system. Please have a look at /etc/protocols for supported protocols.
The --timeout option is not combinable with the --permanent option.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --remove-protocol=protocol
Remove the protocol. This option can be specified multiple times.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --query-protocol=protocol
Return whether the protocol has been added. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --list-source-ports
List source ports added as a space separated list. A port is of the form portid[-portid]/protocol.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --add-source-port=portid[-portid]/protocol [--timeout=timeval]
Add the source port. This option can be specified multiple times. If a timeout is supplied, the rule will be active for the specified amount of time and will be removed automatically afterwards. timeval is either a number (of seconds) or number followed by one of characters s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), for example 20m or 1h.
The port can either be a single port number or a port range portid-portid. The protocol can either be tcp, udp, sctp or dccp.
The --timeout option is not combinable with the --permanent option.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --remove-source-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Remove the source port. This option can be specified multiple times.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --query-source-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Return whether the source port has been added. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --list-icmp-blocks
List Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) type blocks added as a space separated list.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --add-icmp-block=icmptype [--timeout=timeval]
Add an ICMP block for icmptype. This option can be specified multiple times. If a timeout is supplied, the rule will be active for the specified amount of time and will be removed automatically afterwards. timeval is either a number (of seconds) or number followed by one of characters s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), for example 20m or 1h.
The icmptype is the one of the icmp types firewalld supports. To get a listing of supported icmp types: firewall-cmd --get-icmptypes
The --timeout option is not combinable with the --permanent option.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --remove-icmp-block=icmptype
Remove the ICMP block for icmptype. This option can be specified multiple times.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --query-icmp-block=icmptype
Return whether an ICMP block for icmptype has been added. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --list-forward-ports
List IPv4 forward ports added as a space separated list.
For IPv6 forward ports, please use the rich language.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --add-forward-port=port=portid[-portid]:proto=protocol[:toport=portid[-portid]][:toaddr=address[/mask]] [--timeout=timeval]
Add the IPv4 forward port. This option can be specified multiple times. If a timeout is supplied, the rule will be active for the specified amount of time and will be removed automatically afterwards. timeval is either a number (of seconds) or number followed by one of characters s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), for example 20m or 1h.
The port can either be a single port number portid or a port range portid-portid. The protocol can either be tcp, udp, sctp or dccp. The destination address is a simple IP address.
The --timeout option is not combinable with the --permanent option.
For IPv6 forward ports, please use the rich language.
Note: IP forwarding will be implicitly enabled if toaddr is specified.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --remove-forward-port=port=portid[-portid]:proto=protocol[:toport=portid[-portid]][:toaddr=address[/mask]]
Remove the IPv4 forward port. This option can be specified multiple times.
For IPv6 forward ports, please use the rich language.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --query-forward-port=port=portid[-portid]:proto=protocol[:toport=portid[-portid]][:toaddr=address[/mask]]
Return whether the IPv4 forward port has been added. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
For IPv6 forward ports, please use the rich language.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --add-masquerade [--timeout=timeval]
Enable IPv4 masquerade. If a timeout is supplied, masquerading will be active for the specified amount of time. timeval is either a number (of seconds) or number followed by one of characters s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), for example 20m or 1h. Masquerading is useful if the machine is a router and machines connected over an interface in another zone should be able to use the first connection.
The --timeout option is not combinable with the --permanent option.
For IPv6 masquerading, please use the rich language.
Note: IP forwarding will be implicitly enabled.
Note (Linux < 5.5): For the iptables backend, a policy may not enable masquerade if an ingress zone has assigned interfaces. This restriction does not exist for the nftables backend, but does require Linux v5.5+ to function properly; otherwise it will silently fail.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --remove-masquerade
Disable IPv4 masquerade. If the masquerading was enabled with a timeout, it will be disabled also.
For IPv6 masquerading, please use the rich language.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --query-masquerade
Return whether IPv4 masquerading has been enabled. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
For IPv6 masquerading, please use the rich language.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --list-rich-rules
List rich language rules added as a newline separated list.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --add-rich-rule='rule' [--timeout=timeval]
Add rich language rule 'rule'. This option can be specified multiple times. If a timeout is supplied, the rule will be active for the specified amount of time and will be removed automatically afterwards. timeval is either a number (of seconds) or number followed by one of characters s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), for example 20m or 1h.
For the rich language rule syntax, please have a look at firewalld.richlanguage(5).
The --timeout option is not combinable with the --permanent option.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --remove-rich-rule='rule'
Remove rich language rule 'rule'. This option can be specified multiple times.
For the rich language rule syntax, please have a look at firewalld.richlanguage(5).
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] [--permanent] [--policy=policy] --query-rich-rule='rule'
Return whether a rich language rule 'rule' has been added. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
For the rich language rule syntax, please have a look at firewalld.richlanguage(5).
Options to Adapt and Query Zones
Options in this section affect only one particular zone. If used with --zone=zone option, they affect the specified zone. If the option is omitted, they affect default zone (see --get-default-zone).
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --add-icmp-block-inversion
Enable ICMP block inversion.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --remove-icmp-block-inversion
Disable ICMP block inversion.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --query-icmp-block-inversion
Return whether ICMP block inversion is enabled. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --add-forward
Enable intra zone forwarding.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --remove-forward
Disable intra zone forwarding.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --query-forward
Return whether intra zone forwarding is enabled. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
- --permanent [--zone=zone] --get-priority
Get the priority of the zone.
- --permanent [--zone=zone] --set-priority
Set the zone's priority for packet classification. This will set both the ingress and egress priority.
- --permanent [--zone=zone] --get-ingress-priority
Get the ingress priority of the zone.
- --permanent [--zone=zone] --set-ingress-priority
Set the zone's ingress priority for packet classification.
- --permanent [--zone=zone] --get-egress-priority
Get the egress priority of the zone.
- --permanent [--zone=zone] --set-egress-priority
Set the zone's egress priority for packet classification.
Options to Adapt and Query Policies
Options in this section affect only one particular policy. It's required to specify --policy=policy with these options.
- --permanent --policy=policy --get-priority
Get the priority.
- --permanent --policy=policy --set-priority=priority
Set the priority. The priority determines the relative ordering of policies. This is an integer value between -32768 and 32767 where -1 is the default value for new policies and 0 is reserved for internal use.
If a priority is < 0, then the policy's rules will execute before all rules in all zones.
If a priority is > 0, then the policy's rules will execute after all rules in all zones.
- [--permanent] --policy=policy --list-ingress-zones
List ingress zones added as a space separated list.
- [--permanent] --policy=policy --add-ingress-zone=zone
Add an ingress zone. This option can be specified multiple times.
The ingress zone is one of the firewalld provided zones or one of the pseudo-zones: HOST, ANY.
HOST is used for traffic originating from the host machine, i.e. the host running firewalld.
ANY is used for traffic originating from any zone. This can be thought of as a wild card for zones. However it does not include traffic originating from the host machine - use HOST for that.
- [--permanent] --policy=policy --remove-ingress-zone=zone
Remove an ingress zone. This option can be specified multiple times.
- [--permanent] --policy=policy --query-ingress-zone=zone
Return whether zone has been added. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
- [--permanent] --policy=policy --list-egress-zones
List egress zones added as a space separated list.
- [--permanent] --policy=policy --add-egress-zone=zone
Add an egress zone. This option can be specified multiple times.
The egress zone is one of the firewalld provided zones or one of the pseudo-zones: HOST, ANY.
For clarification on HOST and ANY see option --add-ingress-zone.
- [--permanent] --policy=policy --remove-egress-zone=zone
Remove an egress zone. This option can be specified multiple times.
- [--permanent] --policy=policy --query-egress-zone=zone
Return whether zone has been added. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
Options to Handle Bindings of Interfaces
Binding an interface to a zone means that this zone settings are used to restrict traffic via the interface.
Options in this section affect only one particular zone. If used with --zone=zone option, they affect the zone zone. If the option is omitted, they affect default zone (see --get-default-zone).
For a list of predefined zones use firewall-cmd --get-zones.
An interface name is a string up to 16 characters long, that may not contain ' ', '/', '!' and '*'.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --list-interfaces
List interfaces that are bound to zone zone as a space separated list. If zone is omitted, default zone will be used.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --add-interface=interface
Bind interface interface to zone zone. If zone is omitted, default zone will be used.
If the interface is under control of NetworkManager, it is at first connected to change the zone for the connection that is using the interface. If this fails, the zone binding is created in firewalld and the limitations below apply. For interfaces that are not under control of NetworkManager, firewalld tries to change the ZONE setting in the ifcfg file, if the file exists.
As a end user you don't need this in most cases, because NetworkManager (or legacy network service) adds interfaces into zones automatically (according to ZONE= option from ifcfg-interface file) if NM_CONTROLLED=no is not set. You should do it only if there's no /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-interface file. If there is such file and you add interface to zone with this --add-interface option, make sure the zone is the same in both cases, otherwise the behaviour would be undefined. Please also have a look at the firewalld(1) man page in the Concepts section. For permanent association of interface with a zone, see also 'How to set or change a zone for a connection?' in firewalld.zones(5).
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --change-interface=interface
If the interface is under control of NetworkManager, it is at first connected to change the zone for the connection that is using the interface. If this fails, the zone binding is created in firewalld and the limitations below apply. For interfaces that are not under control of NetworkManager, firewalld tries to change the ZONE setting in the ifcfg file, if the file exists.
Change zone the interface interface is bound to to zone zone. It's basically --remove-interface followed by --add-interface. If the interface has not been bound to a zone before, it behaves like --add-interface. If zone is omitted, default zone will be used.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --query-interface=interface
Query whether interface interface is bound to zone zone. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
- [--permanent] --remove-interface=interface
If the interface is under control of NetworkManager, it is at first connected to change the zone for the connection that is using the interface. If this fails, the zone binding is created in firewalld and the limitations below apply.
For the addition or change of interfaces that are not under control of NetworkManager: firewalld tries to change the ZONE setting in the ifcfg file, if an ifcfg file exists that is using the interface.
Only for the removal of interfaces that are not under control of NetworkManager: firewalld is not trying to change the ZONE setting in the ifcfg file. This is needed to make sure that an ifdown of the interface will not result in a reset of the zone setting to the default zone. Only the zone binding is then removed in firewalld then.
Remove binding of interface interface from zone it was previously added to.
Options to Handle Bindings of Sources
Binding a source to a zone means that this zone settings will be used to restrict traffic from this source.
A source address or address range is either an IP address or a network IP address with a mask for IPv4 or IPv6 or a MAC address or an ipset with the ipset: prefix. For IPv4, the mask can be a network mask or a plain number. For IPv6 the mask is a plain number. The use of host names is not supported.
Options in this section affect only one particular zone. If used with --zone=zone option, they affect the zone zone. If the option is omitted, they affect default zone (see --get-default-zone).
For a list of predefined zones use firewall-cmd [--permanent] --get-zones.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --list-sources
List sources that are bound to zone zone as a space separated list. If zone is omitted, default zone will be used.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --add-source=source[/mask]|MAC|ipset:ipset
Bind the source to zone zone. If zone is omitted, default zone will be used.
- [--zone=zone] --change-source=source[/mask]|MAC|ipset:ipset
Change zone the source is bound to to zone zone. It's basically --remove-source followed by --add-source. If the source has not been bound to a zone before, it behaves like --add-source. If zone is omitted, default zone will be used.
- [--permanent] [--zone=zone] --query-source=source[/mask]|MAC|ipset:ipset
Query whether the source is bound to the zone zone. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
- [--permanent] --remove-source=source[/mask]|MAC|ipset:ipset
Remove binding of the source from zone it was previously added to.
IPSet Options
- --get-ipset-types
Print the supported ipset types.
- --permanent --new-ipset=ipset --type=type [--family=inet|inet6] [--option=key[=value]]
Add a new permanent and empty ipset with specifying the type and optional the family and options like timeout, hashsize and maxelem. For more information please have a look at ipset(8) man page.
ipset names must be alphanumeric and may additionally include characters: '_' and '-'.
- --permanent --new-ipset-from-file=filename [--name=ipset]
Add a new permanent ipset from a prepared ipset file with an optional name override.
- --permanent --delete-ipset=ipset
Delete an existing permanent ipset.
- --permanent --load-ipset-defaults=ipset
Load ipset default settings or report NO_DEFAULTS error.
- [--permanent] --info-ipset=ipset
Print information about the ipset ipset. The output format is:
ipset type: type options: option1[=value1] .. entries: entry1 ..
- [--permanent] --get-ipsets
Print predefined ipsets as a space separated list.
- --permanent --ipset=ipset --set-description=description
Set new description to ipset
- --permanent --ipset=ipset --get-description
Print description for ipset
- --permanent --ipset=ipset --set-short=description
Set short description to ipset
- --permanent --ipset=ipset --get-short
Print short description for ipset
- [--permanent] --ipset=ipset --add-entry=entry
Add a new entry to the ipset.
Adding an entry to an ipset with option timeout is permitted, but these entries are not tracked by firewalld.
- [--permanent] --ipset=ipset --remove-entry=entry
Remove an entry from the ipset.
- [--permanent] --ipset=ipset --query-entry=entry
Return whether the entry has been added to an ipset. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
Querying an ipset with a timeout will yield an error. Entries are not tracked for ipsets with a timeout.
- [--permanent] --ipset=ipset --get-entries
List all entries of the ipset.
- [--permanent] --ipset=ipset --add-entries-from-file=filename
Add a new entries to the ipset from the file. For all entries that are listed in the file but already in the ipset, a warning will be printed.
The file should contain an entry per line. Lines starting with an hash or semicolon are ignored. Also empty lines.
- [--permanent] --ipset=ipset --remove-entries-from-file=filename
Remove existing entries from the ipset from the file. For all entries that are listed in the file but not in the ipset, a warning will be printed.
The file should contain an entry per line. Lines starting with an hash or semicolon are ignored. Also empty lines.
- --permanent --path-ipset=ipset
Print path of the ipset configuration file.
Service Options
Options in this section affect only one particular service.
[--permanent] --info-service=service
Print information about the service service. The output format is:
service ports: port1 .. protocols: protocol1 .. source-ports: source-port1 .. helpers: helper1 .. destination: ipv1:address1 ..
The following options are only usable in the permanent configuration.
- --permanent --new-service=service
Add a new permanent and empty service.
Service names must be alphanumeric and may additionally include characters: '_' and '-'.
- --permanent --new-service-from-file=filename [--name=service]
Add a new permanent service from a prepared service file with an optional name override.
- --permanent --delete-service=service
Delete an existing permanent service.
- --permanent --load-service-defaults=service
Load service default settings or report NO_DEFAULTS error.
- --permanent --path-service=service
Print path of the service configuration file.
- --permanent --service=service --set-description=description
Set new description to service
- --permanent --service=service --get-description
Print description for service
- --permanent --service=service --set-short=description
Set short description to service
- --permanent --service=service --get-short
Print short description for service
- --permanent --service=service --add-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Add a new port to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --remove-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Remove a port from the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --query-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Return whether the port has been added to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --get-ports
List ports added to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --add-protocol=protocol
Add a new protocol to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --remove-protocol=protocol
Remove a protocol from the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --query-protocol=protocol
Return whether the protocol has been added to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --get-protocols
List protocols added to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --add-source-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Add a new source port to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --remove-source-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Remove a source port from the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --query-source-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Return whether the source port has been added to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --get-source-ports
List source ports added to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --add-helper=helper
Add a new helper to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --remove-helper=helper
Remove a helper from the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --query-helper=helper
Return whether the helper has been added to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --get-service-helpers
List helpers added to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --set-destination=ipv:address[/mask]
Set destination for ipv to address[/mask] in the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --remove-destination=ipv
Remove the destination for ipv from the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --query-destination=ipv:address[/mask]
Return whether the destination ipv to address[/mask] has been set in the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --get-destinations
List destinations added to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --add-include=service
Add a new include to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --remove-include=service
Remove a include from the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --query-include=service
Return whether the include has been added to the permanent service.
- --permanent --service=service --get-includes
List includes added to the permanent service.
Helper Options
Options in this section affect only one particular helper.
[--permanent] --info-helper=helper
Print information about the helper helper. The output format is:
helper family: family module: module ports: port1 ..
The following options are only usable in the permanent configuration.
- --permanent --new-helper=helper --module=nf_conntrack_module [--family=ipv4|ipv6]
Add a new permanent helper with module and optionally family defined.
Helper names must be alphanumeric and may additionally include characters: '-'.
- --permanent --new-helper-from-file=filename [--name=helper]
Add a new permanent helper from a prepared helper file with an optional name override.
- --permanent --delete-helper=helper
Delete an existing permanent helper.
- --permanent --load-helper-defaults=helper
Load helper default settings or report NO_DEFAULTS error.
- --permanent --path-helper=helper
Print path of the helper configuration file.
- [--permanent] --get-helpers
Print predefined helpers as a space separated list.
- --permanent --helper=helper --set-description=description
Set new description to helper
- --permanent --helper=helper --get-description
Print description for helper
- --permanent --helper=helper --set-short=description
Set short description to helper
- --permanent --helper=helper --get-short
Print short description for helper
- --permanent --helper=helper --add-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Add a new port to the permanent helper.
- --permanent --helper=helper --remove-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Remove a port from the permanent helper.
- --permanent --helper=helper --query-port=portid[-portid]/protocol
Return whether the port has been added to the permanent helper.
- --permanent --helper=helper --get-ports
List ports added to the permanent helper.
- --permanent --helper=helper --set-module=description
Set module description for helper
- --permanent --helper=helper --get-module
Print module description for helper
- --permanent --helper=helper --set-family=description
Set family description for helper
- --permanent --helper=helper --get-family
Print family description of helper
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) type Options
Options in this section affect only one particular icmptype.
[--permanent] --info-icmptype=icmptype
Print information about the icmptype icmptype. The output format is:
icmptype destination: ipv1 ..
The following options are only usable in the permanent configuration.
- --permanent --new-icmptype=icmptype
Add a new permanent and empty icmptype.
ICMP type names must be alphanumeric and may additionally include characters: '_' and '-'.
- --permanent --new-icmptype-from-file=filename [--name=icmptype]
Add a new permanent icmptype from a prepared icmptype file with an optional name override.
- --permanent --delete-icmptype=icmptype
Delete an existing permanent icmptype.
- --permanent --load-icmptype-defaults=icmptype
Load icmptype default settings or report NO_DEFAULTS error.
- --permanent --icmptype=icmptype --set-description=description
Set new description to icmptype
- --permanent --icmptype=icmptype --get-description
Print description for icmptype
- --permanent --icmptype=icmptype --set-short=description
Set short description to icmptype
- --permanent --icmptype=icmptype --get-short
Print short description for icmptype
- --permanent --icmptype=icmptype --add-destination=ipv
Enable destination for ipv in permanent icmptype. ipv is one of ipv4 or ipv6.
- --permanent --icmptype=icmptype --remove-destination=ipv
Disable destination for ipv in permanent icmptype. ipv is one of ipv4 or ipv6.
- --permanent --icmptype=icmptype --query-destination=ipv
Return whether destination for ipv is enabled in permanent icmptype. ipv is one of ipv4 or ipv6.
- --permanent --icmptype=icmptype --get-destinations
List destinations in permanent icmptype.
- --permanent --path-icmptype=icmptype
Print path of the icmptype configuration file.
Direct Options
- DEPRECATED
The direct interface has been deprecated. It will be removed in a future release. It is superseded by policies, see firewalld.policies(5).
The direct options give a more direct access to the firewall. These options require user to know basic iptables concepts, i.e. table (filter/mangle/nat/...), chain (INPUT/OUTPUT/FORWARD/...), commands (-A/-D/-I/...), parameters (-p/-s/-d/-j/...) and targets (ACCEPT/DROP/REJECT/...).
Direct options should be used only as a last resort when it's not possible to use for example --add-service=service or --add-rich-rule='rule'.
Warning: Direct rules behavior is different depending on the value of FirewallBackend. See CAVEATS in firewalld.direct(5).
The first argument of each option has to be ipv4 or ipv6 or eb. With ipv4 it will be for IPv4 (iptables(8)), with ipv6 for IPv6 (ip6tables(8)) and with eb for ethernet bridges (ebtables(8)).
- [--permanent] --direct --get-all-chains
Get all chains added to all tables. This option concerns only chains previously added with --direct --add-chain.
- [--permanent] --direct --get-chains { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } table
Get all chains added to table table as a space separated list. This option concerns only chains previously added with --direct --add-chain.
- [--permanent] --direct --add-chain { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } table chain
Add a new chain with name chain to table table. Make sure there's no other chain with this name already.
There already exist basic chains to use with direct options, for example INPUT_direct chain (see iptables-save | grep direct output for all of them). These chains are jumped into before chains for zones, i.e. every rule put into INPUT_direct will be checked before rules in zones.
- [--permanent] --direct --remove-chain { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } table chain
Remove chain with name chain from table table. Only chains previously added with --direct --add-chain can be removed this way.
- [--permanent] --direct --query-chain { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } table chain
Return whether a chain with name chain exists in table table. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise. This option concerns only chains previously added with --direct --add-chain.
- [--permanent] --direct --get-all-rules
Get all rules added to all chains in all tables as a newline separated list of the priority and arguments. This option concerns only rules previously added with --direct --add-rule.
- [--permanent] --direct --get-rules { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } table chain
Get all rules added to chain chain in table table as a newline separated list of the priority and arguments. This option concerns only rules previously added with --direct --add-rule.
- [--permanent] --direct --add-rule { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } table chain priority args
Add a rule with the arguments args to chain chain in table table with priority priority.
The priority is used to order rules. Priority 0 means add rule on top of the chain, with a higher priority the rule will be added further down. Rules with the same priority are on the same level and the order of these rules is not fixed and may change. If you want to make sure that a rule will be added after another one, use a low priority for the first and a higher for the following.
- [--permanent] --direct --remove-rule { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } table chain priority args
Remove a rule with priority and the arguments args from chain chain in table table. Only rules previously added with --direct --add-rule can be removed this way.
- [--permanent] --direct --remove-rules { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } table chain
Remove all rules in the chain with name chain exists in table table. This option concerns only rules previously added with --direct --add-rule in this chain.
- [--permanent] --direct --query-rule { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } table chain priority args
Return whether a rule with priority and the arguments args exists in chain chain in table table. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise. This option concerns only rules previously added with --direct --add-rule.
- --direct --passthrough { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } args
Pass a command through to the firewall. args can be all iptables, ip6tables and ebtables command line arguments. This command is untracked, which means that firewalld is not able to provide information about this command later on, also not a listing of the untracked passthoughs.
- [--permanent] --direct --get-all-passthroughs
Get all passthrough rules as a newline separated list of the ipv value and arguments.
- [--permanent] --direct --get-passthroughs { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb }
Get all passthrough rules for the ipv value as a newline separated list of the priority and arguments.
- [--permanent] --direct --add-passthrough { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } args
Add a passthrough rule with the arguments args for the ipv value.
- [--permanent] --direct --remove-passthrough { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } args
Remove a passthrough rule with the arguments args for the ipv value.
- [--permanent] --direct --query-passthrough { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } args
Return whether a passthrough rule with the arguments args exists for the ipv value. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.
Panic Options
- --panic-on
Enable panic mode. All incoming and outgoing packets are dropped, active connections will expire. Enable this only if there are serious problems with your network environment. For example if the machine is getting hacked in.
This is a runtime only change.
- --panic-off
Disable panic mode. After disabling panic mode established connections might work again, if panic mode was enabled for a short period of time.
This is a runtime only change.
- --query-panic
Returns 0 if panic mode is enabled, 1 otherwise.
Examples
Example 1
Enable http service in default zone. This is runtime only change, i.e. effective until restart.
firewall-cmd --add-service=http
Example 2
Enable port 443/tcp immediately and permanently in default zone. To make the change effective immediately and also after restart we need two commands. The first command makes the change in runtime configuration, i.e. makes it effective immediately, until restart. The second command makes the change in permanent configuration, i.e. makes it effective after restart.
firewall-cmd --add-port=443/tcp firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=443/tcp
Exit Codes
On success 0 is returned. On failure the output is red colored and exit code is either 2 in case of wrong command-line option usage or one of the following error codes in other cases:
String | Code |
---|---|
ALREADY_ENABLED | 11 |
NOT_ENABLED | 12 |
COMMAND_FAILED | 13 |
NO_IPV6_NAT | 14 |
PANIC_MODE | 15 |
ZONE_ALREADY_SET | 16 |
UNKNOWN_INTERFACE | 17 |
ZONE_CONFLICT | 18 |
BUILTIN_CHAIN | 19 |
EBTABLES_NO_REJECT | 20 |
NOT_OVERLOADABLE | 21 |
NO_DEFAULTS | 22 |
BUILTIN_ZONE | 23 |
BUILTIN_SERVICE | 24 |
BUILTIN_ICMPTYPE | 25 |
NAME_CONFLICT | 26 |
NAME_MISMATCH | 27 |
PARSE_ERROR | 28 |
ACCESS_DENIED | 29 |
UNKNOWN_SOURCE | 30 |
RT_TO_PERM_FAILED | 31 |
IPSET_WITH_TIMEOUT | 32 |
BUILTIN_IPSET | 33 |
ALREADY_SET | 34 |
MISSING_IMPORT | 35 |
DBUS_ERROR | 36 |
BUILTIN_HELPER | 37 |
NOT_APPLIED | 38 |
INVALID_ACTION | 100 |
INVALID_SERVICE | 101 |
INVALID_PORT | 102 |
INVALID_PROTOCOL | 103 |
INVALID_INTERFACE | 104 |
INVALID_ADDR | 105 |
INVALID_FORWARD | 106 |
INVALID_ICMPTYPE | 107 |
INVALID_TABLE | 108 |
INVALID_CHAIN | 109 |
INVALID_TARGET | 110 |
INVALID_IPV | 111 |
INVALID_ZONE | 112 |
INVALID_PROPERTY | 113 |
INVALID_VALUE | 114 |
INVALID_OBJECT | 115 |
INVALID_NAME | 116 |
INVALID_FILENAME | 117 |
INVALID_DIRECTORY | 118 |
INVALID_TYPE | 119 |
INVALID_SETTING | 120 |
INVALID_DESTINATION | 121 |
INVALID_RULE | 122 |
INVALID_LIMIT | 123 |
INVALID_FAMILY | 124 |
INVALID_LOG_LEVEL | 125 |
INVALID_AUDIT_TYPE | 126 |
INVALID_MARK | 127 |
INVALID_CONTEXT | 128 |
INVALID_COMMAND | 129 |
INVALID_USER | 130 |
INVALID_UID | 131 |
INVALID_MODULE | 132 |
INVALID_PASSTHROUGH | 133 |
INVALID_MAC | 134 |
INVALID_IPSET | 135 |
INVALID_ENTRY | 136 |
INVALID_OPTION | 137 |
INVALID_HELPER | 138 |
INVALID_PRIORITY | 139 |
INVALID_POLICY | 140 |
INVALID_LOG_PREFIX | 141 |
INVALID_NFLOG_GROUP | 142 |
INVALID_NFLOG_QUEUE | 143 |
MISSING_TABLE | 200 |
MISSING_CHAIN | 201 |
MISSING_PORT | 202 |
MISSING_PROTOCOL | 203 |
MISSING_ADDR | 204 |
MISSING_NAME | 205 |
MISSING_SETTING | 206 |
MISSING_FAMILY | 207 |
RUNNING_BUT_FAILED | 251 |
NOT_RUNNING | 252 |
NOT_AUTHORIZED | 253 |
UNKNOWN_ERROR | 254 |
Note that return codes of --query-* options are special: Successful queries return 0, unsuccessful ones return 1 unless an error occurred in which case the table above applies.
See Also
firewall-applet(1), firewalld(1), firewall-cmd(1), firewall-config(1), firewalld.conf(5), firewalld.direct(5), firewalld.dbus(5), firewalld.icmptype(5), firewall-offline-cmd(1), firewalld.richlanguage(5), firewalld.service(5), firewalld.zone(5), firewalld.zones(5), firewalld.policy(5), firewalld.policies(5), firewalld.ipset(5), firewalld.helper(5)
Notes
firewalld home page:
Authors
Thomas Woerner <twoerner@redhat.com>
Developer
Jiri Popelka <jpopelka@redhat.com>
Developer
Eric Garver <eric@garver.life>
Developer
Referenced By
cdist-type__firewalld_rule(7), firewall-applet(1), firewall-config(1), firewalld(1), firewalld.conf(5), firewalld.dbus(5), firewalld.direct(5), firewalld.helper(5), firewalld.icmptype(5), firewalld.ipset(5), firewalld.policies(5), firewalld.policy(5), firewalld.richlanguage(5), firewalld.service(5), firewalld.zone(5), firewalld.zones(5), firewall-offline-cmd(1).