13.4 Managing firewalld from the Cockpit Interface

So far this chapter has provided an overview of firewalld and explored the use of the firewall-cmd command-line tool to manage firewall zones and interfaces. While firewall-cmd provides the most flexible way to manage the firewalld configuration, it is also possible to view and manage the services for the default zone within the Cockpit web console.

To access the firewalld settings, sign into the Cockpit interface and select Networking from the navigation panel. On the networking page, select the Firewall option as highlighted in Figure 13-1 below:

Figure 13-1

The Firewall page displays the current service rules configured for the default zone (and allows services to be removed using the trash can buttons), new services to be added to the zone and for the firewall to be turned on and off:

Figure 13-2