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How to enable firewall for droplet?
- Posted on August 11, 2023
- DigitalOcean Droplets
Asked by Sharif
How to enable firewall for droplet?
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Hi @shaerif,
You can check to see if any firewall rules are active on your Droplet before troubleshooting them further using IPTables. IPTables is a utility program that manages firewalls and is native to all Linux operating systems.
To see if you have any firewall rules in place on your Droplet, run:
You can check the following link How To Set Up a Firewall with UFW on Ubuntu 20.04 | DigitalOcean to configure it! :)
Hope that helps,
Sergio Turpín