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Firewall Disabled Running Service Iptables Start

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Why is my firewall disabled when I run service iptables start?

Solution

Running service iptables start disables or modifies the ESX Server firewall

Use esxcfg-firewall to configure the firewall. Do not use /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables.

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