Open ports in Ubuntu’s firewall using IP Tables

On the terminal, do the following to open port 80

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT

sudo iptables -F

Persisting the rule changes across boot cycles –

sudo iptables-save > /etc/iptables/rules.v4
sudo apt-get install iptables-persistent

iptables-persistent will look for the file “/etc/iptables/rules.v4” after boot up, to restore the rules for IPV4, thus automating the restore for each boot.

Sreekumar Kj

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