
This will install both IPv4 and IPv6 support. Yum -y install iptables iptables-services

If iptables service is used, firewalld must be disabled: firewalld#Disable. Iptables service and firewalld are incompatible. The following command tells whether the ip_tables modules are loaded: Installation With yum yum install iptables-servicesĬoncepts iptables Concepts iptables tool iptables Command Line Tool iptables Command Line Tool Examples iptables Service Getting Information about iptables Service The relationships between these concepts is explained in iptables Concepts: netfilter, iptables tool, iptables service and firewalld. netfilter and iptables are used to implement network firewalls and NAT.

The term "iptables" is also used to refer to the iptables service, which is a systemd service that uses the iptables tool to configure the packet filtering rules at boot. Network packet filtering in the kernel is implemented by the netfilter framework. Iptables is a Linux command line tool used to query and manipulate the network packet filtering rules maintained by the Linux kernel. 7.1 Getting Information about iptables Service.
