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Configure AlmaLinux Firewall

Category: VPS Setup

Set up Firewalld on an AlmaLinux VPS—install with

dnf install firewalld -y

start with

systemctl start firewalld

and enable on boot via

systemctl enable firewalld

Open SSH with

firewall-cmd --add-service=ssh --permanent

HTTP with

firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent

and apply with

firewall-cmd --reload

Verify with

firewall-cmd --list-services

—expect \"ssh http\" Add MySQL with

firewall-cmd --add-port=3306/tcp --permanent

for phpMyAdmin On Linode this mirrors CentOS security—check logs with

journalctl -u firewalld

for blocks ensuring FTP and SSH stay accessible with minimal downtime risk