VPS Guide: Your Go-To for VPS, Ubuntu & Command Line Success

Configure UFW with Allow Rules on Ubuntu

Category: VPS Setup

Allow specific services with UFW on Ubuntu—install with

apt install ufw

then permit SSH with

ufw allow ssh

(port 22) HTTP with

ufw allow http

(port 80) and HTTPS with

ufw allow https

(port 443) Set

ufw default deny incoming

and enable with

ufw enable

Verify with

ufw status

—expect \"22/tcp ALLOW Anywhere\" \"80/tcp ALLOW Anywhere\" Test SSH with

ssh user@ip

and HTTP with

curl http://ip

—expect responses On Vultr this secures MySQL and phpMyAdmin—add logging with

ufw logging on

to track access in /var/log/ufw log ensuring uptime with minimal open ports