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Configure UFW with App Profiles on Ubuntu

Category: VPS Setup

Use UFW app profiles on Ubuntu—install with

apt install ufw

then list profiles with

ufw app list

—expect \"OpenSSH\" \"Apache\" etc Allow SSH with

ufw allow OpenSSH

Apache with

ufw allow \"Apache Full\"

(ports 80/443) and enable with

ufw enable

Check with

ufw status

—expect \"OpenSSH ALLOW Anywhere\" Create a custom profile in /etc/ufw/applications d/custom with

[Custom]\ntitle=Custom App\ndescription=Custom ports\nports=12345/tcp

then

ufw allow Custom

On DigitalOcean this simplifies MySQL and FTP rules—test with

ufw app info Custom

ensuring uptime with predefined app security