{"id":14088,"date":"2025-05-21T06:38:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T06:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/?p=14088"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:02:08","slug":"how-to-stop-and-disable-firewalld-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-and-disable-firewalld-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop and Disable Firewalld on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Firewalld is a lightweight, command-line firewall tool normally used on Linux systems. While it is highly configurable and secure, there are situations where you might need to temporarily stop or permanently disable it, for example, when troubleshooting connectivity issues or testing alternative firewall software.<\/p>\n

This guide shows how to stop Firewalld for the current session and prevent it from starting at boot.<\/p>\n

Follow the guide:<\/p>\n

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  1. Stop Firewalld (Temporary)
    \n<\/strong>Stopping Firewalld stops the firewall until the next reboot (if it\u2019s enabled) or until you manually restart it.<\/p>\n
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    1. \u00a0Log in to your server via SSH.<\/li>\n
    2. Check if Firewalld is active:\n
      systemctl status firewalld<\/pre>\n
      Or for a simpler check:<\/p>\n
      systemctl is-active firewalld<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Stop Firewalld:\n
      systemctl stop firewalld<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
    4. Confirm it\u2019s stopped:\n
      systemctl status firewalld<\/pre>\n
      Look for Active: inactive (dead).<\/li>\n
    5. To start Firewalld again:\n
      systemctl start firewalld<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    6. Disable Firewalld (Permanent)
      \n<\/strong>Disabling Firewalld prevents it from starting automatically on system reboot.<\/p>\n
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      1. \u00a0Check the current enable status:\n
        systemctl status firewalld<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
      2. Disable Firewalld at boot:\n
        systemctl disable firewalld<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
      3. Confirm that disabled:\n
        systemctl status firewalld<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
      4. To re-enable Firewalld later:\n
        systemctl enable firewalld<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        When to Use This:<\/strong><\/p>\n