CWP7 enables CSF firewall to solve CSF/LFD are not disabled

CentOS Web Panel or CWP is a powerful free web hosting control panel that provides an easy to use and manage server interface along with many administrative tasks.

It is designed to work on CentOS, RHEL and CloudLinux.

This article will walk you through enabling CSF Firewall on CentOS Web Panel (CWP).

What is CSF Firewall?

Config Server Firewall (or CSF) is a free premium firewall that works with most Linux distributions and Linux-based VPSs.

CSF (ConfigServer Security and Firewall) is the default firewall that comes with the CentOS web panel.As of this writing, CSF is installed, but not yet enabled.

How to enable CSF Firewall in CentOS Web Panel (CWP7)?

Step 1:Log in to the CWP Admin page as root ▼

After finishing the installation of CWP on CentOS 7, let's go to the URL https://your_server_ip:2031 and provide credentials that will be available at the end of the installation.

CWP Control PanelFor installation method, please see the following link▼

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note:

• URL starts with https:// start instead of http:// beginning.
• This means that we are accessing CWP over a secure connection.
• Since we haven't set up any security certificates, the unsigned server's default generated certificate will be used.
• That's why you will get a warning message from your browser.

When logging into the CWP control panel, you will see a warning ▼

Message id [8dfeb6386ed1dfa9aee22f447e45e544]: === SECURITY WARNING === CSF/LFD Firewall is NOT enabled on your server, click here to enable it!

Step 2:Click on the left navigation Security → Firewall Manager ▼

You will see a log similar to the following run▼

Running /usr/local/csf/bin/csfpost.sh Starting lfd:[ OK ] csf and lfd have been enabled

Step 3:Click the Enable Firewall button▼

Running /usr/local/csf/bin/csfpost.sh Starting lfd:[ OK ] csf and lfd have been enabled

Step 4:CSF and LFD are now enabled ( Login FaiLure Daemon).

You can now turn off warning messages from the CWP dashboard

You can also enable CSF via the command line, usingcsf -eOrder:

[root@cwp1 ~]# csf -e

By default, the open ports are:
TCP
IN: 20, 21, 22, 25, 53, 80, 110, 143, 443, 465, 587, 993, 995, 2030, 2031, 2082, 2083, 2086, 2087, 2095, 2096
OUT: 20, 21, 22, 25, 53, 80, 110, 113, 443, 2030, 2031, 2082, 2083, 2086, 2087, 2095, 2096, 587, 993, 995
UDP
IN: 20, 21, 53
OUT: 20, 21, 53, 113, 123

CentOS Web Panel (CWP7) Enable CSF FirewallVideo tutorial

The method of enabling CSF firewall in CWP7 is very simple.

The following is the CWP7 enabled CSF firewall in this articleYouTubeVideo Tutorial ▼