VCP4 - firewall cli

Question 1

List services controlled by firewall

Answer 1

esxcfg-firewall -s

Question 2

List the firewall rules

Answer 2

esxcfg-firewall -q

Question 3

Enable a service in the firewall

Answer 3

esxcfg-firewall -e {service name}

Question 4

Disable a service in firewall

Answer 4

esxcfg-firewall -d {service name}

Question 5

Open a port in the firewall

Answer 5

esxcfg-firewall -o {port, ip protocol, direction, port name}

Port name is optional

Question 6

Close a port in the firewall

Answer 6

esxcfg-firewall -c {port number, ip protocol, direction, port name}

Port name is optional

Question 7

List firewall rules for incoming ports

Answer 7

esxcfg-firewall -q incoming

Question 8

Block all nom-required outgoing firewall ports

Answer 8

esxcfg-firewall –blockOutgoing

Question 9

Allow all incoming port traffic

Answer 9

esxcfg-firewall –allowIncoming

Question 10

Reset firewall rules to the defaults

Answer 10

esxcfg-firewall -r

Question 11

List known firewall services

Answer 11

esxcfg-firewall -s

Question 12

Step to enable newly modified firewall rules

Answer 12

/etc/init.d/mgmt-vmware restart