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Managing the Firewall on RHEL 8
A key part of Linux security is the firewall, so it's important that system administrators understand how to configure, and use it. In this hands-on lab, we will configure firewall settings using firewall-cmd/firewalld on RHEL 8. *This course is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.*

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Table of Contents
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Challenge
Configure Web Server Settings
- Check if Web Services are installed.
- Install and configure persistency of the
httpd
package. - Customize the
index.html
file and test local access. - Test external browser access to the test page.
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Challenge
Configure the Firewall and Restrict Network Access Using `firewall-cmd/firewalld`
- Test for
firewalld
installation. - Install
firewalld
and set it's persistency. - identify and fix a security issue.
- Test external browser access.
- Configure rules to allow external browser requests and confirm access.
- Test for
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