How to Disable Firewalld Service Permanently

APPLIES TO:

Linux OS–Version Oracle Linux 7.0 to Oracle Linux 9.0 [Release OL7 to OL9]

Linux x86_64 on Oracle Public Cloud

GOAL:

This document outlines the steps to disable firewalld service permanently

SOLUTION:

1-Check status:

 # systemctl status firewalld

2-Stop firewall:

 # systemctl stop firewalld

3-Disable firewall:

  # systemctl disable firewalld

Finally, the firewall can still be enabled by certain other services. You can prevent this by using the command below to mask the utility from all other services. In other words, the firewall will be completely disabled after using the mask command command and can only be enabled again if you choose to do it manually.