How to create a firewall rule using Ansible Playbook

Question

Hi Guys,

I am trying to create a firewall rule for httpd webserver using Ansible Playbook. So that it will allow everyone to connect to Webserver. But how can I create a firewall rule?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

Ansible has a module named firewalld to create a rule in your system. This module allows for the addition or deletion of services and ports either TCP or UDP in either running or permanent firewalld rules. You can see the below example.

- firewalld:
    port: 80/tcp
    permanent: true
    state: enabled