How can i use iptables on centos 7

I installed CentOS 7 with minimal configuration (os + dev tools). I am trying to open 80 port for httpdservice, but something wrong with my iptables service … what’s wrong with it? What am I doing wrong?

# ifconfig/sbin/service iptables save

bash: ifconfig/sbin/service: No such file or directory

# /sbin/service iptables save

The service command supports only basic LSB actions (start, stop, restart, try-restart, reload, force-reload, status). For other actions, please try to use systemctl.

# sudo service iptables status

Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status iptables.service

iptables.service

Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)

Active: inactive (dead)

# /sbin/service iptables save

The service command supports only basic LSB actions (start, stop, restart, try-restart, reload, force-reload, status). For other actions, please try to use systemctl.

# sudo service iptables start

Redirecting to /bin/systemctl start iptables.service

Failed to issue method call: Unit iptables.service failed to load: No such file or directory.

With RHEL 7 / CentOS 7, firewalld was introduced to manage iptables. IMHO, firewalld is more suited for workstations than for server environments.

It is possible to go back to a more classic iptables setup. First, stop and mask the firewalld service:

systemctl stop firewalld

systemctl mask firewalld

Then, install the iptables-services package:

yum install iptables-services

Enable the service at boot-time:

systemctl enable iptables

Managing the service

systemctl [stop|start|restart] iptables

Systemctl doesn’t seem to manage the save action like you were able to do in the past with servi/usr/libexec/iptables/iptables.init saves fixed it:

yum install iptables-services
systemctl mask firewalld
systemctl enable iptables
systemctl enable ip6tables
systemctl stop firewalld
systemctl start iptables
systemctl start ip6tables