Default Firewall Settings
The design of Photon OS emphasizes security. On the minimal and full versions of Photon OS, the default security policy turns on the firewall and drops packets from external interfaces and applications. As a result, you might need to add rules to iptables to permit forwarding, allow protocols like HTTP, and open ports. You must configure the firewall for your applications and requirements.
The default iptables on the full version have the following settings:
iptables --list
Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh
Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
For more information on how to change the settings, see the man page for iptables.
Although the default iptables policy accepts SSH connections, the sshd
configuration file on the full version of Photon OS is set to reject SSH connections. See Permitting Root Login with SSH.
If you are unable to ping a Photon OS machine, check the firewall rules. To verify if the rules allow connectivity for the port and protocol, change the iptables
commands by using lsof
commands to see the processes listening on ports:
lsof -i -P -n