I have been flailing trying to get a web server running on Fedora 21.

Finally did so.

I have my iptables working (me thinks) as they should. I can connect from my Linux box (local) or from my Mac on the same network/subnet.

Problem is in my "travels" I have somehow trashed my firewall-cmd.

I was adding parameters to it w/o issue. E.G
firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp --permanent
Then restarting firewall-cmd
firewall-cmd --realod

This was all working. I "fixed" my problem with connecting to my web server from other LAN workstations (iptables issues) and was going back to see if all was well. Now when I try to restart I get a:
FirewallD is not running
That from my "reload" command above.

Have I fixed my web server issue or is my world wide open att?

Assistance, as always, greatly appreciated.

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Probably firewalld service unit is not running. Did you try

What does the following commands say?

# systemctl enable firewalld
# systemctl is-enabled firewalld
enabled
# systemctl is-active firewalld
inactive
# firewall-cmd --reload
FirewallD is not running
#

Those were some commands I have now learned. However...no joy.

What are the ramifications of NOT having firewallD running?

Thank you, mddesai, for your response.

by issuing enable, firewalld service unit is configured to automatically start at next boot, however to to start it now, you have issue

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Did u enable iptables as well Which would be conflicting with firewalld?

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Well, kiss my never mind!

The "systemctl start firewalld" (suggestion from mddesai) did the trick. I SWEAR i tried this before. Maybe in another life or another dimension, I guess.

Maybe one day, I will understand what I just did.

I have NO idea if this conflicts with iptables or not (afar_dandoti). If Linux is magic, iptables is black magic.

You guys are just as handy as a pocket on a shirt!

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