ESXCLI Firewall Commands

By Joe Piggee

esxcli firewall commands

Command	Description
esxcli network firewall get	Returns the enabled or disabled status of the firewall and lists default actions
esxcli network firewall set –defaultaction	Update default actions
esxcli network firewall set –enabled	Set to true to enable the firewall, set to false to disable the firewall
esxcli network firewall load	Load the firewall module and rule set configuration
esxcli network firewall refresh	Refresh the firewall configuration by reading the rule set files if the firewall module is loaded
esxcli network firewall unload	Destroy filters and unload the firewall module
esxcli network firewall ruleset list	Set the allowedall flag
esxcli network firewall ruleset set –allowedall	Enable or disable the specified rule set
esxcli network firewall ruleset set –enabled	Enable or disable the specified rule set
esxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip list	List the allowed IP addresses of the specified rule set.
esxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip add	Allow access to the rule set from the specified IP address or range of IP addresses
esxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip remove	Remove access to the rule set from the specified IP address or range of IP addresses.