HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)? [STEP BY STEP]☑️

HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)? [STEP BY STEP]☑️

Today in this WHM tutorial you will learn how to install and configure ConfigServer Security and Firewall (CSF) at root level. Let us watch out the video first to quickly learn how to install and configure ConfigServer Security & Firewall in WHM root. Take care of every step so that you don’t miss anything.

Follow these instructions to complete a basic CSF installation:

Step::1 Install CSF:

Log into your server as root, using SSH, and run the script given below:

cd /usr/local/src/
wget https://download.configserver.com/csf.tgz
tar -xzf csf.tgz
cd csf 
sh install.sh

Step::2 Configure CSF:

1. Login to your WHM as root

HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)
HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)

2. Scroll down to the bottom and click on Plugins

HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)
HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)

3. Now go to ConfigServer Security Firewall

HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)
HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)

4. Then, in the “csf – ConfigServer Firewall” section (on the right panel), click on “Firewall Configuration”.

HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)
HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)

Once you are satisfied with the configuration and confirmed that it is working fine, you need to switch OFF  “Testing mode”.

HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)
HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)

After switching OFF Testing mode scroll down to RESTRICT_SYSLOG and set the variable to 3

HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)
HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)

5. Go back in the “Firewall Configuration (“csf – ConfigServer Firewall” section)

6. You can monitor the firewall activity by clicking the “Watch system Logs” button on the ConfigServer Security Firewall main page.

HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)
HOW TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE CONFIG SERVER SECURITY & FIREWALL (CSF)

Follow the methods mentioned in this tutorial to Install and configure config server security and firewall (CSF) with root access.

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