Once you get Oracle Linux up and running, what are your next steps? Can you just dive right in and deploy it to production? You could, but you’d be much better served to take a few quick steps before doing so.

This TechRepublic Premium guide, written by Jack Wallen, takes a look at what those steps are.

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MAKE SURE THE FIREWALL IS RUNNING

Chances are pretty good your firewall is up and running. However, I have had instances where, after an installation, the firewall was disabled. You can find out if your firewall is running with the command:

firewall-cmd –state

If you find the firewall isn’t running, you’ll need to enable it with:

sudo systemctl enable firewalld

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