How to change the firewalld backend from iptables to nftables?

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Issue

  • How do I change the firewalld backend from iptables to nftables?
  • Why iptables backend in firewalld is deprecated ?
  • Why direct interface in firewalld is deprecated ?

Environment

  • RHEL 9

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