Unable to access RHN Satellite WebUI after adding iptable rules as mentioned in documentation.

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Issue

  • After adding iptable rules on RHN Satellite server as mentioned in RHN Satellite documentation , can not access RHN Satellite WebUI
# cat /etc/sysconfig/iptables
Firewall configuration written by system-config-firewall
Manual customization of this file is not recommended.
*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
-A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
# For VNC
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp -m multiport --dports 5901:5903,6001:6003 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
-A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
# tftp
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 69 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport 69 -j ACCEPT
# httpd
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
# Cobbler
#-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p udp --dport 25150 -j ACCEPT
# Koan
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 25151 -j ACCEPT

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite

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