When it comes to management of ConfigServe Firewall in VPS server hosting, three important aspects come into play. First is the way of removing IP addresses. The other two are blacklisting and white listing of IP addresses. Only after having a decent idea about all these three CSF management aspects you will be able to have an idea of the VPS hosting solution’s ConfigServe Firewall.
How to remove IP Address from CSF?
One of the problems that are faced by many users of VPS server hosting is connection problem. If you also find your site in such a problem, you need to check firewall of the server. As part of the investigation, the first thing you need to do is obtain IP address of the user who is facing the problem. So, the first thing you can ask, as a service provider, the user is to tell you the IP address. If the user is a dummy and doesn’t know where to find it, ask him/her to go to http://www.whatismyip.com and find the details shown at top of the page. Once you have the IP address, login to the web host manager section. Once you have logged in, navigate to the “plugins” and find out “ConfigServer Security & Firewall”. When you navigate to ConfigServerFirewall section, different options can be found for managing IP addresses. Now, find the option called “Search for IP” and click it once found. From there you can know whether the IP Address is blocked or not. If yes, you will find the reason along with it. You will also get to know if the IP is blacklisted. If you want to unblock the IP address, simply clicking the lok icon will solve the matter. After this you will find a completion message that will confirm that the IP has been unblocked. This is the entire process that needs to be followed if you want to remove IP address from CSF of VPS server hosting.
Blacklisting or Whitelisting of IP Addresses in ConfigServe Firewall
When it comes to blacklisting or whitelisting of IP addresses in a VPS’s firewall, it must be said at the very onset that both are quite similar. However, in case of blacklisting, an IP address is completely blocked from a server. Therefore, it can be said that blacklisting is an extreme step and therefore should be applied more judiciously. Once it is done, the blacklisted IP address will be in no manner able to connect to the concerned server.
Here are the associated steps:
As usual, you have to login to web host manager of the VPS server hosting. In the next step, you need to find the “Plugins” and then click it. Once you get into that page, you have to find ConfigServer Security & Firewall and click it. For managing IP addresses many options can be found. Now, type the IP address and click the “Quick Deny” option. You can also write some comments for blocking the concerned IP address.
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