Configuring iptables to Allow HTTPS Connections on Port 443

[Dshah]

I have describe my issue here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43871311/open-443-port-for-ssl
I am unable to use SSL when iptables is active, Please check above thread for iptables config.

Can someone tell me what is wrong? Thanks

[leader]

You have used -A but I believe you might want to use -I to make sure you are not inserting your “allow” rules after any reject/drop which would match earlier (like the one quite a few packets hit according to what you have listed there).

NB: You might also want to try ufw (for CentOS should be available from EPEL) to make it a bit “easier” working with firewall rules. Keep in mind though that if you’re on VPS, then trying to run it in OpenVZ environment is not recommended In KVM it works fine.

[sahsanu]

Hi @Dshah,

@Dshah

Can someone tell me what is wrong? Thanks

I think your question could be insteresting but what is wrong is to post something not related at all with Let's Encrypt, the clients used to get the certificates... blablabla but a problem with your firewall rules.... ok, it is related to SSL... ok, go ahead, but you should take the time to copy the same you wrote on stackoverflow here. Putting a link with the question and the details to another site is not very polite.

I hope someone of this community (or the other one) could help you to solve your issue... anyway, I think @leader gave you a good advice already.

Cheers,
sahsanu

[Dshah]

I knew I was doing something stupid since I am setting this server up, Thank you for your kind support @leader , -I flag did the trick. I will definitely check ufw as iptables is a bit confusing subject for me right now.
@sahsanu , Thank you for the taking time to write all that I will take into consideration next time. Have a nice day/eve

Thanks again.