APF Firewall Locked Me Out

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latheesan

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Hello,

I followed some guide to installing the APF Firewall on my machine (maybe i should have followed the one on this forum first) and after i issued this command :

Code: 
service apf start

My website went down and I can't access SSH anymore. Im pretty sure I enabled port 22 (ssh) and 80 (http) on the config, but for some reason it locked me out.

The ONLY thing that is working is directadmin at port 2222. I tried rebooting the server from DA but it didn't help.

Again, I tried to reach my host at this critical time, but they are no where to be found. Can someone help me out please? This is quite urgent...
 
If it locked you out, the only way back in is to wait for your provider to jump on the console and stop apf.

Next time, run it in dev mode first which will automatically disable itself after 5 mins.
 
Sorry for the delay, we do not support with 3rd party software except control panels, it could be that the firewall needs permissions set so that only certain things are blocked and not EVERYTHING!
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Is what my host said. As you can see, I'm locked out of the server for more than 6 hours now and I can't do anything about it and the host is not willing to help either.

what can I do?
 
Does your provider have kvm access of some sort for you as the customer? This will allow you to get to the console to turn apf off.

Aside from that, you are SOL'd unless your provider changes it's policy or bends it. Seriously, it's a simple command. I'd jump ship if my provider couldn't just issue that command for me. It is your box isn't it?
 
Just in the nick of time, the host owner was able to help me out. the host is planning on installing KVM, so let's wait and see.
 
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