Enabling and Editing UFW Port 5201

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To enable port 5201 using UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) and edit the UFW configuration, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal or SSH into your server.

2. Check if UFW is installed by running the command:

   sudo ufw status
   

3. If UFW is not installed, install it by running:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install ufw
   

4. Once UFW is installed, enable it by running:

   sudo ufw enable
   

5. Allow incoming traffic on port 5201 by running:

   sudo ufw allow 5201
   

6. Verify that the rule has been added by running:

   sudo ufw status
   

   It should display something like:

   Status: active
   
   To                         Action      From
   --                         ------      ----
   5201                       ALLOW       Anywhere
   

7. If you want to edit the UFW configuration, you can modify the /etc/ufw/ufw.conf file using a text editor like nano or vim. Run the following command to open the file with nano:

   sudo nano /etc/ufw/ufw.conf
   

8. Make the necessary changes to the file and save it.

9. After modifying the UFW configuration, restart UFW for the changes to take effect by running:

   sudo ufw disable
   sudo ufw enable
   

   This will disable and then re-enable UFW with the updated configuration.

10. Verify that the changes have been applied by running:

    sudo ufw status
    

    The updated configuration should now be reflected in the output.