How To Install iptables-ebtables on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-ebtables on Rocky Linux 8. iptables-ebtables is Ethernet Bridge frame table administration tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-ebtables on Rocky Linux 8.

What is iptables-ebtables

Ethernet bridge tables is a firewalling tool to transparently filter network traffic passing a bridge. The filtering possibilities are limited to link layer filtering and some basic filtering on higher network layers. This tool is the userspace control for the bridge and ebtables kernel components (built by default in RHEL kernels). The ebtables tool can be used together with the other Linux filtering tools, like iptables. There are no known incompatibility issues. Note replacement of the legacy tool.

We can use yum or dnf to install iptables-ebtables on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iptables-ebtables.

Install iptables-ebtables on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install iptables-ebtables using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install iptables-ebtables

Install iptables-ebtables on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install iptables-ebtables using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iptables-ebtables

How To Uninstall iptables-ebtables on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the iptables-ebtables package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove iptables-ebtables

iptables-ebtables Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/sysconfig/ebtables
/etc/sysconfig/ebtables-config
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ebtables.service
/usr/libexec/ebtables
/usr/sbin/ebtables
/usr/sbin/ebtables-restore
/usr/sbin/ebtables-save
/usr/share/man/man8/ebtables-nft.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ebtables.8.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables-ebtables on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.