How To Install iptables.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. iptables.i686 is Tools for managing Linux kernel packet filtering capabilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `iptables.i686`

The iptables utility controls the network packet filtering code in the Linux kernel. If you need to set up firewalls and/or IP masquerading, you should install this package.

We can use yum to install iptables.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iptables.i686.

Install iptables.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install iptables.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iptables.i686

How To Uninstall iptables.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the iptables.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove iptables.i686

iptables.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/sysconfig/ip6tables-config
/etc/sysconfig/iptables-config
/usr/bin/iptables-xml
/usr/lib/libip4tc.so.0
/usr/lib/libip4tc.so.0.1.0
/usr/lib/libip6tc.so.0
/usr/lib/libip6tc.so.0.1.0
/usr/lib/libiptc.so.0
/usr/lib/libiptc.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libxtables.so.10
/usr/lib/libxtables.so.10.0.0
/usr/lib/xtables
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_DNAT.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_DNPT.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_HL.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_LOG.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_MASQUERADE.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_NETMAP.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_REDIRECT.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_REJECT.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_SNAT.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_SNPT.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_ah.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_dst.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_eui64.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_frag.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_hbh.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_hl.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_icmp6.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_ipv6header.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_mh.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libip6t_rt.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_CLUSTERIP.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_DNAT.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_ECN.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_LOG.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_MASQUERADE.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_MIRROR.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_NETMAP.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_REDIRECT.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_REJECT.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_SAME.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_SNAT.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_TTL.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_ULOG.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_ah.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_icmp.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_realm.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_ttl.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libipt_unclean.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_AUDIT.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_CHECKSUM.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_CLASSIFY.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_CONNMARK.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_CONNSECMARK.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_CT.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_DSCP.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_HMARK.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_IDLETIMER.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_LED.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_MARK.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_NFLOG.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_NFQUEUE.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_NOTRACK.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_RATEEST.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_SECMARK.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_SET.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_SYNPROXY.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_TCPMSS.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_TCPOPTSTRIP.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_TEE.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_TOS.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_TPROXY.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_TRACE.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_addrtype.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_bpf.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_cgroup.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_cluster.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_comment.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_connbytes.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_connlabel.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_connlimit.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_connmark.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_conntrack.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_cpu.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_dccp.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_devgroup.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_dscp.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_ecn.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_esp.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_hashlimit.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_helper.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_iprange.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_ipvs.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_length.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_limit.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_mac.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_mark.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_multiport.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_nfacct.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_osf.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_owner.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_physdev.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_pkttype.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_policy.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_quota.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_rateest.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_recent.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_rpfilter.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_sctp.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_set.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_socket.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_standard.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_state.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_statistic.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_string.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_tcp.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_tcpmss.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_time.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_tos.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_u32.so
/usr/lib/xtables/libxt_udp.so
/usr/sbin/ip6tables
/usr/sbin/ip6tables-restore
/usr/sbin/ip6tables-save
/usr/sbin/iptables
/usr/sbin/iptables-restore
/usr/sbin/iptables-save
/usr/sbin/xtables-multi
/usr/share/doc/iptables-1.4.21
/usr/share/doc/iptables-1.4.21/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/iptables-1.4.21/INCOMPATIBILITIES
/usr/share/man/man1/iptables-xml.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip6tables-restore.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip6tables-save.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ip6tables.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/iptables-extensions.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/iptables-restore.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/iptables-save.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/iptables.8.gz

References

iptables.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iptables.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.