[Daniel]

Have no fear, Mission Control is here! (corny, yes I know)

We get numerous tickets every week regarding people blocking themselves out of their firewall and being unable to access their server. Well, we have a solution for that It is called the Out-of-Band Terminal Console!

1) Login to Mission Control
2) Select "Terminal Console" under the "Tools" menu
3) At the login prompt, input your VirtualComplete/VSXPathway login details
4) Select the Server ID of the VPS in question
5) Select to enter the console

6) Now here is where it changes up a bit:

• CentOS/Fedora --
  • At the prompt, type the following: /etc/init.d/iptables stop
• Debian/Ubuntu --
  • Save the firewall rules:
    • iptables-save > /root/firewall.rules
  • Clear all iptables blocks:

    • iptables -X
      iptables -t nat -F
      iptables -t nat -X
      iptables -t mangle -F
      iptables -t mangle -X
      iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
      iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
      iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT

  • To restore the firewall rules later:
    • iptables-restore < /root/firewall.rules

You have now unblocked yourself from your firewall and may proceed to correcting those rogue firewall rules