Public bug reported: In a clean Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) VM installation, firewalld fails to start:
* firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) since Wed 2019-04-24 06:35:00 EDT; 3min 58s ago Docs: man:firewalld(1) Process: 516 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/firewalld --nofork --nopid (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 516 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Apr 24 06:34:58 ibm-p8-kvm-03-guest-02 systemd[1]: Starting firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon... Apr 24 06:34:59 ibm-p8-kvm-03-guest-02 systemd[1]: Started firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon. Apr 24 06:34:59 ibm-p8-kvm-03-guest-02 firewalld[516]: WARNING: iptables-restore and iptables are missing, disabling IPv4 firewall. Apr 24 06:34:59 ibm-p8-kvm-03-guest-02 firewalld[516]: WARNING: ip6tables-restore and ip6tables are missing, disabling IPv6 firewall. Apr 24 06:35:00 ibm-p8-kvm-03-guest-02 firewalld[516]: FATAL ERROR: No IPv4 and IPv6 firewall. Apr 24 06:35:00 ibm-p8-kvm-03-guest-02 firewalld[516]: ERROR: Raising SystemExit in run_server Apr 24 06:35:00 ibm-p8-kvm-03-guest-02 systemd[1]: firewalld.service: Succeeded. This is with the default iptables backend. When switching to FirewallBackend=nftables, firewalld at least starts up, even though it shows warnings: * firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-04-24 06:40:14 EDT; 2s ago Docs: man:firewalld(1) Main PID: 501 (firewalld) Tasks: 2 (limit: 2306) Memory: 33.0M CGroup: /system.slice/firewalld.service `-501 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/sbin/firewalld --nofork --nopid Apr 24 06:40:15 ibm-p8-kvm-03-guest-02 firewalld[501]: WARNING: COMMAND_FAILED: UNKNOWN_ERROR: 'ip4tables' backend does not exist Apr 24 06:40:15 ibm-p8-kvm-03-guest-02 firewalld[501]: WARNING: COMMAND_FAILED: UNKNOWN_ERROR: 'ip4tables' backend does not exist and doesn't actually work: # firewall-cmd --state failed ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: firewalld 0.6.3-5ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 ** Affects: firewalld (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1826187 Title: firewalld fails to start: FATAL ERROR: No IPv4 and IPv6 firewall. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firewalld/+bug/1826187/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs