NAME
iptables-restore — Restore IP Tablesip6tables-restore — Restore IPv6 Tables
SYNOPSIS
iptables-restore [-chntv] [-M modprobe]ip6tables-restore [-chntv] [-M modprobe] [-T name]
DESCRIPTION
iptables-restore and ip6tables-restore are used to restore IP and IPv6 Tables from data specified on STDIN. Use I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a file
- -c, –counters
- restore the values of all packet and byte counters
- -h, –help
- Print a short option summary.
- -n, –noflush
- don’t flush the previous contents of the table. If not specified, both commands flush (delete) all previous contents of the respective table.
- -t, –test
- Only parse and construct the ruleset, but do not commit it.
- -v, –verbose
- Print additional debug info during ruleset processing.
- -M, –modprobe modprobe_program
- Specify the path to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-restore will inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the executable’s path.
- -T, –table name
- Restore only the named table even if the input stream contains other ones.
BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
Willie
Willie has over 15 years of experience in Linux system administration and DevOps. After managing infrastructure for startups and enterprises alike, he founded Command Linux to share the practical knowledge he wished he had when starting out. He oversees content strategy and contributes guides on server management, automation, and security.