---
title: "Find (View) Default Zone for Firewalld on CentOS 7"
source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/security/firewall-management/find-view-default-zone-for-firewalld-on-centos-7/"
description: "Zones enhance an administrator's capability to define trusts and restrict network traffic. Learn how to find the default zone in Firewalld on CentOS 7 via the c…"
vertical: "Hosting"
date: "2015-06-18"
last_modified: "2026-07-29"
---

# Find (View) Default Zone for Firewalld on CentOS 7

## Pre-Flight Check

- These instructions are intended for finding (viewing) the default zone in Firewalld on CentOS 7 via the command line.
- I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed CentOS 7 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.
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Zones enhance an administrator’s capability to define trusts and restrict network traffic. On installation and without any configuration, the default zone for firewalld is set to the **public** zone.

Note: When network interfaces added to firewalld they are assigned to the default zone.

## Find (View) Default Zone for Firewalld

`firewall-cmd --get-default-zone`

`public`

In this case the default zone is the **public** zone. The default trust level of this zone is to not trust the other servers on the network. Only chosen incoming connections are accepted.