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Community-maintained wiki for ConfigServer Firewall. Organized by operator intent — start with what you need to do.

New to CSF? Start with the 10-minute bootstrap to go from zero to a working firewall, or read the Introduction to understand the architecture first.


Getting Started

Page Description
Start Here Fastest path to productivity — bootstrap commands, first tasks, documentation paths
Introduction What CSF/LFD are and why they exist
Install & Migrate Fresh installs, migrations, updates
Upgrade & Breaking Changes Release-risk planning, canary rollout, and rollback gates
Changelog Upstream release tracking and curated docs changes
Contributing Contribution workflow, branch naming, PR policy, and release boundaries

Day-2 Operations

Page Description
Usage: Getting Started Health checks, maintenance tasks, recurring workflows
Configuration Guide csf.conf tuning and safe change workflow
CLI Guide Command-line operations and safe procedures
Performance & Scale Tuning High-load optimization and safe scaling playbook

Security & Hardening

Page Description
Security Features Guide Threat-scenario feature map
Cloud & Container Hardening Cloud SG, Docker, and kernel caveats
IPv6 Deployment & Hardening Dual-stack policy, validation, and failure-proof rollout

Integrations

Page Description
Integrations Guide Panels, Cloudflare, clustering
Automation & IaC Ansible, Terraform, and idempotent patterns
Panel Integrations Guide InterWorx, CWP, and DirectAdmin operational model

Troubleshooting

Page Description
Troubleshooting & Recovery Lockout recovery, diagnostics
Troubleshooting Decision Trees Branch-based incident triage
Deployment Runbooks Scenario-specific implementation guides
FAQ Common questions answered

Quick Reference

Page Description
Cheatsheet: Commands CLI command map
Cheatsheet: Structure File paths and directories
Cheatsheet: Example Configs Starter csf.conf profiles by server role
Reference Map Thematic index of all sections

Last reviewed: 2026-02-27

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