Proxmox Firewall Not Working - status update error

Perspectiva

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Hello,

Proxmox firewall is enabled at the datacenter level. However, when I apply the systemctl status pve-firewall command from the shell, it prints the following errors.

PVE 8.2.7

root@pve:~# systemctl status pve-firewall.service
● pve-firewall.service - Proxmox VE firewall
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pve-firewall.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2024-10-14 02:12:43 +03; 12min ago
Process: 70562 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/update-alternatives --set ebtables /usr/sbin/ebtables-legacy (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 70563 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/update-alternatives --set iptables /usr/sbin/iptables-legacy (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 70564 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/update-alternatives --set ip6tables /usr/sbin/ip6tables-legacy (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 70565 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/pve-firewall start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 70566 (pve-firewall)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 309352)
Memory: 97.7M
CPU: 7.245s
CGroup: /system.slice/pve-firewall.service
└─70566 pve-firewall

Oct 14 02:23:13 pve pve-firewall[70566]: status update error: iptables_restore_cmdlist: Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.
Oct 14 02:23:23 pve pve-firewall[70566]: status update error: iptables_restore_cmdlist: Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.
Oct 14 02:23:34 pve pve-firewall[70566]: status update error: iptables_restore_cmdlist: Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.
Oct 14 02:23:43 pve pve-firewall[70566]: status update error: iptables_restore_cmdlist: Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.
Oct 14 02:23:53 pve pve-firewall[70566]: status update error: iptables_restore_cmdlist: Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.
Oct 14 02:24:03 pve pve-firewall[70566]: status update error: iptables_restore_cmdlist: Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.
Oct 14 02:24:13 pve pve-firewall[70566]: status update error: iptables_restore_cmdlist: Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.
Oct 14 02:24:23 pve pve-firewall[70566]: status update error: iptables_restore_cmdlist: Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.
Oct 14 02:24:33 pve pve-firewall[70566]: status update error: iptables_restore_cmdlist: Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.
Oct 14 02:24:43 pve pve-firewall[70566]: status update error: iptables_restore_cmdlist: Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.
 

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