[CentOS] CentOS 7: firewalld.service operation time out - systemctl firewalld issues

Wed Sep 10 08:36:37 UTC 2014
dE <de.techno at gmail.com>

On 09/09/14 20:47, Aled Parry wrote:
> I'm having a few issues with firewalld on a CentOS 7 install, in
> particular when using systemctl to start/check the status of the
> daemon:
>
> Checking the firewalld daemon status
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> # systemctl status firewalld
> firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon
>     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; enabled)
>     Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Tue 2014-09-09 07:57:06 EDT;
> 2min 41s ago
>   Main PID: 20212
>
> Sep 09 07:55:35 centos.template.30kft systemd[1]: Starting firewalld -
> dynamic firewall daemon...
> Sep 09 07:57:05 centos.template.30kft systemd[1]: firewalld.service
> operation timed out. Terminating.
> Sep 09 07:57:06 centos.template.30kft systemd[1]: Failed to start
> firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon.
> Sep 09 07:57:06 centos.template.30kft systemd[1]: Unit
> firewalld.service entered failed state.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> journalctl information from last trying to start it
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Sep 09 07:55:35 centos.template.30kft systemd[1]: Starting firewalld -
> dynamic firewall daemon...
> -- Subject: Unit firewalld.service has begun with start-up
> -- Defined-By: systemd
> -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel

Do you have any DNS names in your firewall rules?