Do note that firewall on CentOS 7 system is enabled by default.
Step 1: To check the status of CentOS 7 FirewallD
# systemctl status firewalld.service
● firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:firewalld(1)
The above shows that the firewalld is disabled.
Step 2: To stop the FirewallD
# systemctl stop firewalld.service
Step 3: To completely disable the firewalld service
# systemctl disable firewalld.service