This issue still seems to be a problem in 18.04. If found a solution: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1040539/how-do-i-get-ufw-to-start-on-boot/1040584
I edited /lib/systemd/system/ufw.service as follows: $ diff -u ufw.service.orig ufw.service --- ufw.service.orig 2018-05-26 13:45:48.696356561 +0100 +++ ufw.service 2018-05-26 14:17:22.030681670 +0100 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Description=Uncomplicated firewall Documentation=man:ufw(8) DefaultDependencies=no -Before=network.target +After=network-pre.target [Service] Type=oneshot According to this page https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/NetworkTarget/ the network-pre.target has this purpose: "It's primary purpose is for usage with firewall services that want to establish a firewall before any network interface is up" Making the above change solves the problem so that ufw does seem to start up after boot. Is it a bug that ufw.service is not setup this way to start with? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1726856 Title: ufw does not start automatically at boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ufw/+bug/1726856/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
