How to disable SELinux in Centos7

This article explains the steps to disable SELinux in Centos7 serves.

To disable SELinux temporarily, we can use the following command as root.

#setenforce 0

But note that SELinux will enable back once the server rebooted.

Inorder to disable SELinux permanently, follow the below given steps.

Step1: Open the SELinux configuration file.

#vi /etc/selinux/config

Step2: Update the following line and save the file.

SELINUX=disabled

Step3: Reboot the server.

That's all…