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check box. ( Open Firewall port for network access  has a different purpose. It refers to Windows Firewall and controls whether Windows blocks the TCP/IP port on which the MySQL server listens for client connections.) 

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## Important 

There is an issue for MySQL 8.0.19 installed using MySQL Installer that prevents the server from starting if MySQL Enterprise Firewall is selected during the server configuration steps. If the server startup operation fails, click Cancel  to end the configuration process and return to the dashboard. You must uninstall the server. 

The workaround is to run MySQL Installer without MySQL Enterprise Firewall selected. (That is, do not select the Enable MySQL Enterprise Firewall  check box.) Then install MySQL Enterprise Firewall afterward using the instructions for manual installation later in this section. This problem is corrected in MySQL 8.0.20. 

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To install MySQL Enterprise Firewall using MySQL Workbench 6.3.4 or higher, see MySQL Enterprise Firewall Interface. 

To install MySQL Enterprise Firewall manually, look in the share  directory of your MySQL installation and choose the script that is appropriate for your platform. The available scripts differ in the suffix used to refer to the plugin library file: 

