50. cdist-type__iptables_rule(7)¶

Deploy iptable rulesets

Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>

50.1. DESCRIPTION¶

This cdist type allows you to manage iptable rules in a distribution independent manner.

50.2. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

rule: The rule to apply. Essentially an iptables command line without iptables in front of it.

50.3. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

state: ‘present’ or ‘absent’, defaults to ‘present’

50.4. EXAMPLES¶

# Deploy some policies
__iptables_rule policy-in  --rule "-P INPUT DROP"
__iptables_rule policy-out  --rule "-P OUTPUT ACCEPT"
__iptables_rule policy-fwd  --rule "-P FORWARD DROP"

# The usual established rule
__iptables_rule established  --rule "-A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT"

# Some service rules
__iptables_rule http  --rule "-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT"
__iptables_rule ssh   --rule "-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT"
__iptables_rule https --rule "-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT"

# Ensure some rules are not present anymore
__iptables_rule munin --rule "-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 4949 -j ACCEPT" \
    --state absent

50.5. SEE ALSO¶

50.6. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2013 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).