Compilation

The page describe how to compile the Douane firewall on your machine.

Dependencies

In order to compile Douane, it is necessary to install a number of libraries before building. Further information on dependencies is given at https://github.com/Douane/Douane/wiki/Dependencies

Compilation area

In order to keep your machine clean, I recommend you to create a folder where all the source codes will be downloaded and compiled:

cd
mkdir Douane
cd Douane/

Source Code Manager

All the following steps will need the git scm. The package is named git.

The kernel module

This is the very first step in order to install the firewall. The kernel module is written with DKMS, and a Makefile has been written in order to easy the installation:

git clone https://github.com/Douane/douane-dkms
cd douane-dkms
sudo make dkms

The last command will copy/compile/install and load the kernel module on your machine. As it is a DKMS module, next time you install a new kernel, the Douane kernel module will be re-compiled against the new kernel automatically.

The daemon

Next you need the daemon:

cd ~/Douane
git clone --recursive https://github.com/Douane/douane-daemon
cd douane-daemon
make
sudo make install

The dialog process

As I'm a GNOME fan, I'm developing GNOME applications. So the official dialog window (screenshots shown on the Douaneapp.com website and the Github main repository) is a GTK process.

cd ~/Douane
git clone --recursive https://github.com/Douane/douane-dialog
cd douane-dialog
make
sudo make install

Now you need to start it:

/opt/douane/bin/douane-dialog &

And you should probably see it quit immediately.

The configurator

Finally, in order to start/stop the firewall, and manage the rules, you'll need the configurator.

Please note that you must run the setup.py install with python 3.

cd ~/Douane
git clone https://github.com/Douane/douane-configurator
cd douane-configurator
sudo python3 setup.py install

Now you should got a Douane application in your applications.

Starting the Douane