myfirewall

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.

Overview

This module is meant to provide a simple interface to manage firewalld (currently) and eventually iptables.

The module currently only supports RedHat (7) and Debian (14.04) family, but I am working to allow this module to work with other OSes.

Module Description

This module provides a provider and type for the firewalld service. Currently, firewalld is the only firewall supported, however, I am in the process of creating an iptables provider.

This module manages the firewalld service and configures the rules for the firewall.

Usage

###Create firewall rule for https service in public zone:

myfirewall { 'Firewall Test':
    ensure          => present,
    name            => 'public',
    zone            => 'public',
    service         => 'https',
    permanent       => true,
   }

###Adding a permanent port/protocol firewall rule in public zone:

myfirewall { 'Firewall Rule':
    ensure     => present,
    name       => 'public',
    zone       => 'public',
    port       => '3000',
    protocol   => 'tcp',
    permanent  => true,
   }

###Remove a service

myfirewall { 'Second richrule':
    ensure     => absent,
    zone       => 'public',
    protocol   => 'tcp',
    port       => '1534',
    notify     =>  Exec['Reloading firewall rules'],
   }

Add firewall richrule:

myfirewall { 'Firewall Rule':
    ensure     => present,
    zone       => 'public',
    richrule   => 'rule family="ipv4" source address="192.168.10.0/24" port port="3001" protocol="tcp" accept',
    permanent  => true,
   }

Add icmp message blocking:

myfirewall { 'ICMP block echo-reply':
    ensure     => present,
    zone       => 'public',
    block_icmp => 'echo-reply',
    permanent  => true,
   }

Create a new zone

myfirewall { 'Create a new zone':
    ensure       => present,
    zone         => 'testing',
    myzones      => true,
    permanent    => true,
    notify       =>  Exec['Reloading firewall rules'],
  }

Advanced example with heira:

This example will create multiple rules in the firewall that will use only tcp.

Adding multiple ports with a single protocol

 myfirewall { 'Multiple ports':
    ensure     => present,
    zone       => 'public',
    port       => $myports,
    protocol   => 'tcp',
    notify     =>  Exec['Reloading firewall rules'],
   }

Use tcp_udp to add tcp and udp protocol for all ports:

myfirewall { 'Multiple ports':
    ensure     => present,
    zone       => 'public',
    port       => $myports,
    tcp_udp    => true,
    notify     =>  Exec['Reloading firewall rules'],
   }

myfirewall/hieradata/test02.familyguy.local.yaml

myfirewall::myports:
    - 53
    - 22
    - 21
    - 110

Example with multiple richrules:

myfirewall { 'Multiple richrules':
    ensure     => present,
    zone       => 'public',
    richrule   => $myrichrules,
    notify     =>  Exec['Reloading firewall rules'],
   }

myfirewall/hieradata/test02.familyguy.local.yaml

myfirewall::myrichrules: 
    - rule family="ipv4" source address="192.168.10.0/24" port port="3001" protocol="tcp" accept
    - rule family="ipv4" source address="192.168.10.0/24" port port="3051" protocol="tcp" accept

Add multiple icmp messages for blocking:

myfirewall { 'ICMP block multiple messages':
    ensure     => present,
    zone       => 'public',
    block_icmp => $myicmpmessages, 
    permanent  => true,
   }

myfirewall/hieradata/test02.familyguy.local.yaml

myfirewall::myicmpmessages: 
  - echo-reply
  - echo-request

Reference

The following providers and types are created within this module:

Types and Providers

• myfirewall
• firewalld

Limitations

Currently this module is compatible with RedHat (7) and Debian (14.04)family. I am working on other OSes and will update this accordingly. The module currently supports the following options:

• name
• zone
• protocol (tcp|udp)
• tcp_udp (true|false)
• port (allows string or array)
• service (allows string or array)
• source (192.168.1.0/24)
• richrule (allows string or array)
• block_icmp (allows string or array)
• permanent (true|false) if false myfirewall will only create a temporary rule
• myzones (true|false) note: This option has to be used with the permanent => true

Issues

1. myzones for Debian systems may not work as the firewall-cmd command does not have --new-zone= option. However, if the firewall-cmd does have the --new-zone option then it should work as normal.

Vagrant setup

1. git clone https://github.com/nohtyp/myfirewall.git
2. cd into directory
3. vagrant up test02
   • vagrant provision test02 (can be used to retest new options in your puppet manifest)

Release Notes/Contributors/Etc

There seems to be a bug with using arrays for creating zones. I will have to put a bug report in with RH to see if there is truly an issue.