Ansible Role : configure_firewall

Installs and configures either ufw or firewalld depending on if the systems is based on Debian or RedHat.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

defaults/main.yml

ufw

Variable	Description
firewall_ufw_rule	Add a firewall rule. (Options: allow, deny, limit, reject), (Default: null).
firewall_ufw_direction	The direction for the rule. (Options: in, incoming, out, outgoing, routed), (Default: null).
firewall_ufw_interface	The network interface for rule.
firewall_ufw_from_ip	The source IP address.
firewall_ufw_from_port	The source port
firewall_ufw_to_ip	The destination IP address.
firewall_ufw_to_port	The destination port.
firewall_ufw_proto	The TCP/IP protocol for the rule. (Options: any, tcp, udp, ipv6, esp, ah, gre, igmp), (Default: null).
firewall_ufw_comment	A comment for the rule.

firewalld

Variable	Description
firewall_firewalld_state	Should the rule be enabled or disabled. (Options: absent, disabled, enabled, present).
firewall_firewalld_port	The name or number of a port, can also be used to define a port range. This should be in the format or port/protocol or start_port-end_port/protocol for port ranges. (Default: null).
firewall_firewalld_zone	The firewalld zone to add/remove the rule to/from.

vars/RedHat.yml

Variable	Description
__firewall_package: firewalld	The name of the firewall package on RedHat based systems. This value is used to define firewall_package_name in the tasks/main.yml file. This value can be overridden by setting firewall_package_name in the playbook.

vars/Debian.yml

Variable	Description
__firewall_package: ufw	The name of the firewall package on Debian based systems. This value is used to define firewall_package_name in the tasks/main.yml file. This value can be overridden by setting firewall_package_name in the playbook.

Examples

UFW Firewall

Limits the connections coming in on interfaec enp0s8 from 192.168.60.1 on TCP port 22.

  - firewall_ufw_rule: 'limit'
    firewall_ufw_direction: 'in'
    firewall_ufw_interface: 'enp0s8'
    firewall_ufw_from_ip: '192.168.60.1'
    firewall_ufw_from_port: ''
    firewall_ufw_to_ip: ''
    firewall_ufw_to_port: '22'
    firewall_ufw_proto: 'tcp'
    firewall_ufw_comment: ''

firewalld Firewall

Enable the public zone to accept TCP connections on port 8080.

  - firewall_firewalld_state: 'enabled'
    firewall_firewalld_port: '8080/tcp'
    firewall_firewalld_zone: 'public'

Disables the cockpit service on the public zone.

  - firewall_firewalld_state: 'disabled'
    firewall_firewalld_service: 'cockpit'
    firewall_firewalld_zone: 'public'

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  vars_files:
    - vars/main.yml
  roles:
    - glillico.configure_firewall

License

MIT

Author Information

Created in 2020 by Graham Lillico.

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