ufw – Manage firewall with UFW

Synopsis

  • Manage firewall with UFW.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • ufw package

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
comment
string
added in 2.4
Add a comment to the rule. Requires UFW version >=0.35.
default
string
    Choices:
  • allow
  • deny
  • reject
Change the default policy for incoming or outgoing traffic.

aliases: policy
delete
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Delete rule.
direction
string
    Choices:
  • in
  • incoming
  • out
  • outgoing
  • routed
Select direction for a rule or default policy command.
from_ip
string
Default:
"any"
Source IP address.

aliases: from, src
from_port
string
Source port.
insert
integer
Insert the corresponding rule as rule number NUM.
Note that ufw numbers rules starting with 1.
insert_relative_to
string
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • first-ipv4
  • first-ipv6
  • last-ipv4
  • last-ipv6
  • zero ←
Allows to interpret the index in insert relative to a position.
zero interprets the rule number as an absolute index (i.e. 1 is the first rule).
first-ipv4 interprets the rule number relative to the index of the first IPv4 rule, or relative to the position where the first IPv4 rule would be if there is currently none.
last-ipv4 interprets the rule number relative to the index of the last IPv4 rule, or relative to the position where the last IPv4 rule would be if there is currently none.
first-ipv6 interprets the rule number relative to the index of the first IPv6 rule, or relative to the position where the first IPv6 rule would be if there is currently none.
last-ipv6 interprets the rule number relative to the index of the last IPv6 rule, or relative to the position where the last IPv6 rule would be if there is currently none.
interface
string
Specify interface for rule.

aliases: if
log
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Log new connections matched to this rule
logging
string
    Choices:
  • on
  • off
  • low
  • medium
  • high
  • full
Toggles logging. Logged packets use the LOG_KERN syslog facility.
name
string
Use profile located in /etc/ufw/applications.d.

aliases: app
proto
string
    Choices:
  • any
  • tcp
  • udp
  • ipv6
  • esp
  • ah
  • gre
  • igmp
TCP/IP protocol.

aliases: protocol
route
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Apply the rule to routed/forwarded packets.
rule
string
    Choices:
  • allow
  • deny
  • limit
  • reject
Add firewall rule
state
string
    Choices:
  • disabled
  • enabled
  • reloaded
  • reset
enabled reloads firewall and enables firewall on boot.
disabled unloads firewall and disables firewall on boot.
reloaded reloads firewall.
reset disables and resets firewall to installation defaults.
to_ip
string
Default:
"any"
Destination IP address.

aliases: dest, to
to_port
string
Destination port.

aliases: port

Notes

Note

  • See man ufw for more examples.

Examples

- name: Allow everything and enable UFW
  ufw:
    state: enabled
    policy: allow

- name: Set logging
  ufw:
    logging: on

# Sometimes it is desirable to let the sender know when traffic is
# being denied, rather than simply ignoring it. In these cases, use
# reject instead of deny. In addition, log rejected connections:
- ufw:
    rule: reject
    port: auth
    log: yes

# ufw supports connection rate limiting, which is useful for protecting
# against brute-force login attacks. ufw will deny connections if an IP
# address has attempted to initiate 6 or more connections in the last
# 30 seconds. See  http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/187
# for details. Typical usage is:
- ufw:
    rule: limit
    port: ssh
    proto: tcp

# Allow OpenSSH. (Note that as ufw manages its own state, simply removing
# a rule=allow task can leave those ports exposed. Either use delete=yes
# or a separate state=reset task)
- ufw:
    rule: allow
    name: OpenSSH

- name: Delete OpenSSH rule
  ufw:
    rule: allow
    name: OpenSSH
    delete: yes

- name: Deny all access to port 53
  ufw:
    rule: deny
    port: 53

- name: Allow port range 60000-61000
  ufw:
    rule: allow
    port: 60000:61000
    proto: tcp

- name: Allow all access to tcp port 80
  ufw:
    rule: allow
    port: 80
    proto: tcp

- name: Allow all access from RFC1918 networks to this host
  ufw:
    rule: allow
    src: '{{ item }}'
  loop:
    - 10.0.0.0/8
    - 172.16.0.0/12
    - 192.168.0.0/16

- name: Deny access to udp port 514 from host 1.2.3.4 and include a comment
  ufw:
    rule: deny
    proto: udp
    src: 1.2.3.4
    port: 514
    comment: Block syslog

- name: Allow incoming access to eth0 from 1.2.3.5 port 5469 to 1.2.3.4 port 5469
  ufw:
    rule: allow
    interface: eth0
    direction: in
    proto: udp
    src: 1.2.3.5
    from_port: 5469
    dest: 1.2.3.4
    to_port: 5469

# Note that IPv6 must be enabled in /etc/default/ufw for IPv6 firewalling to work.
- name: Deny all traffic from the IPv6 2001:db8::/32 to tcp port 25 on this host
  ufw:
    rule: deny
    proto: tcp
    src: 2001:db8::/32
    port: 25

- name: Deny all IPv6 traffic to tcp port 20 on this host
  # this should be the first IPv6 rule
  ufw:
    rule: deny
    proto: tcp
    port: 20
    to_ip: "::"
    insert: 0
    insert_relative_to: first-ipv6

- name: Deny all IPv4 traffic to tcp port 20 on this host
  # This should be the third to last IPv4 rule
  # (insert: -1 addresses the second to last IPv4 rule;
  #  so the new rule will be inserted before the second
  #  to last IPv4 rule, and will be come the third to last
  #  IPv4 rule.)
  ufw:
    rule: deny
    proto: tcp
    port: 20
    to_ip: "::"
    insert: -1
    insert_relative_to: last-ipv4

# Can be used to further restrict a global FORWARD policy set to allow
- name: Deny forwarded/routed traffic from subnet 1.2.3.0/24 to subnet 4.5.6.0/24
  ufw:
    rule: deny
    route: yes
    src: 1.2.3.0/24
    dest: 4.5.6.0/24

Status

Authors

  • Aleksey Ovcharenko (@ovcharenko)

  • Jarno Keskikangas (@pyykkis)

  • Ahti Kitsik (@ahtik)

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