seport – Manages SELinux network port type definitions

Synopsis

• Manages SELinux network port type definitions.

Requirements

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

• libselinux-python
• policycoreutils-python

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
ignore_selinux_state boolean added in 2.8	Choices: no ← yes	Run independent of selinux runtime state
ports list / required		Ports or port ranges. Can be a list (since 2.6) or comma separated string.
proto string / required	Choices: tcp udp	Protocol for the specified port.
reload boolean	Choices: no yes ←	Reload SELinux policy after commit.
setype string / required		SELinux type for the specified port.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Desired boolean value.

Notes

Note

• The changes are persistent across reboots.
• Not tested on any debian based system.

Examples

- name: Allow Apache to listen on tcp port 8888
  seport:
    ports: 8888
    proto: tcp
    setype: http_port_t
    state: present

- name: Allow sshd to listen on tcp port 8991
  seport:
    ports: 8991
    proto: tcp
    setype: ssh_port_t
    state: present

- name: Allow memcached to listen on tcp ports 10000-10100 and 10112
  seport:
    ports: 10000-10100,10112
    proto: tcp
    setype: memcache_port_t
    state: present

- name: Allow memcached to listen on tcp ports 10000-10100 and 10112
  seport:
    ports:
      - 10000-10100
      - 10112
    proto: tcp
    setype: memcache_port_t
    state: present

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Dan Keder (@dankeder)

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