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

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

Authors

• Aleksey Ovcharenko (@ovcharenko)
• Jarno Keskikangas (@pyykkis)
• Ahti Kitsik (@ahtik)

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