Presentation:-
Firewalld is the new userland interface in RHEL 7. It replaces the iptables interface and connects to the netfilter kernel code. It mainly improves the security rules management by allowing configuration changes without stopping the current connections.
To know if Firewalld is running, type:
# systemctl status firewalld firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2014-06-17 11:14:49 CEST; 5 days ago ...
or alternatively:
# firewall-cmd --state
running
Note: If Firewalld is not running, the command displays not running.
If you’ve got several network interfaces in IPv4, you will have to activate ip forwarding.
To do that, paste the following line in the /etc/sysctl.conf file:
To do that, paste the following line in the /etc/sysctl.conf file:
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
Then, activate the configuration:
# sysctl -p
Although Firewalld is the RHEL 7 way to deal with firewalls and provides many improvements,iptables can still be used (but both shouldn’t run at the same time).
Zone management
Also, a new concept of zone appears: all network interfaces can be located in the same default zone or divided into different ones according to the levels of trust defined. In the latter case, this allows to restrict traffic based on origin zone.
Note: Without any configuration, everything is done by default in the public zone. If you’ve got more than one network interface or use sources (see Source management section below), you will be able to restrict traffic between zones.
Note: Without any configuration, everything is done by default in the public zone. If you’ve got more than one network interface or use sources (see Source management section below), you will be able to restrict traffic between zones.
To get the default zone, type:
# firewall-cmd --get-default-zone
public
To get the list of zones where you’ve got network interfaces or sources assigned to, type:
# firewall-cmd --get-active-zones
public
interfaces: eth0
To get the list of all the available zones, type:
# firewall-cmd --get-zones
block dmz drop external home internal public trusted work
To change the default zone to home permanently, type:
# firewall-cmd --set-default-zone=home
success
Network interfaces can be assigned to a zone in a temporary (until the next reboot or reload) orpermanent way.
To assign the eth0 network interface temporary to the internal zone, type:
# firewall-cmd --zone=internal --change-interface=eth0
success
To assign the eth0 network interface permanently to the internal zone (a file called internal.xmlis created in the /etc/firewalld/zones directory), type:
# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=internal --change-interface=eth0
success
To know which zone is associated with the eth0 interface, type:
# firewall-cmd --get-zone-of-interface=eth0
internal
To get all the details about the public zone, type:
# firewall-cmd --zone=public --list-all
public (default, active)
interfaces: eth0
sources:
services: dhcpv6-client ssh
ports:
masquerade: no
forward-ports:
icmp-blocks:
rich rules:
Note: The –list-all option only displays the permanent settings.
It is also possible to create new zones. To create a new zone (here test), type:
# firewall-cmd --permanent --new-zone=test # firewall-cmd --reload
Source management
A zone can be bound to a network interface (see above) and/or to a network addressing (called here a source).
Any network packet entering in the network stack is associated with a zone.
The association is done according to the following pattern:
– is the packet coming from a source already bound to a zone? (if yes, it is associated with this zone),
– if not, is the packet coming from a network interface already bound to a zone? (if yes, it is associated with this zone),
– if not, the packet is associated with the default zone.
Any network packet entering in the network stack is associated with a zone.
The association is done according to the following pattern:
– is the packet coming from a source already bound to a zone? (if yes, it is associated with this zone),
– if not, is the packet coming from a network interface already bound to a zone? (if yes, it is associated with this zone),
– if not, the packet is associated with the default zone.
This way, multiple zones can be defined even on a server with only one network interface!
To add a source (here 192.168.2.0/24) to a zone (here trusted) permanently, type:
# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=trusted --add-source=192.168.2.0/24
success
Note1: Use the –remove-source option to delete a previous assigned source.
Note2: Use the –change-source option to move the source to the new specified zone.
Note2: Use the –change-source option to move the source to the new specified zone.
To get the list of the sources bound to a zone (here trusted) permanently, type:
# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=trusted --list-sources
192.168.2.0/24
To keep track of your configuration (active zones are zones, that have a binding to an interface or source), type:
# firewall-cmd --get-active-zones
public
interfaces: eth0
trusted
sources: 192.168.2.0/24
Service management
After assigning each network interface to a zone, it is now possible to add services to each zone.
To allow the http service permanently in the internal zone, type:
To allow the http service permanently in the internal zone, type:
# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=internal --add-service=http success # firewall-cmd --reload
Note1: Type –remove-service=http to deny the http service.
Note2: The firewall-cmd –reload command is necessary to activate the change. Contrary to the–complete-reload option, current connections are not stopped.
Note2: The firewall-cmd –reload command is necessary to activate the change. Contrary to the–complete-reload option, current connections are not stopped.
To get the list of services in the default zone, type:
# firewall-cmd --list-services
dhcpv6-client ssh
Note: To get the list of the services in a particular zone, add the –zone= option.
Service firewall configuration
With the Firewalld package, the firewall configuration of the main services (ftp, httpd, etc) comes in the /usr/lib/firewalld/services directory. But it is still possible to add new ones in the/etc/firewalld/services directory. Also, if files exist at both locations for the same service, the file in the /etc/firewalld/services directory takes precedence.
For example, it is the case of the HAProxy service. There is no firewall configuration associated.
Create the /etc/firewalld/services/haproxy.xml and paste the following lines:
Create the /etc/firewalld/services/haproxy.xml and paste the following lines:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <service> <short>HAProxy</short> <description>HAProxy load-balancer</description> <port protocol="tcp" port="80"/> </service>
Assign the correct SELinux context and file permissions to the haproxy.xml file:
# cd /etc/firewalld/services # restorecon haproxy.xml # chmod 640 haproxy.xml
Add the HAProxy service to the default zone permanently and reload the firewall configuration:
# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=haproxy # firewall-cmd --reload
Port management
Port management follows the same model as service management.
To allow the 443/tcp port temporary in the internal zone, type:
# firewall-cmd --zone=internal --add-port=443/tcp success # firewall-cmd --reload
Note: type –remove-port=443/tcp to deny the port.
To get the list of ports open in the internal zone, type:
# firewall-cmd --zone=internal --list-ports
443/tcp
Masquerading
If your firewall is your network gateway and you don’t want everybody to know your internal addresses, you can set up two zones, one called internal, the other external, and configuremasquerading on the external zone. This way, all packets will get your firewall ip address as source address.
To set up masquerading on the external zone, type:
# firewall-cmd --zone=external --add-masquerade
Note1: To remove masquerading, use the –remove-masquerade option.
Note2: To know if masquerading is active in a zone, use the –query-masquerade option.
Note2: To know if masquerading is active in a zone, use the –query-masquerade option.
Port forwarding
In addition to the masquerading, you can want to use port forwarding.
If you want all packets intended for port 22 to be now forwarded to port 3753, type:
If you want all packets intended for port 22 to be now forwarded to port 3753, type:
# firewall-cmd --zone=external --add-forward-port=port=22:proto=tcp:toport=3753
Note1: To remove port forwarding, use the –remove-forward-port option.
Note2: To know if port forwarding is active in a zone, use the –query-forward-port option.
Also, if you want to define the destination ip address, type:
Note2: To know if port forwarding is active in a zone, use the –query-forward-port option.
Also, if you want to define the destination ip address, type:
# firewall-cmd --zone=external --add-forward-port=port=22:proto=tcp:toport=3753:toaddr=10.0.0.1
Direct rules
It is still possible to set specific rules by using the direct mode (here to open the tcp port 9000) that by-passes the Firewalld interface:
# firewall-cmd --direct --add-rule ipv4 filter INPUT 0 -p tcp --dport 9000 -j ACCEPT success # firewall-cmd --reload
Note: This last example has been borrowed from Khosro Taraghi’s blog.
To display all the direct rules added, type:
# firewall-cmd --direct --get-all-rules