Firewall: Difference between revisions
imported>N8henrie m Incorrectly says it is based on ntfables, which is not true by default. |
imported>Skylark State that iptables is the default |
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NixOS provides an interface to configure the firewall through the option <code>networking.firewall</code>. | NixOS provides an interface to configure the firewall through the option <code>networking.firewall</code>. | ||
The default firewall uses [https://www.netfilter.org/ iptables]. To use the newer [https://www.nftables.org/ nftables] instead, set <code>networking.nftables.enable = true;</code> | |||
== Enable == | == Enable == | ||
To enable the firewall, | To enable the firewall, add the following into your system configuration: | ||
{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki> | {{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki> | ||
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== Configuration == | == Configuration == | ||
To allow specific TCP/UDP ports or port ranges on all interfaces, | To allow specific TCP/UDP ports or port ranges on all interfaces, use following syntax: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix> | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix> | ||
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</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
{{note|Many services also provide an option to open required firewall ports automatically. For example, the media server Jellyfin offers the option <code><nowiki>services.jellyfin.openFirewall = true;</nowiki></code> which will open required TCP ports.}} | {{note|Many services also provide an option to open the required firewall ports automatically. For example, the media server Jellyfin offers the option <code><nowiki>services.jellyfin.openFirewall = true;</nowiki></code> which will open the required TCP ports.}} | ||
Interface specific firewall rules can be applied like this | Interface-specific firewall rules can be applied like this: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix> | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix> | ||
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== Warning == | == Warning == | ||
Firewall rules may be overwritten by | Firewall rules may be overwritten by Docker, as per https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/111852 | ||
Revision as of 08:45, 19 October 2023
NixOS provides an interface to configure the firewall through the option networking.firewall.
The default firewall uses iptables. To use the newer nftables instead, set networking.nftables.enable = true;
Enable
To enable the firewall, add the following into your system configuration:
/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
networking.firewall.enable = true;
This will make all local ports and services unreachable from external connections.
Configuration
To allow specific TCP/UDP ports or port ranges on all interfaces, use following syntax:
networking.firewall = {
enable = true;
allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 443 ];
allowedUDPPortRanges = [
{ from = 4000; to = 4007; }
{ from = 8000; to = 8010; }
];
};
Interface-specific firewall rules can be applied like this:
networking.firewall.interfaces."eth0".allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 443 ];
In this case, ports 80 and 443 will be allowed for the interface eth0.
Warning
Firewall rules may be overwritten by Docker, as per https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/111852