robertdebock.firewall
Ansible role firewall
Manage firewall ports on all (known) Linux operating systems.
| GitHub | GitLab | Downloads | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
Example Playbook
This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.
---
- name: Converge
hosts: all
become: true
gather_facts: true
roles:
- role: robertdebock.firewall
The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:
---
- name: Prepare
hosts: all
become: true
gather_facts: false
roles:
- role: robertdebock.bootstrap
Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.
Role Variables
The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:
---
# defaults file for firewall
# If you don't specify a protocol in `firewall_services`, fall back to this.
firewall_default_protocol: tcp
# If you don't specify a rule in `firewall_services`, fall back to this.
firewall_default_rule: allow
# A list of service to allow traffic to.
firewall_services:
- name: ssh
# A bit more difficult example:
# firewall_services:
# - name: ssh
# - name: https
# - name: 5353
# protocol: udp
# - name: 1234
# protocol: tcp
# - name: 1337
# state: absent
Requirements
- pip packages listed in requirements.txt.
State of used roles
The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.
| Requirement | GitHub | GitLab |
|---|---|---|
| robertdebock.bootstrap |
Context
This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.
Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility
This role has been tested on these container images:
| container | tags |
|---|---|
| Alpine | all |
| EL | 9 |
| Debian | all |
| Fedora | all |
| Ubuntu | all |
The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:
- The previous version.
- The current version.
- The development version.
If you find issues, please register them in GitHub.
License
Author Information
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Manage firewall ports on all (known) Linux operating systems.
ansible-galaxy install robertdebock.firewall