How to configure iptables on RancherOS

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Situation

Task

How to configure firewall rules using iptables on RancherOS

Pre-requisites

A RancherOS v1.5.x host

Resolution

The runcmd option in cloud-config can be used to run commands, such as iptables rules, to set firewall rules on a RancherOS host. For example the following can be used to disable SSH access on port 22.

#cloud-config
runcmd:
- "iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 22 -j DROP"

The above snipet can be placed in /var/lib/rancher/conf/cloud-config.d/xxx.yaml, or added to the initial config while installing RancherOS. It will be executed every time RancherOS is booted.

You can use the following iptables command to view the status of the rules:

$ iptables -t filter -nv -L INPUT
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 321 packets, 41200 bytes)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
    9     523 DROP       tcp  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0            tcp dpt:22

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