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Firewall
~~~~~~~~
The firewall API plugin is a first step into migrating the legacy firewall components from OPNsense, although it does contain
a user interface, it's main focus is only to provide machine to machine interaction between custom applications and OPNsense
for selected features.
.. csv-table:: Resources (FilterController.php)
:header: "Method", "Module", "Controller", "Command", "Parameters"
:widths: 4, 15, 15, 30, 40
"``POST``","firewall","filter","addRule",""
"``POST``","firewall","filter","apply","$rollback_revision=null"
"``POST``","firewall","filter","cancelRollback","$rollback_revision"
"``POST``","firewall","filter","delRule","$uuid"
"``GET``","firewall","filter","getRule","$uuid=null"
"``POST``","firewall","filter","revert","$revision"
"``POST``","firewall","filter","savepoint",""
"``*``","firewall","filter","searchRule",""
"``POST``","firewall","filter","setRule","$uuid"
"``POST``","firewall","filter","toggleRule","$uuid,$enabled=null"
-----------------------
Concept
-----------------------
The firewall plugin injects rules in the standard OPNsense firewall while maintaining visibility on them in the
standard user interface.
We use our standard :code:`ApiMutableModelControllerBase` to allow crud operations on rule entries and offer a set of
specific actions to apply the new configuration.
Since firewall rules can be quite sensitive with a higher risk of lockout, we also support a rollback mechanism here,
which offers the ability to rollback this components changes.
.. blockdiag::
:scale: 100%
diagram init {
savepoint [label = "savepoint()"];
administration [label = "administration"];
apply [label = "apply(savepoint)"];
cancelRollback [label = "cancelRollback(sp)"];
savepoint -> administration -> apply ;
apply -> cancelRollback [label = ".. 60s", style = dashed];
}
The diagram above contains the basic steps to change rules, apply and eventually rollback if not being able to access the machine again.
When calling :code:`savepoint()` a new config revision will be created and the timestamp will be returned for later use.
If the :code:`cancelRollback(savepoint)` is not called within 60 seconds, the firewall will rollback to the previous state
identified by the savepoint timestamp (if available).
.. Note::
The examples in this document disable certificate validation, make sure when using this in a production environment to
remove the :code:`verify=False` from the :code:`requests` calls
.. Tip::
The number of versions kept can be configured as "backup count" in :menuselection:`System -> Configuration -> History`.
This affectively determines within how many configuration changes you can still rollback, if the backup is removed, a rollback
will keep the current state (do nothing).
-----------------------
Administration example
-----------------------
Administrative endpoints are pretty standard use of :code:`ApiMutableModelControllerBase`, the example below searches for
a rule named "OPNsense_fw_api_testrule_1", when not found one will be added otherwise it will print the internal uuid.
Inline you will find a brief description of the steps performed.
.. literalinclude:: firewall.sample_create.py
:language: python
:linenos:
:caption: administrative_example.py
.. Tip::
Since our model contains default values for most attributes, we only need to feed the changes if we would like to keep the
defaults. In this case the TCP/IP version was IPv4 by default for example. In most cases one would like to set all relevant properties
in case defaults change over time.
-----------------------
Apply / revert example
-----------------------
This example will disable the rule created in the previous example and apply the changes using a savepoint, since we're not
calling :code:`cancelRollback(savepoint)` it will revert after 60 seconds to the original state.
.. literalinclude:: firewall.savepoint.py
:language: python
:linenos:
:caption: savepoint_example.py
.. Note::
The savepoint will only revert this components changes, other changes won't be affected by this revert, for example
add an additional interface between savepoint and revert won't be affected.