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diff --git a/doc/sync/alarm/conntrackd.conf b/doc/sync/alarm/conntrackd.conf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3424e39 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/sync/alarm/conntrackd.conf @@ -0,0 +1,372 @@ +# +# Synchronizer settings +# +Sync { + Mode ALARM { + # + # If a conntrack entry is not modified in <= 15 seconds, then + # a message is broadcasted. This mechanism is used to + # resynchronize nodes that just joined the multicast group + # + RefreshTime 15 + + # + # If we don't receive a notification about the state of + # an entry in the external cache after N seconds, then + # remove it. + # + CacheTimeout 180 + + # + # This parameter allows you to set an initial fixed timeout + # for the committed entries when this node goes from backup + # to primary. This mechanism provides a way to purge entries + # that were not recovered appropriately after the specified + # fixed timeout. If you set a low value, TCP entries in + # Established states with no traffic may hang. For example, + # an SSH connection without KeepAlive enabled. If not set, + # the daemon uses an approximate timeout value calculation + # mechanism. By default, this option is not set. + # + # CommitTimeout 180 + + # + # If the firewall replica goes from primary to backup, + # the conntrackd -t command is invoked in the script. + # This command schedules a flush of the table in N seconds. + # This is useful to purge the connection tracking table of + # zombie entries and avoid clashes with old entries if you + # trigger several consecutive hand-overs. Default is 60 seconds + # + # PurgeTimeout 60 + } + + # + # Multicast IP and interface where messages are + # broadcasted (dedicated link). IMPORTANT: Make sure + # that iptables accepts traffic for destination + # 225.0.0.50, eg: + # + # iptables -I INPUT -d 225.0.0.50 -j ACCEPT + # iptables -I OUTPUT -d 225.0.0.50 -j ACCEPT + # + Multicast { + # + # Multicast address: The address that you use as destination + # in the synchronization messages. You do not have to add + # this IP to any of your existing interfaces. If any doubt, + # do not modify this value. + # + IPv4_address 225.0.0.50 + + # + # The multicast group that identifies the cluster. If any + # doubt, do not modify this value. + # + Group 3780 + + # + # IP address of the interface that you are going to use to + # send the synchronization messages. Remember that you must + # use a dedicated link for the synchronization messages. + # + IPv4_interface 192.168.100.100 + + # + # The name of the interface that you are going to use to + # send the synchronization messages. + # + Interface eth2 + + # The multicast sender uses a buffer to enqueue the packets + # that are going to be transmitted. The default size of this + # socket buffer is available at /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default. + # This value determines the chances to have an overrun in the + # sender queue. The overrun results packet loss, thus, losing + # state information that would have to be retransmitted. If you + # notice some packet loss, you may want to increase the size + # of the sender buffer. The default size is usually around + # ~100 KBytes which is fairly small for busy firewalls. + # + SndSocketBuffer 1249280 + + # The multicast receiver uses a buffer to enqueue the packets + # that the socket is pending to handle. The default size of this + # socket buffer is available at /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default. + # This value determines the chances to have an overrun in the + # receiver queue. The overrun results packet loss, thus, losing + # state information that would have to be retransmitted. If you + # notice some packet loss, you may want to increase the size of + # the receiver buffer. The default size is usually around + # ~100 KBytes which is fairly small for busy firewalls. + # + RcvSocketBuffer 1249280 + + # + # Enable/Disable message checksumming. This is a good + # property to achieve fault-tolerance. In case of doubt, do + # not modify this value. + # + Checksum on + } + # + # You can specify more than one dedicated link. Thus, if one dedicated + # link fails, conntrackd can fail-over to another. Note that adding + # more than one dedicated link does not mean that state-updates will + # be sent to all of them. There is only one active dedicated link at + # a given moment. The `Default' keyword indicates that this interface + # will be selected as the initial dedicated link. You can have + # up to 4 redundant dedicated links. Note: Use different multicast + # groups for every redundant link. + # + # Multicast Default { + # IPv4_address 225.0.0.51 + # Group 3781 + # IPv4_interface 192.168.100.101 + # Interface eth3 + # # SndSocketBuffer 1249280 + # # RcvSocketBuffer 1249280 + # Checksum on + # } + + # + # You can use Unicast UDP instead of Multicast to propagate events. + # Note that you cannot use unicast UDP and Multicast at the same + # time, you can only select one. + # + # UDP { + # + # UDP address that this firewall uses to listen to events. + # + # IPv4_address 192.168.2.100 + # + # or you may want to use an IPv6 address: + # + # IPv6_address fe80::215:58ff:fe28:5a27 + + # + # Destination UDP address that receives events, ie. the other + # firewall's dedicated link address. + # + # IPv4_Destination_Address 192.168.2.101 + # + # or you may want to use an IPv6 address: + # + # IPv6_Destination_Address fe80::2d0:59ff:fe2a:775c + + # + # UDP port used + # + # Port 3780 + + # + # The name of the interface that you are going to use to + # send the synchronization messages. + # + # Interface eth2 + + # + # The sender socket buffer size + # + # SndSocketBuffer 1249280 + + # + # The receiver socket buffer size + # + # RcvSocketBuffer 1249280 + + # + # Enable/Disable message checksumming. + # + # Checksum on + # } +} + +# +# General settings +# +General { + # + # Set the nice value of the daemon, this value goes from -20 + # (most favorable scheduling) to 19 (least favorable). Using a + # very low value reduces the chances to lose state-change events. + # Default is 0 but this example file sets it to most favourable + # scheduling as this is generally a good idea. See man nice(1) for + # more information. + # + Nice -20 + + # + # Select a different scheduler for the daemon, you can select between + # RR and FIFO and the process priority (minimum is 0, maximum is 99). + # See man sched_setscheduler(2) for more information. Using a RT + # scheduler reduces the chances to overrun the Netlink buffer. + # + # Scheduler { + # Type FIFO + # Priority 99 + # } + + # + # Number of buckets in the cache hashtable. The bigger it is, + # the closer it gets to O(1) at the cost of consuming more memory. + # Read some documents about tuning hashtables for further reference. + # + HashSize 32768 + + # + # Maximum number of conntracks, it should be double of: + # $ cat /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_max + # since the daemon may keep some dead entries cached for possible + # retransmission during state synchronization. + # + HashLimit 131072 + + # + # Logfile: on (/var/log/conntrackd.log), off, or a filename + # Default: off + # + LogFile on + + # + # Syslog: on, off or a facility name (daemon (default) or local0..7) + # Default: off + # + #Syslog on + + # + # Lockfile + # + LockFile /var/lock/conntrack.lock + + # + # Unix socket configuration + # + UNIX { + Path /var/run/conntrackd.ctl + Backlog 20 + } + + # + # Netlink event socket buffer size. If you do not specify this clause, + # the default buffer size value in /proc/net/core/rmem_default is + # used. This default value is usually around 100 Kbytes which is + # fairly small for busy firewalls. This leads to event message dropping + # and high CPU consumption. This example configuration file sets the + # size to 2 MBytes to avoid this sort of problems. + # + NetlinkBufferSize 2097152 + + # + # The daemon doubles the size of the netlink event socket buffer size + # if it detects netlink event message dropping. This clause sets the + # maximum buffer size growth that can be reached. This example file + # sets the size to 8 MBytes. + # + NetlinkBufferSizeMaxGrowth 8388608 + + # + # If the daemon detects that Netlink is dropping state-change events, + # it automatically schedules a resynchronization against the Kernel + # after 30 seconds (default value). Resynchronizations are expensive + # in terms of CPU consumption since the daemon has to get the full + # kernel state-table and purge state-entries that do not exist anymore. + # Be careful of setting a very small value here. You have the following + # choices: On (enabled, use default 30 seconds value), Off (disabled) + # or Value (in seconds, to set a specific amount of time). If not + # specified, the daemon assumes that this option is enabled. + # + # NetlinkOverrunResync On + + # If you want reliable event reporting over Netlink, set on this + # option. If you set on this clause, it is a good idea to set off + # NetlinkOverrunResync. This option is off by default and you need + # a Linux kernel >= 2.6.31. + # + # NetlinkEventsReliable Off + + # + # By default, the daemon receives state updates following an + # event-driven model. You can modify this behaviour by switching to + # polling mode with the PollSecs clause. This clause tells conntrackd + # to dump the states in the kernel every N seconds. With regards to + # synchronization mode, the polling mode can only guarantee that + # long-lifetime states are recovered. The main advantage of this method + # is the reduction in the state replication at the cost of reducing the + # chances of recovering connections. + # + # PollSecs 15 + + # + # The daemon prioritizes the handling of state-change events coming + # from the core. With this clause, you can set the maximum number of + # state-change events (those coming from kernel-space) that the daemon + # will handle after which it will handle other events coming from the + # network or userspace. A low value improves interactivity (in terms of + # real-time behaviour) at the cost of extra CPU consumption. + # Default (if not set) is 100. + # + # EventIterationLimit 100 + + # + # Event filtering: This clause allows you to filter certain traffic, + # There are currently three filter-sets: Protocol, Address and + # State. The filter is attached to an action that can be: Accept or + # Ignore. Thus, you can define the event filtering policy of the + # filter-sets in positive or negative logic depending on your needs. + # You can select if conntrackd filters the event messages from + # user-space or kernel-space. The kernel-space event filtering + # saves some CPU cycles by avoiding the copy of the event message + # from kernel-space to user-space. The kernel-space event filtering + # is prefered, however, you require a Linux kernel >= 2.6.29 to + # filter from kernel-space. If you want to select kernel-space + # event filtering, use the keyword 'Kernelspace' instead of + # 'Userspace'. + # + Filter From Userspace { + # + # Accept only certain protocols: You may want to replicate + # the state of flows depending on their layer 4 protocol. + # + Protocol Accept { + TCP + SCTP + DCCP + # ICMP # This requires a Linux kernel >= 2.6.31 + } + + # + # Ignore traffic for a certain set of IP's: Usually all the + # IP assigned to the firewall since local traffic must be + # ignored, only forwarded connections are worth to replicate. + # Note that these values depends on the local IPs that are + # assigned to the firewall. + # + Address Ignore { + IPv4_address 127.0.0.1 # loopback + IPv4_address 192.168.0.100 # virtual IP 1 + IPv4_address 192.168.1.100 # virtual IP 2 + IPv4_address 192.168.0.1 + IPv4_address 192.168.1.1 + IPv4_address 192.168.100.100 # dedicated link ip + # + # You can also specify networks in format IP/cidr. + # IPv4_address 192.168.0.0/24 + # + # You can also specify an IPv6 address + # IPv6_address ::1 + } + + # + # Uncomment this line below if you want to filter by flow state. + # This option introduces a trade-off in the replication: it + # reduces CPU consumption at the cost of having lazy backup + # firewall replicas. The existing TCP states are: SYN_SENT, + # SYN_RECV, ESTABLISHED, FIN_WAIT, CLOSE_WAIT, LAST_ACK, + # TIME_WAIT, CLOSED, LISTEN. + # + # State Accept { + # ESTABLISHED CLOSED TIME_WAIT CLOSE_WAIT for TCP + # } + } +} |