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| author | Yuriy Andamasov <yuriy@vyos.io> | 2026-05-06 20:42:32 +0300 |
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| committer | Yuriy Andamasov <yuriy@vyos.io> | 2026-05-06 20:42:32 +0300 |
| commit | 5d6fa52b8985f8068314aba26878a1d7d5cb84e5 (patch) | |
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feat: flip swap mechanism — MD as primary, RST as override (Phase 1)
This is the first of three phases inverting the per-page swap mechanism
so MD becomes the canonical primary and RST becomes the rare override.
Phase 1 — file renames + conf.py exclude_patterns flip only:
- Rename docs/**/md-<stem>.md to docs/**/<stem>.md (drop md- prefix)
for all 254 stems previously listed in docs/_swap.txt
- Rename docs/**/<stem>.rst to docs/**/rst-<stem>.rst (add rst- prefix)
for the same 254 stems
- Repurpose docs/_swap.txt as docs/_rst_overrides.txt; initially empty
comment-only since no pages need the RST fallback right now
- conf.py exclude_patterns flipped: rst-*.rst is now excluded by default
instead of md-*.md
- conf.py runtime-artifact references updated to _rst_override_state.json
and _md_exclude.txt (Phase 2 will rewrite swap_sources.py to produce
these names; for now no swap script runs because overrides list is empty)
Phase 2 (next commit on this branch) will rewrite scripts/swap_sources.py
with inverted rename direction, delete scripts/import_myst.py + tests, and
update tests/test_swap_sources.py for the new semantics.
Phase 3 will be the cleanup pass and ready-for-review flip.
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diff --git a/docs/configexamples/zone-policy.md b/docs/configexamples/zone-policy.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2cd773a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/configexamples/zone-policy.md @@ -0,0 +1,417 @@ +--- +lastproofread: '2024-06-14' +--- + +(examples-zone-policy)= + +# Zone-Policy example + +:::{note} +In {vytask}`T2199` the syntax of the zone configuration was changed. +The zone configuration moved from `zone-policy zone <name>` to `firewall +zone <name>`. +::: + +## Native IPv4 and IPv6 + +We have three networks. + +```none +WAN - 172.16.10.0/24, 2001:0DB8:0:9999::0/64 +LAN - 192.168.100.0/24, 2001:0DB8:0:AAAA::0/64 +DMZ - 192.168.200.0/24, 2001:0DB8:0:BBBB::0/64 +``` + +**This specific example is for a router on a stick, but is very easily +adapted for however many NICs you have**: + +- Internet - 192.168.200.100 - TCP/80 +- Internet - 192.168.200.100 - TCP/443 +- Internet - 192.168.200.100 - TCP/25 +- Internet - 192.168.200.100 - TCP/53 +- VyOS acts as DHCP, DNS forwarder, NAT, router and firewall. +- 192.168.200.200/2001:0DB8:0:BBBB::200 is an internal/external DNS, web + and mail (SMTP/IMAP) server. +- 192.168.100.10/2001:0DB8:0:AAAA::10 is the administrator's console. It + can SSH to VyOS. +- LAN and DMZ hosts have basic outbound access: Web, FTP, SSH. +- LAN can access DMZ resources. +- DMZ cannot access LAN resources. +- Inbound WAN connect to DMZ host. + +```{image} /_static/images/zone-policy-diagram.webp +:align: center +:alt: Network Topology Diagram +:width: 80% +``` + +The VyOS interface is assigned the .1/:1 address of their respective +networks. WAN is on VLAN 10, LAN on VLAN 20, and DMZ on VLAN 30. + +It will look something like this: + +```none +interfaces { + ethernet eth0 { + duplex auto + hw-id 00:53:ed:6e:2a:92 + smp_affinity auto + speed auto + vif 10 { + address 172.16.10.1/24 + address 2001:db8:0:9999::1/64 + } + vif 20 { + address 192.168.100.1/24 + address 2001:db8:0:AAAA::1/64 + } + vif 30 { + address 192.168.200.1/24 + address 2001:db8:0:BBBB::1/64 + } + } + loopback lo { + } +} +``` + + +## Zones Basics + +Each interface is assigned to a zone. The interface can be physical or +virtual such as tunnels (VPN, PPTP, GRE, etc) and are treated exactly +the same. + +Traffic flows from zone A to zone B. That flow is what I refer to as a +zone-pair-direction. eg. A->B and B->A are two zone-pair-destinations. + +Ruleset are created per zone-pair-direction. + +I name rule sets to indicate which zone-pair-direction they represent. +eg. ZoneA-ZoneB or ZoneB-ZoneA. LAN-DMZ, DMZ-LAN. + +In VyOS, you have to have unique Ruleset names. In the event of overlap, +I add a "-6" to the end of v6 rulesets. eg. LAN-DMZ, LAN-DMZ-6. This +allows for each auto-completion and uniqueness. + +In this example we have 4 zones. LAN, WAN, DMZ, Local. The local zone is +the firewall itself. + +If your computer is on the LAN and you need to SSH into your VyOS box, +you would need a rule to allow it in the LAN-Local ruleset. If you want +to access a webpage from your VyOS box, you need a rule to allow it in +the Local-LAN ruleset. + +In rules, it is good to keep them named consistently. As the number of +rules you have grows, the more consistency you have, the easier your +life will be. + +```none +Rule 1 - State Established, Related +Rule 2 - State Invalid +Rule 100 - ICMP +Rule 200 - Web +Rule 300 - FTP +Rule 400 - NTP +Rule 500 - SMTP +Rule 600 - DNS +Rule 700 - DHCP +Rule 800 - SSH +Rule 900 - IMAPS +``` + +The first two rules are to deal with the idiosyncrasies of VyOS and +iptables. + +Zones and Rulesets both have a default action statement. When using +Zone-Policies, the default action is set by the zone-policy statement +and is represented by rule 10000. + +It is good practice to log both accepted and denied traffic. It can save +you significant headaches when trying to troubleshoot a connectivity +issue. + +To add logging to the default rule, do: + +```none +set firewall name <ruleSet> default-log +``` + +By default, iptables does not allow traffic for established sessions to +return, so you must explicitly allow this. I do this by adding two rules +to every ruleset. 1 allows established and related state packets through +and rule 2 drops and logs invalid state packets. We place the +established/related rule at the top because the vast majority of traffic +on a network is established and the invalid rule to prevent invalid +state packets from mistakenly being matched against other rules. Having +the most matched rule listed first reduces CPU load in high volume +environments. Note: I have filed a bug to have this added as a default +action as well. + +''It is important to note, that you do not want to add logging to the +established state rule as you will be logging both the inbound and +outbound packets for each session instead of just the initiation of the +session. Your logs will be massive in a very short period of time.'' + +In VyOS you must have the interfaces created before you can apply it to +the zone and the rulesets must be created prior to applying it to a +zone-policy. + +I create/configure the interfaces first. Build out the rulesets for each +zone-pair-direction which includes at least the three state rules. Then +I setup the zone-policies. + +Zones do not allow for a default action of accept; either drop or +reject. It is important to remember this because if you apply an +interface to a zone and commit, any active connections will be dropped. +Specifically, if you are SSH’d into VyOS and add local or the interface +you are connecting through to a zone and do not have rulesets in place +to allow SSH and established sessions, you will not be able to connect. + +The following are the rules that were created for this example (may not +be complete), both in IPv4 and IPv6. If there is no IP specified, then +the source/destination address is not explicit. + +```none +WAN - DMZ:192.168.200.200 - tcp/80 +WAN - DMZ:192.168.200.200 - tcp/443 +WAN - DMZ:192.168.200.200 - tcp/25 +WAN - DMZ:192.168.200.200 - tcp/53 +WAN - DMZ:2001:0DB8:0:BBBB::200 - tcp/80 +WAN - DMZ:2001:0DB8:0:BBBB::200 - tcp/443 +WAN - DMZ:2001:0DB8:0:BBBB::200 - tcp/25 +WAN - DMZ:2001:0DB8:0:BBBB::200 - tcp/53 + +DMZ - Local - tcp/53 +DMZ - Local - tcp/123 +DMZ - Local - tcp/67,68 + +LAN - Local - tcp/53 +LAN - Local - tcp/123 +LAN - Local - tcp/67,68 +LAN:192.168.100.10 - Local - tcp/22 +LAN:2001:0DB8:0:AAAA::10 - Local - tcp/22 + +LAN - WAN - tcp/80 +LAN - WAN - tcp/443 +LAN - WAN - tcp/22 +LAN - WAN - tcp/20,21 + +DMZ - WAN - tcp/80 +DMZ - WAN - tcp/443 +DMZ - WAN - tcp/22 +DMZ - WAN - tcp/20,21 +DMZ - WAN - tcp/53 +DMZ - WAN - udp/53 + +Local - WAN - tcp/80 +Local - WAN - tcp/443 +Local - WAN - tcp/20,21 + +Local - DMZ - tcp/25 +Local - DMZ - tcp/67,68 +Local - DMZ - tcp/53 +Local - DMZ - udp/53 + +Local - LAN - tcp/67,68 + +LAN - DMZ - tcp/80 +LAN - DMZ - tcp/443 +LAN - DMZ - tcp/993 +LAN:2001:0DB8:0:AAAA::10 - DMZ:2001:0DB8:0:BBBB::200 - tcp/22 +LAN:192.168.100.10 - DMZ:192.168.200.200 - tcp/22 +``` + +Since we have 4 zones, we need to setup the following rulesets. + +```none +Lan-wan +Lan-local +Lan-dmz +Wan-lan +Wan-local +Wan-dmz +Local-lan +Local-wan +Local-dmz +Dmz-lan +Dmz-wan +Dmz-local +``` + +Even if the two zones will never communicate, it is a good idea to +create the zone-pair-direction rulesets and set default-log. This +will allow you to log attempts to access the networks. Without it, you +will never see the connection attempts. + +This is an example of the three base rules. + +```none +name wan-lan { + default-action drop + default-log + rule 1 { + action accept + state { + established enable + related enable + } + } + rule 2 { + action drop + log enable + state { + invalid enable + } + } +} +``` + +Here is an example of an IPv6 DMZ-WAN ruleset. + +```none +ipv6-name dmz-wan-6 { + default-action drop + default-log + rule 1 { + action accept + state { + established enable + related enable + } + } + rule 2 { + action drop + log enable + state { + invalid enable + } + } + rule 100 { + action accept + log enable + protocol ipv6-icmp + } + rule 200 { + action accept + destination { + port 80,443 + } + log enable + protocol tcp + } + rule 300 { + action accept + destination { + port 20,21 + } + log enable + protocol tcp + } + rule 500 { + action accept + destination { + port 25 + } + log enable + protocol tcp + source { + address 2001:db8:0:BBBB::200 + } + } + rule 600 { + action accept + destination { + port 53 + } + log enable + protocol tcp_udp + source { + address 2001:db8:0:BBBB::200 + } + } + rule 800 { + action accept + destination { + port 22 + } + log enable + protocol tcp + } +} +``` + +Once you have all of your rulesets built, then you need to create your +zone-policy. + +Start by setting the interface and default action for each zone. + +```none +set firewall zone dmz default-action drop +set firewall zone dmz interface eth0.30 +``` + +In this case, we are setting the v6 ruleset that represents traffic +sourced from the LAN, destined for the DMZ. Because the zone-policy +firewall syntax is a little awkward, I keep it straight by thinking of +it backwards. + +```none +set firewall zone dmz from lan firewall ipv6-name lan-dmz-6 +``` + +DMZ-LAN policy is LAN-DMZ. You can get a rhythm to it when you build out +a bunch at one time. + +In the end, you will end up with something like this config. I took out +everything but the Firewall, Interfaces, and zone-policy sections. It is +long enough as is. + +## IPv6 Tunnel + +If you are using a IPv6 tunnel from HE.net or someone else, the basis is +the same except you have two WAN interfaces. One for v4 and one for v6. + +You would have 5 zones instead of just 4 and you would configure your v6 +ruleset between your tunnel interface and your LAN/DMZ zones instead of +to the WAN. + +LAN, WAN, DMZ, local and TUN (tunnel) + +v6 pairs would be: + +```none +lan-tun +lan-local +lan-dmz +tun-lan +tun-local +tun-dmz +local-lan +local-tun +local-dmz +dmz-lan +dmz-tun +dmz-local +``` + +Notice, none go to WAN since WAN wouldn't have a v6 address on it. + +You would have to add a couple of rules on your wan-local ruleset to +allow protocol 41 in. + +Something like: + +```none +rule 400 { + action accept + destination { + address 172.16.10.1 + } + log enable + protocol 41 + source { + address ip.of.tunnel.broker + } +} +``` |
