tesserarius

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Description

Basic iptables manipulation in nodejs.

Disclaimer

For now, tesserarius shells out when manipulating iptables rules. This will change in the future.

Author

ContainerShip Developers - [email protected]

Getting Started

Installation

npm install tesserarius --save

Examples

####Instantiation Instantiate a new tesserarius object.

const Tesserarius = require("tesserarius");
const tesserarius = new Tesserarius();

Creating a Chain

Creates a new chain with the given name

tesserarius.create_chain('MyChain', (err) => {
    if(err) {
        throw err;
    }
});

Set Chain Policy

Sets the policy of a given chain

tesserarius.set_policy('MyChain', 'DROP', (err) => {
    if(err) {
        throw err;
    }
});

Add Rule to Chain

Adds a rule with the given specifications to the chain if it does not already exist

const rule = {
    interface: 'eth0',
    policy: 'ACCEPT',
    protocol: 'tcp',
    destination_port: 22,
    source: '10.0.10.0/24'
}

tesserarius.add_rule('MyChain', rule, (err) => {
    if(err) {
        throw err;
    }
});

Remove Rule from Chain

Removes a rule with the given specifications from the chain if it exists

const rule = {
    interface: 'eth0',
    policy: 'ACCEPT',
    protocol: 'tcp',
    destination_port: 22,
    source: '10.0.10.0/24'
}

tesserarius.delete_rule('MyChain', rule, (err) => {
    if(err) {
        throw err;
    }
});

Set Chain Rules

Resets the chain rules to the given rules

const rules = [
    {
        interface: 'eth0',
        policy: 'ACCEPT',
        protocol: 'tcp',
        destination_port: 22,
        source: '10.0.10.0/24'
    },
    {
        interface: 'eth0',
        policy: 'ACCEPT',
        protocol: 'tcp',
        destination_port: 22,
        source: '10.0.12.0/24'
    }
]

tesserarius.set_rules('MyChain', rules, (err) => {
    if(err) {
        throw err;
    }
});

Get Chain Rules

Returns an array of the given chain's rules

tesserarius.get_rules('MyChain', (err, rules) => {
    if(err) {
        throw err;
    }

    console.log(rules);
});

Flush

Flushes a given chain, or all chains if chain is omitted

tesserarius.flush('MyChain', (err) => {
    if(err) {
        throw err;
    }
});

Contributing

Pull requests and issues are encouraged!