--- # definitions are just a place to put chunks of conf you want to reuse in another place # using YAML anchors `&name` and pointers `*name` # definitions are not readed by reaction definitions: - &iptablesban [ "ip46tables", "-w", "-A", "reaction", "1", "-s", "", "-j", "DROP" ] - &iptablesunban [ "ip46tables", "-w", "-D", "reaction", "1", "-s", "", "-j", "DROP" ] # ip46tables is a minimal C program (only POSIX dependencies) present as a subdirectory. # it permits to handle both ipv4/iptables and ipv6/ip6tables commands # patterns are substitued in regexes. # when a filter performs an action, it replaces the found pattern patterns: ip: # reaction regex syntax is defined here: https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax regex: '(?:(?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3})|(?:[0-9a-fA-F:]{2,90})' ignore: - 127.0.0.1 - ::1 # Those commands will be executed in order at start, before everything else start: - [ "ip46tables", "-w", "-N", "reaction" ] - [ "ip46tables", "-w", "-A", "reaction", "-j", "ACCEPT" ] - [ "ip46tables", "-w", "-I", "reaction", "1", "-s", "127.0.0.1", "-j", "ACCEPT" ] - [ "ip46tables", "-w", "-I", "INPUT", "-p", "all", "-j", "reaction" ] # Those commands will be executed in order at stop, after everything else stop: - [ "ip46tables", "-w,", "-D", "INPUT", "-p", "all", "-j", "reaction" ] - [ "ip46tables", "-w", "-F", "reaction" ] - [ "ip46tables", "-w", "-X", "reaction" ] # streams are commands # they're run and their ouptut is captured # *example:* `tail -f /var/log/nginx/access.log` # their output will be used by one or more filters streams: # streams have a user-defined name ssh: # note that if the command is not in environment's `PATH` # its full path must be given. cmd: [ "journalctl", "-n0", "-fu", "sshd.service" ] # filters run actions when they match regexes on a stream filters: # filters have a user-defined name failedlogin: # reaction's regex syntax is defined here: https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax regex: # is predefined in the patterns section # ip's regex is inserted in the following regex - authentication failure;.*rhost= # if retry and retryperiod are defined, # the actions will only take place if a same pattern is # found `retry` times in a `retryperiod` interval retry: 3 # format is defined here: https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration retryperiod: 6h # actions are run by the filter when regexes are matched actions: # actions have a user-defined name ban: # YAML substitutes *reference by the value anchored at &reference cmd: *iptablesban unban: cmd: *iptablesunban # if after is defined, the action will not take place immediately, but after a specified duration # same format as retryperiod after: 48h # let's say reaction is quitting. does it run all those pending commands which had an `after` duration set? # if you want reaction to run those pending commands before exiting, you can set this: onexit: true # (defaults to false) # here it is not useful because we will flush the chain containing the bans anyway # (see /conf/reaction.service) # persistence # tldr; when an `after` action is set in a filter, such filter acts as a 'jail', # which is persisted after reboots. # # when a filter is triggered, there are 2 flows: # # if none of its actions have an `after` directive set: # no action will be replayed. # # else (if at least one action has an `after` directive set): # if reaction stops while `after` actions are pending: # and reaction starts again while those actions would still be pending: # reaction executes the past actions (actions without after or with then+after < now) # and plans the execution of future actions (actions with then+after > now)