Cannot setup iptables

[amanzone]

I start the gateway with docker compose:

  gateway: 
    image: ghcr.io/defguard/gateway:${GATEWAY_IMAGE_TAG:-latest} 
    command: ["-i", "wg1"]
    restart: unless-stopped
    network_mode: "host"
#    user: 1001:1001
    environment: 
      DEFGUARD_GRPC_URL: https://defguard.home.com:50055
      DEFGUARD_GRPC_CA: /ssl/defguard-ca.pem 
      DEFGUARD_STATS_PERIOD: 30 
      DEFGUARD_TOKEN: ${DEFGUARD_TOKEN} 
      POST_UP: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.11.0.0/24 -o enp0s3 -j MASQUERADE; iptables -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 33003 -j ACCEPT; iptables -A FORWARD -i wg1 -j ACCEPT; iptables -A FORWARD -o wg1 -j ACCEPT;
      POST_DOWN: iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -s 10.11.0.0/24 -o enp0s3 -j MASQUERADE; iptables -D INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 33003 -j ACCEPT; iptables -D FORWARD -i wg1 -j ACCEPT; iptables -D FORWARD -o wg1 -j ACCEPT;
    ports:
      # wireguard port
      - "33003:33003"    
    volumes: 
  # SSL setup guide: https://defguard.gitbook.io/defguard/features/setting-up-your-instance/docker-compose#ssl-setup
      - ${VOLUME_DIR:-./.volumes}/ssl:/ssl 
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN

This generates an error in the gateway log due to the fact that iptables is not installed in the container. Of course I can remove the POST_UP environment variable, so the container starts fine, but I do not have rules set...

[teon]

@t-aleksander we need to add iptables and ebtables in the docker file.

[amanzone]

Unfortunately I don't think it's just an issue of missing the iptables package.

I have changed my docker compose as follows:

  gateway: 
    #image: ghcr.io/defguard/gateway:${GATEWAY_IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
    build:
      dockerfile: ../../dockerfile/defguard/Dockerfile
    command: ["-i", "wg1"]
    restart: unless-stopped
    network_mode: "host"
#    user: 1001:1001
    environment: 
      DEFGUARD_GRPC_URL: https://defguard.home.com:50055
      DEFGUARD_GRPC_CA: /ssl/defguard-ca.pem 
      DEFGUARD_STATS_PERIOD: 30 
      #DEFGUARD_TOKEN: ${DEFGUARD_TOKEN} 
      DEFGUARD_TOKEN: eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJEZWZHdWFyZCIsInN1YiI6IkRFRkdVQVJELU5FVFdPUkstMSIsImNsaWVudF9pZCI6IjEiLCJleHAiOjYwMjM4NTg2NjYsIm5iZiI6MTcyODg5MTM3MX0.GG11-s7MgIJ1hVk7jATFCyjaYUGF_s3Wpa9j9s2E-m0
      #PRE_UP: sudo /usr/bin/apt-get update; sudo /usr/bin/apt-get install -y iptables;
      POST_UP: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.11.0.0/24 -o ens3 -j MASQUERADE; iptables -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 33003 -j ACCEPT; iptables -A FORWARD -i wg1 -j ACCEPT; iptables -A FORWARD -o wg1 -j ACCEPT;
      POST_DOWN: iptables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -s 10.11.0.0/24 -o ens3 -j MASQUERADE; iptables -D INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 33003 -j ACCEPT; iptables -D FORWARD -i wg1 -j ACCEPT; iptables -D FORWARD -o wg1 -j ACCEPT;
    ports:
      # wireguard port
      - "33003:33003"    
    volumes: 
  # SSL setup guide: https://defguard.gitbook.io/defguard/features/setting-up-your-instance/docker-compose#ssl-setup
      - ${VOLUME_DIR:-./.volumes}/ssl:/ssl 
    cap_add:
      - NET_ADMIN

And a Dockerfile to install the iptables package:

FROM ghcr.io/defguard/gateway:latest
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y iptables

That is working well, now the container has the package installed but, still, it errors out at startup trying to run the post_up commands.

Here is the logfile:

[2024-10-14T17:11:16Z INFO  defguard_gateway::gateway] Reconfigured WireGuard interface Manz-Casa (address: 10.11.0.1/24)
[2024-10-14T17:11:16Z INFO  defguard_gateway::gateway] Stats thread spawned.
[2024-10-14T17:11:16Z INFO  defguard_gateway::gateway] Connected to defguard gRPC endpoint: https://defguard.home.com:50055
[2024-10-14T17:11:16Z ERROR defguard_gateway] Error executing command. Stderr:
    Bad argument `iptables'
    Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.

The command it tries to run would be: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.11.0.0/24 -o ens3 -j MASQUERADE; iptables -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 33003 -j ACCEPT; iptables -A FORWARD -i wg1 -j ACCEPT; iptables -A FORWARD -o wg1 -j ACCEPT;

which of course runs without issues if I run it from the container shell...

[t-aleksander]

@amanzone we've added iptables to the docker image, it will be available in the next pre-release (and dev builds, but those may be more unstable) of the gateway. As for your post_up/post_down commands, put it in a shell script and execute it that way.

I'm closing this for now, but feel free to reopen if something else comes up.