From 2886694a77ad37d64b2ef5b2d181fa046dab4055 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Egor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 20:21:18 +0200
Subject: firewall: don't put invalid rules in /etc/iptables/

---
 roles/firewall/tasks/file.yml | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 roles/firewall/tasks/main.yml | 30 ++++-------------------------
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 roles/firewall/tasks/file.yml

(limited to 'roles/firewall')

diff --git a/roles/firewall/tasks/file.yml b/roles/firewall/tasks/file.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a703d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/firewall/tasks/file.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+- name: Create a temporary file
+  ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+  register: rules_file
+
+- name: Configure rules in a temporary file
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: '{{ item.src }}'
+    dest: '{{ rules_file.path }}'
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '640'
+
+- name: Print temporary file path
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: 'Temporary rules file: {{ rules_file.path }}'
+
+# If I simply restart the netfilter-persistent service, it happily restarts,
+# effectively ignoring errors in files. That way the operator doesn't get
+# feedback if the rules file is malformed.
+- name: Check that the rules are valid
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    argv:
+      - '/usr/sbin/{{ item.tool }}-restore'
+      - --test
+      - '{{ rules_file.path }}'
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Copy rules to /etc/iptables
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    remote_src: true
+    src: '{{ rules_file.path }}'
+    dest: '{{ item.dest }}'
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '640'
+  notify: Reboot
+
+- name: Remove temporary file
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: '{{ rules_file.path }}'
+    state: absent
diff --git a/roles/firewall/tasks/main.yml b/roles/firewall/tasks/main.yml
index 787701c..95d02d3 100644
--- a/roles/firewall/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/firewall/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,33 +5,11 @@
     name: iptables-persistent
     state: present
 
-- name: Configure rules
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: '{{ item.src }}'
-    dest: '{{ item.dest }}'
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: '640'
-  loop:
-    - {src: rules.v4, dest: /etc/iptables/rules.v4}
-    - {src: rules.v6, dest: /etc/iptables/rules.v6}
-  notify: Reboot
-
-# If I simply restart the netfilter-persistent service, it happily restarts,
-# effectively ignoring errors in files. That way the operator doesn't get
-# feedback if the rules file is malformed.
-- name: Check that the rule files are valid
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.command:
-    argv:
-      - '/usr/sbin/{{ item.iptables }}-restore'
-      - --test
-      - '{{ item.dest }}'
-  changed_when: false
+- name: Configure rule files
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: file.yml
   loop:
-    - {iptables: iptables,  dest: /etc/iptables/rules.v4}
-    - {iptables: ip6tables, dest: /etc/iptables/rules.v6}
+    - {src: rules.v4, dest: /etc/iptables/rules.v4, tool: iptables}
+    - {src: rules.v6, dest: /etc/iptables/rules.v6, tool: ip6tables}
 
 - name: Reboot if necessary
   ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
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