Manual: ebtables-nft-restore

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NAME
       xtables-nft — iptables using nftables kernel api

DESCRIPTION
       xtables-nft  are	 versions of iptables that use the nftables API.  This is a set of tools to help the system adminis‐
       trator migrate the ruleset from iptables(8), ip6tables(8), arptables(8), and ebtables(8) to nftables(8).

       The xtables-nft set is composed of several commands:

       • iptables-nft

       • iptables-nft-save

       • iptables-nft-restore

       • ip6tables-nft

       • ip6tables-nft-save

       • ip6tables-nft-restore

       • arptables-nft

       • ebtables-nft

	 These tools use the libxtables framework extensions and hook to the nf_tables kernel subsystem using the nft_compat
	 module.

USAGE
       The xtables-nft tools allow you to manage the nf_tables backend using the native syntax of iptables(8), ip6tables(8),
       arptables(8), and ebtables(8).

       You should use the xtables-nft tools exactly the same way as you would use the corresponding original tools.

       Adding a rule will result in that rule being added to the nf_tables kernel subsystem instead.   Listing	the  ruleset
       will use the nf_tables backend as well.

       When  these  tools  were	 designed, the main idea was to replace each legacy binary with a symlink to the xtables-nft
       program, for example:

	    /sbin/iptables -> /usr/sbin/iptables-nft-multi
	    /sbin/ip6tables -> /usr/sbin/ip6tables-nft-multi
	    /sbin/arptables -> /usr/sbin/arptables-nft-multi
	    /sbin/ebtables -> /usr/sbin/ebtables-nft-multi

       The iptables version string will indicate whether the legacy API (get/setsockopt) or the new nf_tables api is used:
	    iptables -V
	    iptables v1.7 (nf_tables)

DIFFERENCES TO LEGACY IPTABLES
       Because the xtables-nft tools use the nf_tables kernel API, rule additions and deletions are always  atomic.   Unlike
       iptables-legacy,	 iptables-nft  -A  ..  will NOT need to retrieve the current ruleset from the kernel, change it, and
       re-load the altered ruleset.  Instead, iptables-nft will tell the kernel to add one rule.  For this reason, the ipta‐
       bles-legacy --wait option is a no-op in iptables-nft.

       Use of the xtables-nft tools allow monitoring ruleset changes using the xtables-monitor(8) command.

       When using -j TRACE to debug packet traversal to the ruleset, note that you will need to	 use  xtables-monitor(8)  in
       --trace mode to obtain monitoring trace events.

EXAMPLES
       One basic example is creating the skeleton ruleset in nf_tables from the xtables-nft tools, in a fresh machine:

	    root@machine:~# iptables-nft -L
	    [...]
	    root@machine:~# ip6tables-nft -L
	    [...]
	    root@machine:~# arptables-nft -L
	    [...]
	    root@machine:~# ebtables-nft -L
	    [...]
	    root@machine:~# nft list ruleset
	    table ip filter {
		 chain INPUT {
		      type filter hook input priority 0; policy accept;
		 }

		 chain FORWARD {
		      type filter hook forward priority 0; policy accept;
		 }

		 chain OUTPUT {
		      type filter hook output priority 0; policy accept;
		 }
	    }
	    table ip6 filter {
		 chain INPUT {
		      type filter hook input priority 0; policy accept;
		 }

		 chain FORWARD {
		      type filter hook forward priority 0; policy accept;
		 }

		 chain OUTPUT {
		      type filter hook output priority 0; policy accept;
		 }
	    }
	    table bridge filter {
		 chain INPUT {
		      type filter hook input priority -200; policy accept;
		 }

		 chain FORWARD {
		      type filter hook forward priority -200; policy accept;
		 }

		 chain OUTPUT {
		      type filter hook output priority -200; policy accept;
		 }
	    }
	    table arp filter {
		 chain INPUT {
		      type filter hook input priority 0; policy accept;
		 }

		 chain FORWARD {
		      type filter hook forward priority 0; policy accept;
		 }

		 chain OUTPUT {
		      type filter hook output priority 0; policy accept;
		 }
	    }

       (please note that in fresh machines, listing the ruleset for the first time results in all tables an chain being cre‐
       ated).

       To migrate your complete filter ruleset, in the case of iptables(8), you would use:

	    root@machine:~# iptables-legacy-save > myruleset # reads from x_tables
	    root@machine:~# iptables-nft-restore myruleset   # writes to nf_tables
       or
	    root@machine:~# iptables-legacy-save | iptables-translate-restore | less

       to see how rules would look like in the nft nft(8) syntax.

LIMITATIONS
       You should use Linux kernel >= 4.17.

       The CLUSTERIP target is not supported.

       To get up-to-date information about this, please head to http://wiki.nftables.org/.

SEE ALSO
       nft(8), xtables-translate(8), xtables-monitor(8)

AUTHORS
       The nftables framework is written by the Netfilter project (https://www.netfilter.org).

       This  manual  page was written by Arturo Borrero Gonzalez  for the Debian project, but may be used
       by others.

       This documentation is free/libre under the terms of the GPLv2+.

							  June 2018					      XTABLES-NFT(8)