[feature request] UFW export/import function
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ufw |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Hello, is it possible to implement an export/import feature into UFW? This would increase the user friendliness of the program for people that are less handy with linux and firewalls. I also read the manpage of UFW but couldn't find where the configuration files are located, I had to go to stackoverflow to find the answer.
A use case would be, user installs ufw and adds rules(e.g. 80, 8080, 443, 22, 3306), user exports the firewall configuration to a desired folder (ufw export ./firewall rules/export 28-01-2020.log), user logs in to second device with ufw installed and runs ufw import /firewall rules/export 28-01-2020.log.
the "Export" feature is simply a command that copies the correct configuration files(even if ufw changes the location of the file) to a desired location, that way users don't have to dig into the filesystem to find the configuration files of ufw.
| affects: | ufw (Ubuntu) → ufw |
| Changed in ufw: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in ufw: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
This is technically possible for simple cases, but error prone when people modify the before/after.rules files directly. If the two systems have the same version of ufw installed, one can:
$ sudo tar -zcvf ./ufw-backup.tar.gz /etc/default/ufw /etc/ufw
Then on the remote system:
$ sudo ufw disable
$ sudo tar -C / -zxvpf ./ufw-backup.tar.gz
$ sudo ufw enable