Linode Firewall Autoupdater

The Linode firewall uses an allowlist to prevent unwanted traffic on my server. This script is to update the allowlist in the Linode firewall automatically and runs its job every 5 minutes in the Docker container.

Setup

Running Locally

1. Download repo
   • git clone https://github.com/littlehoushontheprairie/linode-firewall-autoupdater.git
   • git checkout develop
   • git pull
   • cd linode-firewall-autoupdater
2. Export environment variables
3. Run
   • python3 linode_firewall_autoupdater.py

Building and Running as Container from Source

1. Download repo
   • git checkout develop
   • git pull
   • cd linode-firewall-autoupdater
2. Export environment variables
3. run docker-compose
   • docker-compose up --build -d

Running Container from GitHub Docker Registry (using Terminal)

1. Download latest container
   • docker pull ghcr.io/littlehoushontheprairie/linode-firewall-autoupdater:latest
2. Run container

   • docker run --restart=always -d --network host \
     --name linode_firewall_autoupdater \
     -e TZ="America/Los_Angeles" \
     -e LINODE_TOKEN="8f5cd6729h0v5d247vc190ddcs4l2b"
     -e LINODE_FIREWALL_ID="12345"
     -e LINODE_LABEL_NAME="home"
     -e FROM_EMAIL="from@example.com" \
     -e TO_EMAIL="to@example.com" \
     -e SMTP_HOST="smtp.example.com" \
     -e SMTP_USER="laura@example.com" \
     -e SMTP_PASSWORD="8f5cd6729h0v5d247vc190ddcs4l2a" \
     -e PROXY_URL="proxy.example.com" \
     ghcr.io/littlehoushontheprairie/linode-firewall-autoupdater:latest
     

Running Container from GitHub Docker Registry (using docker-compose)

1. Create docker-compose.yml file

2. Add content.

   • version: "3.5"
     
     services:
       linode_firewall_autoupdater:
         container_name: linode_firewall_autoupdater
         image: ghcr.io/littlehoushontheprairie/linode-firewall-autoupdater:latest
         restart: always
         network_mode: host
         environment:
           TZ: America/Los_Angeles
           LINODE_TOKEN: "${LINODE_TOKEN}"
           LINODE_FIREWALL_ID: "${LINODE_FIREWALL_ID}"
           LINODE_LABEL_NAME: "${LINODE_LABEL_NAME}"
           FROM_EMAIL: "${FROM_EMAIL}"
           TO_EMAIL: "${TO_EMAIL}"
           SMTP_HOST: "${SMTP_HOST}"
           SMTP_USER: "${SMTP_USER}"
           SMTP_PASSWORD: "${SMTP_PASSWORD}"
           PROXY_URL: "${PROXY_URL}"
     

3. Export environment variables

4. Run docker-compose up -d

Email Templates

The script reads in email templates everytime it is ran. You can customize the templates located in the templates folder. They are read in as HTML files and are injected at runtime with the information.

Structure

• error.html - Error Template
• index.html - Main Template

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Example	Needed by
FROM_NAME	false	Linode Firewall Autoupdater	Linode Firewall Autoupdater	SMTP Server (send email from)
FROM_EMAIL	true	---	from@example.com	SMTP Server (send email from)
TO_NAME	false		Laura	SMTP Server (send email to)
TO_EMAIL	true	---	to@example.com	SMTP Server (send email to)
PROXY_URL	true	---	nginx.example.com	Template
SMTP_HOST	true	---	smtp.example.com	SMTP Server
SMTP_PORT	false	465	465	SMTP Server
SMTP_USER	true	---	laura@example.com	SMTP Server
SMTP_PASSWORD	true	---	8f5cd6729h0v5d247vc190ddcs4l2a	SMTP Server

NOTE: For security purposes, it is strong recommended that you use a generated API passwords.