nfmask, ctmask, restore_mark support + firewallchain loop fix #1234
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Summary
We have been using our custom version of puppetlabs-firewall for some time because we need the nfmask, ctmask and restore_mark flags for policy based routing.
While upgrading to the latest puppetlabs-firewall, I ran into an infinite loop, creating chains all of a sudden.
As per the docs, I've written this Puppet code:
Because iptables-save doesn't always show chains like *nat or *mangle if they haven't been interacted with, the
get
function will not return those and puppetlabs-firewall will try to create the chains. However, this won't do anything and the infinite loop starts.I have 'solved' it by creating those chains manually for now and only adding them if the already existing code didn't find them.
I have verified that these changes solve my issue and that nfmask, ctmask and restore_mark work.
Because this actually is an issue that I imagine others will run into, I decided to create the PR, regardless of code quality, lack of context and knowledge.
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