Overview

This role configures router functionality on Alpine Linux.

Supported Operating Systems

Operating System	Version
Alpine	3.23

Tags

Tag	Purpose
full	Execute all tasks
routing	Configure routing and iptables
firewall	Configure firewall rules
performance	Configure performance tuning

Role Variables

Interfaces

wan_interface: "eth0"
lan_interface: "eth1"

Static Routes

static_routes:

  - name: "route to internal network 10.0.0.0/8 via 192.168.1.1"
    destination: "10.0.0.0/8"
    gateway: "192.168.1.1"

  - name: "route to dmz with custom metric"
    destination: "172.16.0.0/12"
    gateway: "192.168.1.254"
    metric: 100

  - name: "route with specific interface"
    destination: "192.168.100.0/24"
    gateway: "192.168.1.1"
    interface: "eth1"

Incoming Firewall Rules

incoming_firewall_rules:

  - name: "allow ssh from lan"
    source: "192.168.1.0/24"
    protocol: "tcp"
    port: 22

  - name: "allow https from lan"
    source: "192.168.1.0/24"
    protocol: "tcp"
    port: 443

  - name: "allow dns from lan"
    source: "192.168.1.0/24"
    protocol: "udp"
    port: 53

  - name: "allow ping from lan"
    source: "192.168.1.0/24"
    protocol: "icmp"
    port: 0

NAT Port Forwards

nat_port_forwards:

  - name: "forward http to web server"
    dst: "192.168.1.10"
    port: 80
    protocol: "tcp"

  - name: "forward https to web server"
    dst: "192.168.1.10"
    port: 443
    protocol: "tcp"

  - name: "forward ssh to internal server"
    dst: "192.168.1.20"
    port: 2222
    protocol: "tcp"