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57_WolveandClaude Opus 5 339c62a1b0 fix(firewall): skip the host firewall on Proxmox
Proxmox VE and Proxmox Mail Gateway are Debian, so os_detect classified them as
debian and harden-firewall.sh installed the iptables backend on top of
pve-firewall.

The conflict is not the obvious one. pve-firewall does NOT delete third-party
rules: it restores with `iptables-restore -n` (--noflush), only ever flushes
chains matching its own patterns (PVEFW-*, tapNiM-*, vethNiM-*, fwbrN-*,
GROUP-*), appends `-A INPUT -j PVEFW-INPUT` only when that hook is missing, and
never sets a built-in chain's policy. Our rules survive it. We are the ones
doing damage:

- `-P INPUT DROP` is ours alone, and PVEFW-HOST-IN RETURNs on accept rather than
  ACCEPTing (it still has to check tap rules), so traffic Proxmox explicitly
  allowed falls out of its chain onto our DROP -- we silently override the
  platform's own accepts.
- netfilter-persistent restores at boot with a full iptables-restore (no
  --noflush), wiping PVE's hook along with everything else until the daemon
  re-appends it ~10s later.
- a deny-by-default chain has to enumerate the whole platform to stay usable:
  8006, 5405-5412/udp corosync, 60000-60050, 5900-5999, 3128, 22, 111/udp, plus
  Ceph when hyperconverged -- and `-i lo`, or pveproxy loses pvedaemon on :85.
- under the nftables backend (PVE 8.2+) an nft DROP beats an iptables ACCEPT, so
  our rules would not even be authoritative.

So don't manage a firewall there at all:

- oslib: is_proxmox() -- matches hosts shipping pve-firewall (VE/PMG), not PBS.
- harden-firewall.sh: a third backend, "pve", that deliberately does nothing.
  apply explains and exits 0, allow/deny refuse loudly rather than fake success
  for a rule they didn't add, list shows pve-firewall status. It overrides an
  explicit FW_BACKEND; FW_IGNORE_PVE=1 is the one escape hatch.
- harden-ssh.sh / harden-jumphost.sh: skip the firewall and install the
  standalone INPUT -> sshguard boot hook instead. That jump is safe alongside
  pve-firewall -- inserted with -I, it sits ahead of the appended PVEFW-INPUT
  hook and keeps first look at NEW connections.

Detection only helps hosts built from here on, so `disable` cleans up one that
was hardened earlier: it detects leftovers (and says which signal fired), sets
INPUT ACCEPT *before* flushing so it can't drop the SSH session it runs over,
deletes /etc/firewall and the engine, disables boot restore and renames the
saved rulesets aside rather than persisting the open state, re-adds the sshguard
jump, and restarts pve-firewall. `apply` points at it when it spots leftovers.

Documented plainly that skipped is NOT protected: Proxmox's firewall is off by
default (cluster-wide enable defaults to 0, and the daemon tears its chains down
every ~10s while it is), so these hosts have no host firewall until someone
enables it -- and the node panel's "Firewall: Yes" is ignored while the
datacenter one says No.

Also: svc_disable + fw_restore_services/fw_saved_files in oslib
(fw_enable_restore now derives from the former), and usage() prints the whole
header block instead of a hardcoded line range.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-10 18:51:50 -05:00

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# automations
Deployment and automation scripts for self-hosted, security-hardened
infrastructure. The host-provisioning scripts run on **Alpine, Debian, and
Alma Linux** (every distro difference is gated in
[`scripts/oslib.sh`](scripts/oslib.sh)); each Docker stack runs behind Caddy
with automatic Let's Encrypt TLS, orchestrated with Docker Compose.
> **About this repo.** This started as years of personal notes and one-off
> scripts I'd accumulated running my own infrastructure. I worked with Claude
> to clean them up, make them consistent and multi-distro, and add some
> quality-of-life options — so friends can use them too, and build on them.
> I'm still working through my collection and adding more as I go, so expect
> this to keep growing. Treat it as a starting point: fork it, wire in your own
> domains/keys, and send improvements back. PRs and ideas welcome.
## One command to run anything
```bash
curl -fsSL https://git.anomalous.dev/57_Wolve/automations/raw/branch/main/automations.sh \
| REPO_URL=https://git.anomalous.dev/57_Wolve/automations.git sh
```
Or, from a clone:
```bash
./automations.sh
```
Pipe it to `sh`, not `bash` — a stock Alpine box has busybox `ash` and no bash
at all. The launcher's prologue is POSIX sh: it installs `git`/`bash` for the
distro it finds itself on (apk / apt-get / dnf / yum), then re-execs itself
under bash. `./automations.sh` from a clone does the same, so a bare Alpine
install needs nothing prepared by hand.
[`automations.sh`](automations.sh) opens a **Gum** wizard (auto-installed) that
lets you:
- **Deploy on this host** — pick any deployment or generic script and run it,
prompting for the values it needs.
- **Build artifacts locally** — regenerate a deployment's self-contained
`deploy.sh` and optionally `scp` it to a target host.
Shared defaults (email, repo URL, SSH key source, backup recipient) come from
[`globals/`](globals/) so you set them once.
## Self-contained bundle (no repo access)
For hosts that shouldn't have repo/git access, package the whole repo into one
self-extracting script and serve it from a webserver or a **public Gitea
release** (the repo itself can stay private):
```bash
./build-bundle.sh # -> dist/automations-bundle.sh (HEAD)
./build-bundle.sh v1.2.0 # a specific tag
./build-bundle.sh worktree # current working tree
```
On the target host, download then run it (it extracts itself — it can't read a
pipe, so download first):
```bash
curl -fsSLO https://your-host/automations-bundle.sh
sh automations-bundle.sh # launcher wizard
sh automations-bundle.sh bash scripts/setup-host.sh # run one script
SSH_PORT=2222 sh automations-bundle.sh bash scripts/harden-jumphost.sh
```
Like the launcher, the bundle's stub is POSIX sh and installs `bash` if the
host lacks it, so it runs on a bare Alpine box.
It extracts to `INSTALL_DIR` (default `/opt/automations`) and runs the launcher
or the command you pass. The payload excludes ignored files, so no secrets are
embedded.
**Releases via Gitea Actions:** pushing a `vX.Y.Z` tag runs
[`.gitea/workflows/release.yml`](.gitea/workflows/release.yml), which builds the
bundle and attaches it to a release. Create a secret named **`TOKEN_GITEA`**
(a Gitea access token with `write:repository`) — note Gitea reserves the
`GITEA_` prefix, so the secret can't be called `GITEA_TOKEN`. Adjust `runs-on`
to match your runner. Mark the release public and `automations-bundle.sh` is
fetchable without repo access.
## Layout
The rule: **generic, run-anywhere scripts live in `scripts/`; deployment-specific
files live under `deployments/<name>/`.** Shared values live in `globals/`.
```
automations.sh # the launcher (one-liner entry point)
cloud-init/ # generic base + jumphost cloud-init (any of the 3 distros)
globals/ # shared assets: age-pubkey, authorized_keys, motd, globals.env
scripts/ # generic scripts (Alpine/Debian/Alma)
deployments/<name>/ # one folder per stack
```
### `scripts/` — generic (Alpine / Debian / Alma)
| Script | What it does |
|--------|--------------|
| [`setup-host.sh`](scripts/setup-host.sh) | Set hostname per the naming schema (derives FQDN + Node ID) and render the shared MOTD with auto-computed border spacing. |
| [`harden-ssh.sh`](scripts/harden-ssh.sh) | SSH hardening: post-quantum hybrid KEX, fresh Ed25519 host keys, key-only auth, external SFTP subsystem, sshguard. |
| [`harden-jumphost.sh`](scripts/harden-jumphost.sh) | Bastion hardening on top of `harden-ssh`: `ssh-admins` (shell) vs `ssh-jumpers` (ProxyJump-only) with a PermitOpen allow-list. |
| [`harden-firewall.sh`](scripts/harden-firewall.sh) | Deny-by-default host firewall: **iptables** on Alpine/Debian, **firewalld** on Alma/RHEL (set `FW_BACKEND` to override), **skipped on Proxmox** (`pve-firewall` owns the ruleset). Loopback, established, ICMP, SSH (configurable port) + registered ports; persisted natively (no boot hook). Same `allow`/`deny`/`list`/`disable` sub-commands on both. |
| [`sshuser.sh`](scripts/sshuser.sh) | Add/edit/remove SSH users on a hardened jump host (Gum TUI or CLI flags). Installed standalone as `sshuser`. |
| [`ntfy-ssh-login.sh`](scripts/ntfy-ssh-login.sh) | `pam_exec` hook that posts SSH logins to ntfy (user, source IP, key used, best-effort jump target), gated by group. Config: [`ssh-notify.conf.example`](scripts/ssh-notify.conf.example). |
| [`auto-update.sh`](scripts/auto-update.sh) | Daily unattended package updates; reports (doesn't auto-jump) a new Alpine branch; reboot detection; ntfy summary. `install`/`run`/`uninstall`. |
| [`oslib.sh`](scripts/oslib.sh) | OS-abstraction layer (detection, package manager, init system, SFTP path, hostname, boot hooks, native firewall persistence, sshguard, login notifier). Sourced, not run. **One file holds every distro difference.** |
| [`lib.sh`](scripts/lib.sh) | Launcher helpers (`ensure_gum`, `load_globals`, `resolve_ssh_keys`); sources `oslib.sh`. Not run directly. |
### `deployments/` — per stack
| Deployment | What it is | Depends on |
|------------|------------|------------|
| [`pocket-id`](deployments/pocket-id/) | OIDC provider (Caddy + Anubis PoW gate + Pocket-ID). | — |
| [`beszel`](deployments/beszel/) | Server monitoring hub. OIDC via pocket-id (post-deploy). | pocket-id (OIDC, optional) |
| [`headscale`](deployments/headscale/) | Self-hosted Tailscale control server, OIDC login. | pocket-id (OIDC) |
| [`webfinger`](deployments/webfinger/) | Serves `/.well-known/webfinger` for OIDC discovery; redirects the rest. | pocket-id (issuer) |
| [`squid`](deployments/squid/) | SSL-bump caching forward proxy — static-content cache + TLS interception via a local CA. **The exception: a forward proxy, not a Caddy/LE site.** | — |
| [`copyparty`](deployments/copyparty/) | Portable file server — web UI/WebDAV behind Caddy, plus direct **SFTP** + **FTPS**. Ships a security-notices-aware updater. | — |
| [`simplex`](deployments/simplex/) | SimpleX SMP + XFTP relay with Tor hidden services + encrypted backups. | globals/age-pubkey.txt |
| [`openbao`](deployments/openbao/) | Hardened tape-encryption key store for **Kanrisha** (the LTO tape-archive system — separate repo/host). **Exception: native TLS on the LAN, no Caddy/LE.** raft storage, mlock, self-signed or Smallstep-ACME cert, manual/HSM unseal. | globals/age-pubkey.txt (backups) |
| [`ergo`](deployments/ergo/) | IRC server ([Ergo](https://ergo.chat)) with Caddy for Let's Encrypt + the websocket endpoint. **Both containers use host networking** (real client IPs for bans/cloaking; the host firewall applies). Persistent message history via SQLite (default) or an optional PostgreSQL container. Ships `ergoctl` (admin CLI) and a health-checked updater that also syncs Caddy's cert into Ergo. | — |
## Conventions
- **Alpine + Docker Compose + Caddy/Let's Encrypt** across every stack, with two
exceptions: `squid` (a forward proxy with a local TLS-interception CA) and
`openbao` (a same-LAN secrets store with native TLS) — neither uses Caddy/LE.
`ergo` keeps Caddy/LE but runs both containers in the **host network
namespace** (IRC needs real client IPs), so it has no published ports.
- **`build.sh``deploy.sh`**: each stack's `build.sh` embeds its
`docker-compose.yml` / `Caddyfile` / `.env.example` into a single
self-contained `deploy.sh` (base64 tar.gz). That one file can be `scp`'d to a
host and run on its own. Rebuild after editing the loose files.
(simplex is the exception — it deploys via `install-simplex.sh`.)
- **Secrets** live in `.env` (generated on first deploy) and `globals/globals.env`,
both git-ignored. Only `*.example` templates and public keys are committed.
- **Non-interactive**: every `deploy.sh` honors `SKIP_PROMPTS=1` with values
supplied via the environment — which is how the per-deployment
`cloud-init.yml` templates stand a stack up unattended.
## Cloud-init
- **Provision a host**: [`cloud-init/base.yml`](cloud-init/base.yml) (hostname +
MOTD + SSH hardening) or [`cloud-init/jumphost.yml`](cloud-init/jumphost.yml)
(bastion). Distro-agnostic — they install prerequisites for whatever the image
is, then run the scripts.
- **Stand up a stack**: each deployment ships its own `cloud-init.yml` (e.g.
[`deployments/pocket-id/cloud-init.yml`](deployments/pocket-id/cloud-init.yml)).
These assume a fresh VM, so they **harden SSH first** (`harden-ssh.sh`,
`HARDEN_SSH=1` by default) and then deploy the stack.
Fill in `REPO_URL` and the values at the top of the `runcmd` block, paste as
instance user-data, and the host configures itself on first boot.
## Multi-OS notes
The host-provisioning scripts (`setup-host`, `harden-ssh`, `harden-jumphost`,
`sshuser`) and the nine Docker stacks (pocket-id, beszel, headscale, webfinger,
squid, copyparty, simplex, openbao, ergo) run on Alpine, Debian, and Alma. Distro differences live in
[`scripts/oslib.sh`](scripts/oslib.sh) — package manager (`apk`/`apt`/`dnf`),
init system (OpenRC/systemd), sshd service name, the per-distro `sftp-server`
path, hostname, boot hooks, and the sshguard log source/backend.
**simplex** remains **Alpine-targeted** — it depends on `awall` and Tor hidden
services with Alpine-specific wiring, so it isn't part of the tri-distro set.
## Host firewall
[`scripts/harden-firewall.sh`](scripts/harden-firewall.sh) installs a
**deny-by-default** baseline, with the backend chosen per family (override with
`FW_BACKEND=iptables|firewalld`):
- **Alpine / Debian → iptables.** `INPUT` drops everything except loopback,
established/related, ICMP, and SSH on the configured port — plus any ports a
deployment registers.
- **Alma / RHEL → firewalld** (its native firewall). The default zone is already
deny-by-default; we strip the stock `ssh`/`cockpit` services, open SSH +
registered ports, and let sshguard block via the `sshguard-firewalld` backend
(no `INPUT → sshguard` jump needed).
- **Proxmox → nothing. The host is skipped** — and left with no host firewall
until you enable Proxmox's own. See below.
`OUTPUT`/egress stays open and `FORWARD` is left untouched, so Docker container
networking is unaffected. The harden scripts and `cloud-init/base.yml` /
`jumphost.yml` install it automatically (`ENABLE_FIREWALL=1` by default).
- **Configurable SSH port** — read live from `sshd_config`, so a bastion on
`2222` is firewalled correctly with no extra flags. Restrict the source with
`FW_SSH_SOURCE=<cidr>`; drop ping with `FW_ALLOW_PING=0`.
- **Native persistence, no boot hook** — on iptables hosts the ruleset is saved
and restored by the distro's own package: `iptables` + `ip6tables`
(Alpine/OpenRC) or `iptables-persistent` (Debian); the saved ruleset carries
the `INPUT → sshguard` jump. On firewalld hosts every change is `--permanent`,
so it persists across reboot natively and sshguard manages its own blocks.
- **Scripted additions** — deployments drop a rule file and re-apply:
```sh
printf '80/tcp\n443/tcp\n' > /etc/firewall/ports.d/mystack.rule
/usr/local/sbin/firewall-apply
```
or interactively: `harden-firewall.sh allow 443/tcp 51820/udp` /
`allow web` / `deny 51820/udp` / `list`.
- **Docker caveat** — containers published with `-p` (e.g. Caddy's 80/443)
reach the host through nat/`FORWARD` and **bypass `INPUT`**, so the firewall
neither blocks nor needs to open them; the per-stack rule files are
belt-and-braces for any host-bound bind and self-documentation. The one
stack that runs with `network_mode: host` (`ergo`) binds on the host
directly, so there the registered ports are the real gate.
- **Recovery** — `harden-firewall.sh disable` un-locks you: on iptables it
flushes the rules and sets `INPUT` back to `ACCEPT` (persisted); on firewalld it
re-opens SSH (the `ssh` service + the configured port) and leaves firewalld
running. A re-apply never drops the live SSH session — on iptables the
established-connection accept is added before the policy flips to `DROP`, and
firewalld reloads preserve established connections.
### Proxmox hosts are skipped
Proxmox VE and Proxmox Mail Gateway are Debian underneath, so everything else in
this repo treats them as Debian — but they already ship a firewall, and
`pve-firewall` owns the host ruleset. The conflict is not the one you'd expect:
`pve-firewall` does **not** delete third-party rules. It restores with
`iptables-restore -n` (`--noflush`), only ever flushes chains matching its own
patterns (`PVEFW-*`, `tapNiM-*`, `vethNiM-*`, `fwbrN-*`, `GROUP-*`), *appends*
`-A INPUT -j PVEFW-INPUT` only when that hook is missing, and never sets a
built-in chain's policy. Our rules would survive it fine. The damage runs the
other way — **we break Proxmox**:
- `-P INPUT DROP` is ours alone, and `PVEFW-HOST-IN` **returns** on accept rather
than accepting (it still has to check the tap rules), so traffic Proxmox
explicitly allowed falls out of its chain and lands on our `DROP`. We silently
override the platform's own accepts;
- the persistence layer is worse: `netfilter-persistent` restores at boot with a
full `iptables-restore` (no `--noflush`), wiping PVE's `-j PVEFW-INPUT` hook
along with everything else until the daemon re-appends it on its next ~10s pass;
- a deny-by-default chain has to enumerate the whole platform to stay usable:
`8006/tcp` web UI, `5405-5412/udp` corosync (5405 + knet link number, up to 8
links — the bare `5405` is the pre-6.x multicast-era number), `60000-60050/tcp`
migration, `5900-5999/tcp` VNC, `3128/tcp` SPICE, `22/tcp` SSH, `111/udp`
rpcbind with NFS storage, plus Ceph's `6789`/`3300`/`6800-7300` when
hyperconverged. Miss one and you lose the GUI or the cluster; miss `-i lo` and
`pveproxy` can't reach `pvedaemon` on `127.0.0.1:85`, breaking the API locally;
- under the opt-in **nftables** backend (PVE 8.2+), `proxmox-firewall` registers
its own nft input hook, and an nft `DROP` beats an iptables `ACCEPT` — our
rules wouldn't even be authoritative.
So `harden-firewall.sh` detects Proxmox (`is_proxmox` in `oslib.sh`: it looks
for `pve-firewall`/`pveversion`/`/etc/pve/nodes`) and does nothing — `apply`
explains and exits cleanly, `allow`/`deny` refuse loudly rather than pretend,
and `list` shows `pve-firewall status`. `harden-ssh.sh` / `harden-jumphost.sh`
skip the firewall too and install only the `INPUT → sshguard` boot hook, so
brute-force protection still works while the Proxmox firewall is off. Manage the
host firewall where Proxmox expects it — *Datacenter → Firewall* and
*Node → Firewall*, or the `.fw` files directly:
```
[RULES]
IN ACCEPT -p tcp -dport 443
```
`FW_IGNORE_PVE=1` forces our firewall on anyway. It will fight `pve-firewall`
and can lock you out of the GUI and the cluster; Proxmox Backup Server ships no
firewall of its own and is *not* detected, so it hardens as a normal Debian host.
> **Skipped is not the same as protected.** Proxmox's firewall is **off by
> default** — the cluster-wide `enable` in `cluster.fw` defaults to `0`, and while
> it is, the `pve-firewall` daemon actively tears its chains down every ~10 seconds,
> leaving `INPUT` at policy `ACCEPT` with no rules. Until you enable it at
> *Datacenter → Firewall → Options*, a Proxmox host has **no host firewall at all**
> and `8006`, `22`, `3128` and `111` are open on every interface. Don't be reassured
> by the *node* panel reading `Firewall: Yes` — that setting is ignored while the
> datacenter one reads `No`. On these hosts, do your filtering in Proxmox or upstream
> of it.
The `INPUT → sshguard` jump the harden scripts install *is* safe alongside
`pve-firewall`: it is inserted with `-I`, so it sits ahead of the appended
`PVEFW-INPUT` hook and keeps getting first look at new connections either way.
**Already hardened a Proxmox host?** Detection only helps hosts set up from now
on, so `disable` cleans up one that already has our firewall:
```sh
bash scripts/harden-firewall.sh disable
```
On Proxmox that sub-command checks for leftovers (`/etc/firewall`, the engine, or
a `DROP` policy) and, if it finds them, sets `INPUT` back to `ACCEPT` and flushes
it — policy first, so it never drops the SSH session you are running it over —
deletes `/etc/firewall` and `/usr/local/sbin/firewall-apply`, **disables** the
boot-restore service and renames the saved rulesets to `*.bak-harden-firewall`
(saving the open state, as the normal `disable` does, would snapshot
`pve-firewall`'s own `PVEFW-*` chains and restore that stale copy at the next
boot), re-inserts the `INPUT → sshguard` jump, and restarts `pve-firewall`. On a
host that was correctly skipped it finds nothing and says so. `apply` points you
at it when it spots leftovers.
## SSH login notifications
The harden scripts can install a `pam_exec` hook
([`scripts/ntfy-ssh-login.sh`](scripts/ntfy-ssh-login.sh)) that posts every SSH
login to an [ntfy](https://ntfy.sh) topic. Enable it by passing `NTFY_URL` (and
optionally `NTFY_TOKEN`) when running `harden-ssh.sh` / `harden-jumphost.sh`, or
via the launcher / jumphost cloud-init. Each alert reports:
- the **user** and **source IP**,
- the **SSH key** they authenticated with (fingerprint, via `ExposeAuthInfo`),
- a **region tag** so you know which bastion fired it (derived from the host's
FQDN, e.g. `us-evi-1`),
- best-effort the **next hop** of a ProxyJump (see caveat below).
Filtering is by group: `NOTIFY_GROUPS` limits alerts to certain
groups/security levels, and `NOTIFY_PRIORITY_MAP` sets a per-group ntfy
priority. Config lives at `/etc/ssh-notify.conf` (mode 0600;
[`scripts/ssh-notify.conf.example`](scripts/ssh-notify.conf.example) documents
every key). A publish token is optional — leave it empty for a read-gated topic.
> **Jump-target caveat:** a ProxyJump opens a *direct-tcpip* channel (no
> session), so the destination never reaches `pam_exec`. The bastion only logs
> it at `LogLevel VERBOSE`/`DEBUG`; `harden-jumphost.sh` sets `VERBOSE` and the
> notifier parses the log best-effort. If the target isn't in the log it is
> simply omitted.
## Daily updates
[`scripts/auto-update.sh`](scripts/auto-update.sh) keeps a host patched
unattended — ideal for an SSH-only bastion, where a routine upgrade can barely
break anything. `harden-jumphost.sh` schedules it **by default** (set
`AUTO_UPDATE=0` to skip); `harden-ssh.sh` takes `AUTO_UPDATE=1`. It runs
daily via busybox `crond` (`/etc/periodic/daily`) on Alpine or a systemd
timer on Debian/Alma.
Each run:
- applies all **in-branch** package upgrades (`apk`/`apt`/`dnf`);
- **reports** a new Alpine *branch* (e.g. 3.21 → 3.22) by default — that
rewrites the repo branch, so it's opt-in. Set `ALLOW_RELEASE_UPGRADE=1` to
also **apply** it: it repoints `/etc/apk/repositories` to the newest **stable**
`vX.Y` (never `edge`), runs `apk upgrade --available`, and forces a reboot
flag. Debian/Alma stay report-only;
- detects when a **reboot** is needed (kernel/libc/openssl). `AUTO_REBOOT`
controls it: `0` = never (just flag), `1` = always, **`idle` = only when no
SSH connections are active** — so a bastion reboots itself once the admins and
ProxyJump tunnels have cleared, never mid-session. `harden-jumphost.sh`
defaults the bastion to `idle`. A deferred reboot is tracked in `/run` and
retried each day until it happens;
- sends an ntfy summary (reusing `/etc/ssh-notify.conf`).
Schedule it standalone with `auto-update.sh install` (or via the launcher), run
a pass now with `auto-update.sh run`, and preview safely with
`DRY_RUN=1 auto-update.sh run`.
## License
[MIT](LICENSE).