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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH conntrackd,v2 2/2] doc: manual: Document userspace helper configuration at daemon startup
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 13:43:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210528114350.48066-2-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210528114350.48066-1-pablo@netfilter.org>

Describe how to configure conntrackd using the new simple setup approach.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
v2: no changes.

 doc/manual/conntrack-tools.tmpl | 42 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/manual/conntrack-tools.tmpl b/doc/manual/conntrack-tools.tmpl
index 64ac5dd54690..822dd496747a 100644
--- a/doc/manual/conntrack-tools.tmpl
+++ b/doc/manual/conntrack-tools.tmpl
@@ -905,32 +905,13 @@ maintainance.</para></listitem>
 <para>The following steps describe how to enable the RPC portmapper helper for NFSv3 (this is similar for other helpers):</para>
 
 <orderedlist>
-<listitem><para>Register user-space helper:
-
-<programlisting>
-nfct add helper rpc inet udp
-nfct add helper rpc inet tcp
-</programlisting>
-
-This registers the portmapper helper for both UDP and TCP (NFSv3 traffic goes both over TCP and UDP).
-</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para>Add iptables rule using the CT target:
-
-<programlisting>
-# iptables -I OUTPUT -t raw -p udp --dport 111 -j CT --helper rpc
-# iptables -I OUTPUT -t raw -p tcp --dport 111 -j CT --helper rpc
-</programlisting>
-
-With this, packets matching port TCP/UDP/111 are passed to user-space for
-inspection. If there is no instance of conntrackd configured to support
-user-space helpers, no inspection happens and packets are not sent to
-user-space.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>Add configuration to conntrackd.conf:
 
 <programlisting>
 Helper {
+        Setup yes
+
         Type rpc inet udp {
                 QueueNum 1
 		QueueLen 10240
@@ -962,6 +943,25 @@ for inspection to user-space</para>
 
 </listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>Run conntrackd:
+<programlisting>
+# conntrackd -d -C /path/to/conntrackd.conf
+</programlisting>
+</para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>Add iptables rule using the CT target:
+
+<programlisting>
+# iptables -I OUTPUT -t raw -p udp --dport 111 -j CT --helper rpc
+# iptables -I OUTPUT -t raw -p tcp --dport 111 -j CT --helper rpc
+</programlisting>
+
+With this, packets matching port TCP/UDP/111 are passed to user-space for
+inspection. If there is no instance of conntrackd configured to support
+user-space helpers, no inspection happens and packets are not sent to
+user-space.</para></listitem>
+
 </orderedlist>
 
 <para>Now you can test this (assuming you have some working NFSv3 setup) with:
-- 
2.30.2


      reply	other threads:[~2021-05-28 11:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-28 11:43 [PATCH conntrackd,v2 1/2] cthelper: Set up userspace helpers when daemon starts Pablo Neira Ayuso
2021-05-28 11:43 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]

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