From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH nft,v2] doc: fix sinopsis of named counter, quota and ct {helper,timeout,expect}
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 12:40:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210916104009.10259-1-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
Sinopsis is not complete. Add examples for counters and quotas.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
doc/nft.txt | 8 +++---
doc/stateful-objects.txt | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nft.txt b/doc/nft.txt
index 13fe8b1f6671..c9bb901b85b9 100644
--- a/doc/nft.txt
+++ b/doc/nft.txt
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ Effectively, this is the nft-equivalent of *iptables-save* and
TABLES
------
[verse]
-{*add* | *create*} *table* ['family'] 'table' [*{ flags* 'flags' *; }*]
+{*add* | *create*} *table* ['family'] 'table' [ {*comment* 'comment' *;*'} *{ flags* 'flags' *; }*]
{*delete* | *list* | *flush*} *table* ['family'] 'table'
*list tables* ['family']
*delete table* ['family'] *handle* 'handle'
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ add table inet mytable
CHAINS
------
[verse]
-{*add* | *create*} *chain* ['family'] 'table' 'chain' [*{ type* 'type' *hook* 'hook' [*device* 'device'] *priority* 'priority' *;* [*policy* 'policy' *;*] *}*]
+{*add* | *create*} *chain* ['family'] 'table' 'chain' [*{ type* 'type' *hook* 'hook' [*device* 'device'] *priority* 'priority' *;* [*policy* 'policy' *;*] [*comment* 'comment' *;*'] *}*]
{*delete* | *list* | *flush*} *chain* ['family'] 'table' 'chain'
*list chains* ['family']
*delete chain* ['family'] 'table' *handle* 'handle'
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ The sets allowed_hosts and allowed_ports need to be created first. The next
section describes nft set syntax in more detail.
[verse]
-*add set* ['family'] 'table' 'set' *{ type* 'type' | *typeof* 'expression' *;* [*flags* 'flags' *;*] [*timeout* 'timeout' *;*] [*gc-interval* 'gc-interval' *;*] [*elements = {* 'element'[*,* ...] *} ;*] [*size* 'size' *;*] [*policy* 'policy' *;*] [*auto-merge ;*] *}*
+*add set* ['family'] 'table' 'set' *{ type* 'type' | *typeof* 'expression' *;* [*flags* 'flags' *;*] [*timeout* 'timeout' *;*] [*gc-interval* 'gc-interval' *;*] [*elements = {* 'element'[*,* ...] *} ;*] [*size* 'size' *;*] [*comment* 'comment' *;*'] [*policy* 'policy' *;*] [*auto-merge ;*] *}*
{*delete* | *list* | *flush*} *set* ['family'] 'table' 'set'
*list sets* ['family']
*delete set* ['family'] 'table' *handle* 'handle'
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ automatic merge of adjacent/overlapping set elements (only for interval sets) |
MAPS
-----
[verse]
-*add map* ['family'] 'table' 'map' *{ type* 'type' | *typeof* 'expression' [*flags* 'flags' *;*] [*elements = {* 'element'[*,* ...] *} ;*] [*size* 'size' *;*] [*policy* 'policy' *;*] *}*
+*add map* ['family'] 'table' 'map' *{ type* 'type' | *typeof* 'expression' [*flags* 'flags' *;*] [*elements = {* 'element'[*,* ...] *} ;*] [*size* 'size' *;*] [*comment* 'comment' *;*'] [*policy* 'policy' *;*] *}*
{*delete* | *list* | *flush*} *map* ['family'] 'table' 'map'
*list maps* ['family']
diff --git a/doc/stateful-objects.txt b/doc/stateful-objects.txt
index c7488b28d21e..4972969eb250 100644
--- a/doc/stateful-objects.txt
+++ b/doc/stateful-objects.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
CT HELPER
~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
-*ct helper* 'helper' *{ type* 'type' *protocol* 'protocol' *;* [*l3proto* 'family' *;*] *}*
+*add* *ct helper* ['family'] 'table' 'name' *{ type* 'type' *protocol* 'protocol' *;* [*l3proto* 'family' *;*] *}*
+*delete* *ct helper* ['family'] 'table' 'name'
+*list* *ct helpers*
Ct helper is used to define connection tracking helpers that can then be used in
combination with the *ct helper set* statement. 'type' and 'protocol' are
@@ -22,6 +24,9 @@ string (e.g. ip)
|l3proto |
layer 3 protocol of the helper |
address family (e.g. ip)
+|comment |
+per ct helper comment field |
+string
|=================
.defining and assigning ftp helper
@@ -43,7 +48,9 @@ table inet myhelpers {
CT TIMEOUT
~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
-*ct timeout* 'name' *{ protocol* 'protocol' *; policy = {* 'state'*:* 'value' [*,* ...] *} ;* [*l3proto* 'family' *;*] *}*
+*add* *ct timeout* ['family'] 'table' 'name' *{ protocol* 'protocol' *; policy = {* 'state'*:* 'value' [*,* ...] *} ;* [*l3proto* 'family' *;*] *}*
+*delete* *ct timeout* ['family'] 'table' 'name'
+*list* *ct timeouts*
Ct timeout is used to update connection tracking timeout values.Timeout policies are assigned
with the *ct timeout set* statement. 'protocol' and 'policy' are
@@ -65,6 +72,9 @@ unsigned integer
|l3proto |
layer 3 protocol of the timeout object |
address family (e.g. ip)
+|comment |
+per ct timeout comment field |
+string
|=================
.defining and assigning ct timeout policy
@@ -98,7 +108,9 @@ sport=41360 dport=22
CT EXPECTATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
-*ct expectation* 'name' *{ protocol* 'protocol' *; dport* 'dport' *; timeout* 'timeout' *; size* 'size' *; [*l3proto* 'family' *;*] *}*
+*add* *ct expectation* ['family'] 'table' 'name' *{ protocol* 'protocol' *; dport* 'dport' *; timeout* 'timeout' *; size* 'size' *; [*l3proto* 'family' *;*] *}*
+*delete* *ct expectation* ['family'] 'table' 'name'
+*list* *ct expectations*
Ct expectation is used to create connection expectations. Expectations are
assigned with the *ct expectation set* statement. 'protocol', 'dport',
@@ -124,6 +136,9 @@ unsigned integer
|l3proto |
layer 3 protocol of the expectation object |
address family (e.g. ip)
+|comment |
+per ct expectation comment field |
+string
|=================
.defining and assigning ct expectation policy
@@ -147,7 +162,9 @@ table ip filter {
COUNTER
~~~~~~~
[verse]
-*counter* ['packets bytes']
+*add* *counter* ['family'] 'table' 'name' [*{* [ *packets* 'packets' *bytes* 'bytes' ';' ] [ *comment* 'comment' ';' *}*]
+*delete* *counter* ['family'] 'table' 'name'
+*list* *counters*
.Counter specifications
[options="header"]
@@ -159,12 +176,31 @@ unsigned integer (64 bit)
|bytes |
initial count of bytes |
unsigned integer (64 bit)
+|comment |
+per counter comment field |
+string
|=================
+.*Using named counters*
+------------------
+nft add counter filter http
+nft add rule filter input tcp dport 80 counter name \"http\"
+------------------
+
+.*Using named counters with maps*
+------------------
+nft add counter filter http
+nft add counter filter https
+nft add rule filter input counter name tcp dport map { 80 : \"http\", 443 : \"https\" }
+------------------
+
QUOTA
~~~~~
[verse]
-*quota* [*over* | *until*] ['used']
+*add* *quota* ['family'] 'table' 'name' *{* [*over*|*until*] 'bytes' 'BYTE_UNIT' [ *used* 'bytes' 'BYTE_UNIT' ] ';' [ *comment* 'comment' ';' ] *}*
+BYTE_UNIT := bytes | kbytes | mbytes
+*delete* *quota* ['family'] 'table' 'name'
+*list* *quotas*
.Quota specifications
[options="header"]
@@ -177,4 +213,20 @@ Two arguments, unsigned integer (64 bit) and string: bytes, kbytes, mbytes.
|used |
initial value of used quota |
Two arguments, unsigned integer (64 bit) and string: bytes, kbytes, mbytes
+|comment |
+per quota comment field |
+string
|=================
+
+.*Using named quotas*
+------------------
+nft add quota filter user123 { over 20 mbytes }
+nft add rule filter input ip saddr 192.168.10.123 quota name \"user123\"
+------------------
+
+.*Using named quotas with maps*
+------------------
+nft add quota filter user123 { over 20 mbytes }
+nft add quota filter user124 { over 20 mbytes }
+nft add rule filter input quota name ip saddr map { 192.168.10.123 : \"user123\", 192.168.10.124 : \"user124\" }
+------------------
--
2.20.1
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2021-09-16 10:40 Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2021-09-16 10:48 ` [PATCH nft,v2] doc: fix sinopsis of named counter, quota and ct {helper,timeout,expect} Jeremy Sowden
2021-09-16 10:53 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
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