UFW Firewall Configuration

Configures Ubuntu Firewall (UFW) with common security rules

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Rowan de Haas
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Created 11 months ago
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#cloud-config
package_update: true
package_upgrade: true

packages:
  - ufw

write_files:
  - path: /etc/ufw/before.rules
    content: |
      # Custom rules before UFW rules
      
      # Allow loopback
      -A ufw-before-input -i lo -j ACCEPT
      -A ufw-before-output -o lo -j ACCEPT
      
      # Allow ICMP
      -A ufw-before-input -p icmp --icmp-type destination-unreachable -j ACCEPT
      -A ufw-before-input -p icmp --icmp-type time-exceeded -j ACCEPT
      -A ufw-before-input -p icmp --icmp-type parameter-problem -j ACCEPT
      -A ufw-before-input -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j ACCEPT
    append: true

runcmd:
  # Reset UFW to defaults
  - ufw --force reset
  # Set default policies
  - ufw default deny incoming
  - ufw default allow outgoing
  # Allow SSH (adjust port if needed)
  - ufw allow ssh
  # Allow HTTP and HTTPS
  - ufw allow http
  - ufw allow https
  # Rate limit SSH connections
  - ufw limit ssh/tcp
  # Enable UFW
  - ufw --force enable
  # Show status
  - ufw status verbose

How to Use This Script

Cloud Provider Examples

Amazon EC2

aws ec2 run-instances
  --image-id ami-12345678
  --instance-type t3.micro
  --user-data file://script.yaml

DigitalOcean

doctl compute droplet create
  --image ubuntu-22-04-x64
  --size s-1vcpu-1gb
  --user-data-file script.yaml
  my-droplet

Google Cloud

gcloud compute instances create
  my-instance
  --metadata-from-file
  user-data=script.yaml