pfsense

#WARNING

This module is now OBSOLETE. All efforts have been shifted to OPNsense. The new project is available at https://github.com/fraenki/puppet-opnsense. For more information on OPNsense please visit https://opnsense.org/.

####Table of Contents

• Overview
• Module Description
• Usage
  • Create a user
  • Create a group
  • Manage packages
  • pfSense facts
• Reference
  • Feature overview
  • Additional user parameters
  • Privileges
  • Known limitations
• Development

##Overview

This is a collection of providers and facts to manage pfSense firewalls.

NOTE: This is NOT related to the pfSense project in any way. Do NOT ask the pfSense developers for support.

##Module Description

This is intended to be a growing collection of providers and facts. In its current state it provides the following features:

• pfsense_user: a provider to manage pfSense users
• pfsense_group: a provider to manage pfSense groups
• package: a provider to manage native pfSense packages
• pfsense_version: facts to gather pfSense version information

Of course, it would be desirable to have a provider for cronjobs too. Contributions are welcome! :-)

##Usage

###Create a user

This will create a user, but does not grant any permissions.

pfsense_user { 'user001':
  ensure   => 'present',
  password => '$1$dSJImFph$GvZ7.1UbuWu.Yb8etC0re.',
  comment  => 'pfsense test user',
}

In our next example the user will have shell access (SSH) to the box and full access to the webGUI.

pfsense_user { 'user001':
  ensure         => 'present',
  password       => '$1$dSJImFph$GvZ7.1UbuWu.Yb8etC0re.',
  comment        => 'pfsense test user',
  privileges     => [ 'user-shell-access', 'page-all' ],
  authorizedkeys => [
    'ssh-rsa AAAAksdjfkjsdhfkjhsdfkjhkjhkjhkj user1@example.com',
    'ssh-rsa AAAAksdjfkjsdhfkjhsdfkjhkjhkjhkj user2@example.com',
  ],
}

###Create a group

This will create a fully functional group:

pfsense_group { 'group001':
  ensure  => 'present',
  comment => 'pfsense test group',
}

In this example the group will inherit privileges to its members:

pfsense_group { 'group001':
  ensure     => 'present',
  comment    => 'pfsense test group',
  privileges => [ 'user-shell-access', 'page-all' ],
}

NOTE: The providers are NOT aware of privilege inheritance, see Limitations for details.

###Manage packages

You need to enable a helper class. This will install a command line tool to keep the provider simple:

class { 'pfsense': }

Now you can use it like any other package provider:

package { 'iftop':
  ensure => 'present',
}

NOTE: Package names on pfSense are case-sensitive. You need to write 'Cron' instead of 'cron' to install the package.

###Deleting resources

This provider does NOT purge unmanaged resources. So you need to define a resource as 'absent' if you want it to be removed:

pfsense_user { 'user001':
  ensure   => 'absent',
  password => '$1$dSJImFph$GvZ7.1UbuWu.Yb8etC0re.',
}

pfsense_group { 'group001':
  ensure  => 'absent',
}

###pfSense facts

pfsense => true
pfsense_version => 2.1.4-RELEASE
pfsense_version_base => 8.3
pfsense_version_kernel => 8.1

##Reference

###Feature overview

pfsense.rb:

• base provider, includes common functions
• read/write config.xml, clear cache, config revisions

pfsense_user.rb:

• user management
• ssh key management
• user privilege management
• account expiry

pfsense_group.rb:

• group management
• group privilege management

###Additional user parameters

To set an account expiration date:

expiry => '2014-08-01'

To remove expiry date, set it to absent:

expiry => 'absent'

###Privileges

You must specify user/group privileges by using the internal pfSense names. The provider will not even try to validate privilege names, because pfSense silently ignores invalid privileges.

A complete list of pfSense privileges is available in priv.defs.inc from the pfSense repository: https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/etc/inc/priv.defs.inc

###Known limitations

You need to be aware of the following limitations:

• No safety net. If you delete the admin user your pfSense firewall is lost.
• User/group providers are NOT aware of group privilege inheritance.
• The indention of config.xml will be changed. Prepare for a huge diff when making changes.
• Removing all unmanaged resources (purge => true) is NOT supported.

##Development

Please use the github issues functionality to report any bugs or requests for new features. Feel free to fork and submit pull requests for potential contributions.

##Legal

pfSense® is Copyright © 2004-2015 Electric Sheep Fencing LLC. All rights reserved.