Automatically Deploy Debian Firewalls with bash scripting

Automation is as necessary as any other aspect of systems administration in any critical or production environment where growth and scalability are moving at a significant pace.

Growth in any organization is obviously a good thing. In the systems administrator’s perspective, however, growth can mean more time spent deploying systems and less time spent focusing on other duties.

Automating the server deployment process is the natural next step when your organization has grown to a point where time efficiency becomes more relevant and noticeable to your business owners.

This is the first in a series of posts here where we will explain and share shell scripts that automate the deployment process of several key debian linux based systems. These scripts automate the patching, configuration and implementation of said systems.

They will certainly have to be modified to fit your organization’s needs and standards obviously, but hopefully it will give you a starting point to base your automation / roll-out policies.

Making your life easier and more automated is always a good thing! ;)

#!/bin/sh
# Debian FW deployer script
# Version 1.0

PROGNAME="$0"
VERSION="1.0"

# working directory for deployer process.
WORKDIR="/root"

# tasks left (this is updated every step to accommodate recovery during
# the deployer  process)
TASKS="./deploy-fw.tasks"

init_tasks() {
    # This function will write a new tasks file.
    # it's called from the main body of the script if a tasks file does not exist.
    cat > $TASKS<<EOS || return 1
nopasswd_ssh
add_pkgs
get__fw
configure_fw
set_hostname
EOS
    return 0
}

installer_splash() {
    echo "[+] Firewall deployer script starting..."
    echo "    Version: $VERSION"
    echo
    return 0
}

nopasswd_ssh() {
    # disable passwd auth on SSH
    echo "[+] Disabling password authentication for SSH... "
    perl -pi -e 's/^PasswordAuthentication yes/PasswordAuthentication no/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
    perl -pi -e 's/^#PermitRootLogin yes/PermitRootLogin without-password/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
    /etc/init.d/ssh restart
    return 0
}

add_pkgs() {
    PKGS="libssl0.9.7 exim4 iproute ethtool tcpdump snmpd pciutils less python"
    echo "[+] Installing packages: $PKGS... "
    apt-get -y install $PKGS || return 1
    return 0
}

get__fw() {
    echo "[+] Downloading  packages... "
    # download the latest version of the  Client firewall package.
    wget --no-check-certificate http://www.yoursite.com/fw.tgz -O /tmp/firewall.tgz || return 1
    # get the latest firewall.trusted file
    wget --no-check-certificate http://www.yoursite.com/firewall.trusted -O /tmp/firewall.trusted || return 1
    # unpack firewall scripts
    tar --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions --directory / -zxvf /tmp/firewall.tgz || return 1
    mv /tmp/firewall.trusted /etc/network/firewall.trusted || return 1
    chmod +x /etc/network/firewall.trusted || return 1
    rm /tmp/firewall.tgz || return 1
    echo "done."
    return 0
}

configure_fw() {
    # time to configure the  FW
        KAD=/etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf
    FW=/etc/network/firewall
    RELOAD=/etc/network/reload.sh
    HOSTS=/etc/hosts
    INTERFACES=/etc/network/interfaces
    NRPE=/etc/nagios/nrpe_local.cfg
    EXIM=/etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
    CONFIGURE_FW=/etc/network/configure-fw.pl
    echo "[+] Configuring Firewall..."
    perl $CONFIGURE_FW
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo "[!] ERROR: Configuring firewall script failed!"
        return 1
    fi
    echo "[+] Moving files into place..."
    rm ${KAD}-template || return 1
    rm ${FW}-template || return 1
    rm ${RELOAD}-template || return 1
    rm ${CONFIGURE_FW}
    mv ${HOSTS}.new ${HOSTS} || return 1
    mv ${INTERFACES}.new ${INTERFACES} || return 1
    mv ${NRPE}.new ${NRPE} || return 1
    mv ${EXIM}.new ${EXIM} || return 1
    chmod 700 ${FW}
    chmod 700 ${RELOAD}
    update-rc.d keepalived defaults || return 1
    update-exim4.conf || return 1
    # for compatibility
    echo "[+] Generating RSA Keys"
    ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa -P '' || return 1

    return 0
}
clean_up_and_reboot() {
    # remove:
    # -- temp task file
    rm $TASKS
    # remove self from .bashrc
    if [ -f /root/.bashrc.orig ]; then
        mv /root/.bashrc.orig /root/.bashrc
    fi
    if [ -z /root/.bashrc ]
    then
        rm /root/.bashrc
    fi
    # delete self
    rm $0
    # and reboot.
    echo "[+] Please reboot system."
    #reboot -n
    exit 0
}

debug_quit() {
    # hard exit the script in appropriately referenced files
    # so that no reboot happens.
    echo "debug_quit seen in tasks file, exiting."
    exit 0
}

set_hostname() {
    echo "[+] Setting FW hostname... "
    echo `hostname` > /etc/hostname
    echo `hostname` > /etc/mailname
    echo "done."
    return 0
}

usage() {
    echo "[+] Usage: $PROGNAME"
    echo
    return 0
}

###############################
### MAIN SCRIPT STARTS HERE ###
###############################

# installer_splash
installer_splash

# fix working dir.
cd $WORKDIR

# does our installer file exist? if not, initalize it.
if [ ! -f $TASKS ]
then
    echo "[+] No task file found, installation will start from beginning."
    init_tasks
    if (($? != 0))
    then
        echo "[!] ERROR: Cannot create tasks file. Installation will not continue."
        exit 1
    fi
else
    echo "[+] Tasks file located - starting where you left off."
fi

# start popping off tasks from the task list and running them.
# pop first step off of the list
STEP=`head -n 1 $TASKS`
while [ ! -z $STEP ]
do
    # execute the function.
    echo -e "nn###################################"
    echo "[+] Running step: $STEP"
    echo -e "###################################nn"
    $STEP
    if (($? != 0))
    then
        # command failed.
        echo "[!] ERROR: Step $STEP failed!"
        echo "    Installation will now abort - you can pick it up after fixing the problem"
        echo
        exit 1
    fi
    # throw up a newline just so things don't look so crowded
    echo
    # remove function from function list.
    perl -pi -e "s/$STEPn?//" $TASKS || exit 1
    STEP=`head -n 1 $TASKS`
done

# clean_up_and_reboot
echo "[+] Installation finished - cleaning up."
clean_up_and_reboot

# script is done now - termination should happen with clean_up_and_reboot.
echo "[!] Should not be here!"
exit 1

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