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seport - Manages SELinux network port type definitions

New in version 2.0.

Synopsis

  • Manages SELinux network port type definitions.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • libselinux-python
  • policycoreutils-python

Options

parameter required default choices comments
ports
yes
Ports or port ranges, separated by a comma
proto
yes
  • tcp
  • udp
Protocol for the specified port.
reload
no True
Reload SELinux policy after commit.
setype
yes
SELinux type for the specified port.
state
yes present
  • present
  • absent
Desired boolean value.

Examples

# Allow Apache to listen on tcp port 8888
- seport:
    ports: 8888
    proto: tcp
    setype: http_port_t
    state: present

# Allow sshd to listen on tcp port 8991
- seport:
    ports: 8991
    proto: tcp
    setype: ssh_port_t
    state: present

# Allow memcached to listen on tcp ports 10000-10100 and 10112
- seport:
    ports: 10000-10100,10112
    proto: tcp
    setype: memcache_port_t
    state: present

Notes

Note

  • The changes are persistent across reboots
  • Not tested on any debian based system

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, Testing Ansible and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2017 Michael DeHaan
© 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/seport_module.html