Converting iptables to nftables
If you query the system's iptables
version, Oracle Linux 8 would clearly indicate that nftables
is
used as the packet filtering framework:
sudo iptables --version
iptables v1.8.2 (nf_tables)
Otherwise, the output would be similar to the following example:
sudo iptables --version
iptables version (legacy)
Utilities are available to convert filter rules in
iptables
and ip6tables
to
their equivalents in the nftables
framework.
Choose from one of the following ways.
-
Use the iptables-translate or ip6tables-translate commands, depending on the type of tables you want to convert. If a rule can't be translated because of an unrecognized extension in the rule, the command prints the untranslated rule preceded by the
#
sign.sudo iptables-translate -A INPUT -j CHECKSUM --checksum-fill
nft # -A INPUT -j CHECKSUM --checksum-fill
-
Save the rules to a dump file, then use the iptables-restore-translate or ip6tables-restore-translate command, depending on the type of tables you want to convert.
sudo iptables-save > /tmp/iptables.dump
sudo iptables-restore-translate -f /tmp/iptables.dump
translated-rules