How To:Set Up iptables for Amanda

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Configuration with iptables

Objective

The purpose of this page is to provide a quick recipie for configuring a firewall using iptables for use with AMANDA.

More detailed information about port usage can be found in the AMANDA documentation.

Assumptions

We assume the following:

  • a tape server host, TSHost, having IP address 192.168.2.2
  • TSHost is not directly connected to the Internet
  • TSHost is also an AMANDA backup client
  • firewall server FWHost with IP address 192.168.2.1
  • FWHost is also an AMANDA backup client
  • FWHost is accessible from the Internet through IP address 1.2.3.4
  • local host LHost with IP address 192.168.2.3
  • remote host RHost, accessible via 2.3.4.5

IP Traffic

To be continued...