NAME
iptables-xml - Convert iptables-save format to XML
SYNOPSIS
iptables-xml [-c] [-v]
DESCRIPTION
iptables-xml is used to convert the output of iptables-save into an
easily manipulatable XML format to STDOUT. Use I/O-redirection
provided by your shell to write to a file.
-c, --combine
combine consecutive rules with the same matches but different
targets. iptables does not currently support more than one
target per match, so this simulates that by collecting the
targets from consecutive iptables rules into one action tag, but
only when the rule matches are identical. Terminating actions
like RETURN, DROP, ACCEPT and QUEUE are not combined with
subsequent targets.
-v, --verbose
Output xml comments containing the iptables line from which the
XML is derived
iptables-xml does a mechanistic conversion to a very expressive xml
format; the only semantic considerations are for -g and -j targets in
order to discriminate between <call> <goto> and <nane-of-target> as it
helps xml processing scripts if they can tell the difference between a
target like SNAT and another chain.
Some sample output is:
<iptables-rules>
<table name="mangle">
<chain name="PREROUTING" policy="ACCEPT" packet-count="63436" byte-
count="7137573">
<rule>
<conditions>
<match>
<p>tcp</p>
</match>
<tcp>
<sport>8443</sport>
</tcp>
</conditions>
<actions>
<call>
<check_ip/>
</call>
<ACCEPT/>
</actions>
</rule>
</chain>
</table> </iptables-rules>
Conversion from XML to iptables-save format may be done using the
iptables.xslt script and xsltproc, or a custom program using
libxsltproc or similar; in this fashion:
xsltproc iptables.xslt my-iptables.xml | iptables-restore
BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.3.7 release
AUTHOR
Sam Liddicott <azez@ufomechanic.net>
SEE ALSO
iptables-save(8), iptables-restore(8), iptables(8)
Jul 16, 2007