kumactl install transparent-proxy

# kumactl install transparent-proxy

Install Transparent Proxy pre-requisites on the host

# Synopsis

Install Transparent Proxy by modifying the hosts iptables.

Follow the following steps to use the Kuma data plane proxy in Transparent Proxy mode:

create a dedicated user for the Kuma data plane proxy, e.g. 'kuma-dp'
run this command as a 'root' user to modify the host's iptables and /etc/resolv.conf
- supply the dedicated username with '--kuma-dp-uid'
- all changes are easly revertible by issuing 'kumactl uninstall transparent-proxy'
- by default the SSH port tcp/22 will not be redirected to Envoy, but everything else will. Use '--exclude-inbound-ports' to provide a comma separated list of ports that should also be excluded

sudo kumactl install transparent-proxy
--kuma-dp-user kuma-dp
--exclude-inbound-ports 443

prepare a Dataplane resource yaml like this:

type: Dataplane mesh: default name: networking: address: inbound:

port: tags: kuma.io/service: demo-client transparentProxying: redirectPortInbound: 15006 redirectPortOutbound: 15001

The values in 'transparentProxying' section are the defaults set by this command and if needed be changed by supplying '--redirect-inbound-port' and '--redirect-outbound-port' respectively.

the kuma-dp command shall be run with the designated user.
- if using systemd to run add 'User=kuma-dp' in the '[Service]' section of the service file
- leverage 'runuser' similar to (assuming aforementioned yaml):

runuser -u kuma-dp --
/usr/bin/kuma-dp run
--cp-address=https://172.19.0.2:5678
--dataplane-token-file=/kuma/token-demo
--dataplane-file=/kuma/dpyaml-demo
--dataplane-var name=dp-demo
--dataplane-var address=172.19.0.4
--dataplane-var port=80
--binary-path /usr/local/bin/envoy

kumactl install transparent-proxy [flags]

# Options

      --dry-run                                                                         dry run
      --exclude-inbound-ports string                                                    a comma separated list of inbound ports to exclude from redirect to Envoy
      --exclude-outbound-ports string                                                   a comma separated list of outbound ports to exclude from redirect to Envoy
      --experimental-transparent-proxy-engine                                           use experimental transparent proxy engine
  -h, --help                                                                            help for transparent-proxy
      --kuma-dp-uid string                                                              the UID of the user that will run kuma-dp
      --kuma-dp-user string                                                             the user that will run kuma-dp
      --redirect-all-dns-traffic                                                        redirect all DNS traffic to a specified port, unlike --redirect-dns this will not be limited to the dns servers identified in /etc/resolve.conf
      --redirect-dns                                                                    redirect only DNS requests targeted to the servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf to a specified port
      --redirect-dns-port string                                                        the port where the DNS agent is listening (default "15053")
      --redirect-dns-upstream-target-chain string                                       (optional) the iptables chain where the upstream DNS requests should be directed to. It is only applied for IP V4. Use with care. (default "RETURN")
      --redirect-inbound                                                                redirect the inbound traffic to the Envoy. Should be disabled for Gateway data plane proxies. (default true)
      --redirect-inbound-port networking.transparentProxying.redirectPortInbound        inbound port redirected to Envoy, as specified in dataplane's networking.transparentProxying.redirectPortInbound (default "15006")
      --redirect-inbound-port-v6 networking.transparentProxying.redirectPortInboundV6   IPv6 inbound port redirected to Envoy, as specified in dataplane's networking.transparentProxying.redirectPortInboundV6 (default "15010")
      --redirect-outbound-port networking.transparentProxying.redirectPortOutbound      outbound port redirected to Envoy, as specified in dataplane's networking.transparentProxying.redirectPortOutbound (default "15001")
      --skip-dns-conntrack-zone-split                                                   skip applying conntrack zone splitting iptables rules
      --store-firewalld                                                                 store the iptables changes with firewalld
      --verbose                                                                         verbose

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# Options inherited from parent commands

      --api-timeout duration   the timeout for api calls. It includes connection time, any redirects, and reading the response body. A timeout of zero means no timeout (default 1m0s)
      --config-file string     path to the configuration file to use
      --log-level string       log level: one of off|info|debug (default "off")
      --no-config              if set no config file and config directory will be created

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# SEE ALSO

kumactl install - Install various Kuma components.