Name
routes — Shorewall file
Synopsis
/etc/shorewall[6]/routes
Description
This file was added in Shorewall 4.4.15 and is used to define routes to be added to provider routing tables.
The columns in the file are as follows.
- PROVIDER
The name or number of a provider defined in shorewall-providers (5). Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.14, you may also enter
mainin this column to add routes to the main routing table.- DEST
Destination host address or network address.
- GATEWAY (Optional)
If specified, gives the IP address of the gateway to the DEST.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.14, you may specify
blackholein this column to create a blackhole route.Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.15, you may specify
prohibitorunreachablein this column to create a prohibit or unreachable route respectively.- DEVICE (Optional)
Specifies the device route. If neither DEVICE nor GATEWAY is given, then the INTERFACE specified for the PROVIDER in shorewall-providers (5). This column must be omitted if
blackhole,prohibitorunreachableis specified in the GATEWAY column.- OPTIONS (Optional)
Added in Shorewall 5.0.2.
Allowed options are:
- persistent
If specified, the route remains in the provider's routing table even when the provider is disabled.
