# felhom-agent local API — host firewall narrowing (doc 03 §6; R-50 island update 2026-07-25) # # Defense-in-depth for the per-guest local API (the controller→agent channel). The PER-GUEST BEARER # TOKEN + the served-leaf pin are the authorization gate; a firewall rule is only an ADDITIONAL layer # limiting who can even open the port. # # === R-50 ISLAND INSTALL (the default on a fresh appliance) ================================= # The agent binds local_api.listen_addr on the HOST-INTERNAL island bridge — 169.254.253.1:8443 on # vmbr9, a bridge with NO physical port (bridge-ports none). That bind is the security win: # * Nothing listens on the LAN IP at all, so no LAN host (or off-site attacker on the LAN) can # reach the local API — the LAN:8443 surface is CLOSED by the bind, not by a rule. # * vmbr9 has no uplink, so 169.254.253.1:8443 is reachable ONLY from the one guest wired to the # /30 (169.254.253.2) — the controller. The portless bridge is the isolation. # So on an island install NO firewall rule is required for exposure; the topology provides it. If you # want belt-and-suspenders, restrict the port to the island bridge (it changes nothing, since nothing # off-bridge can route to a portless bridge anyway): # # nft add rule inet filter input iifname != "vmbr9" ip daddr 169.254.253.1 tcp dport 8443 drop # # Verify: from the guest, a TLS connect to 169.254.253.1:8443 succeeds; there is no LAN listener to # probe (`ss -lnt 'sport = :8443'` shows only the island IP). # # === LEGACY LAN BIND (byo, --no-island, or an explicit --bridge-ip) ========================= # When the agent still binds a LAN bridge IP (e.g. 192.168.0.162:8443), the port is exposed to the # whole LAN and the subnet-narrowing rule below is worth applying. Replace the bridge IP, port, and # the guest bridge subnet with this host's values. # # Option A — nftables (recommended on PVE 8/9; inet filter table). Insert ABOVE any accept: # # nft add rule inet filter input ip daddr 192.168.0.162 tcp dport 8443 \ # ip saddr != 192.168.0.0/24 drop # nft add rule inet filter input ip daddr 192.168.0.162 tcp dport 8443 \ # ip saddr 192.168.0.0/24 accept # # Option B — iptables: # # iptables -A INPUT -d 192.168.0.162 -p tcp --dport 8443 -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j ACCEPT # iptables -A INPUT -d 192.168.0.162 -p tcp --dport 8443 -j DROP # # Option C — PVE host firewall (/etc/pve/nodes//host.fw), if the PVE firewall is enabled. # Add under [RULES] (and ensure the firewall is enabled in cluster.fw / host.fw): # # [RULES] # IN ACCEPT -source 192.168.0.0/24 -dport 8443 -proto tcp -log nolog # IN DROP -dport 8443 -proto tcp -log nolog # # Apply at HOST SETUP — a host-level packet-filter change, intentionally OUTSIDE the agent's # 3-exception privileged fence (the agent never mutates the host firewall at runtime). The token + # leaf-pin still gate the request regardless of which bind is in force.