Forward (redirect/nat) traffic with iptables
If you want to redirect/nat some traffic to IP 2.2.2.2 via IP 1.1.1.1, it simply can be done with iptables on IP 1.1.1.1.
You can also redirect/nat traffic to specific port by specifying a port instead of range.
It's useful for example if you would like to configure "double openvpn": in this case you connect to 1st ip address which forward you to your open vpn server and you "exit under second ip".
First of all enable IP forwarding in /etc/sysctl.conf on 1.1.1.1 host:
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
Execute following for the changes to take effect:
sysctl -p
NOTE we are using eth0 as interface name .. change it to your interface name it can be eth1 or venet0(in case you are using vps on openvz) iptables rules example to forward&nat with another ip all tcp/udp traffic with port ranges 1000-65500
iptables -A FORWARD -d 2.2.2.2 -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 1000:65500 -j ACCEPT #forward tcp port range iptables -A FORWARD -d 2.2.2.2 -i eth0 -p udp -m udp --dport 1000:65500 -j ACCEPT #forward udp port range iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 1.1.1.1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 1000:65500 -j DNAT --to-destination 2.2.2.2 #tcp port range iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 1.1.1.1 -p udp -m udp --dport 1000:65500 -j DNAT --to-destination 2.2.2.2 #udp port range iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
Example for single tcp port:
iptables -A FORWARD -d 2.2.2.2 -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 3389 -j ACCEPT iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 1.1.1.1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 3389 -j DNAT --to-destination 2.2.2.2 iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
Save and restart
iptables-save >/etc/sysconfig/iptables service iptables restart
NOTE if you trying to forward openvpn traffic (for make smthng like double vpn) you should also add rule for internal ovpn network like this:
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.17.0.0/255.255.255.0 -o eth0 -j SNAT --to-source 1.1.1.1
where 10.17.0.0 is the ypour openvpn internal network
Here is an example of working iptables:
# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.7 on Tue Apr 9 14:27:04 2013 *filter :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] -A FORWARD -d 2.2.2.2 -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 23:65500 -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -d 2.2.2.2 -i eth0 -p udp -m udp --dport 23:65500 -j ACCEPT COMMIT # Completed on Tue Apr 9 14:27:04 2013 # Generated by iptables-save v1.4.7 on Tue Apr 9 14:27:04 2013 *nat :PREROUTING ACCEPT [0:0] :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] -A PREROUTING -d 1.1.1.1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 23:65500 -j DNAT --to-destination 2.2.2.2 -A PREROUTING -d 1.1.1.1 -p udp -m udp --dport 23:65500 -j DNAT --to-destination 2.2.2.2 -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE COMMIT # Completed on Tue Apr 9 14:27:04 2013
Warning: Make sure your ssh port is out of range 23:65500, otherwise you will lose ssh access to 1.1.1.1. ""