# Ansible and ip6tables **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [December 2, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-ip6tables/29174 "2018-12-02T19:43:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anurag\_Bhatia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Anurag\_Bhatia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anurag_Bhatia)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-ip6tables/29174/1 "2018-12-02T19:43:48Z")
Hi Has anyone been able to make ansible work with ip6tables (for IPv6 firewall) ? As per module documentation: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/iptables\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/modules/iptables_module.html) This is the same as the behaviour of the iptables and ip6tables command which this module uses internally. But if I do: - name: Allow traffic from loopback ip6tables: chain: INPUT in\_interface: lo jump: ACCEPT comment: Allow traffic from loopback The playbook throws an error: ERROR! no action detected in task. This often indicates a misspelled module name, or incorrect module path. The error appears to have been in ‘firewall-ipv6.yml’: line 6, column 9, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: # Start of basic config for firewall to make system work - name: Allow traffic from loopback ^ here Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_M1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Michael\_M1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_M1)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-ip6tables/29174/2 "2018-12-02T20:00:08Z")
Anurag, If this is your entire playbook, you are missing the ‘tasks:’ directive. ---
**Author:** ![Anurag\_Bhatia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Anurag\_Bhatia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anurag_Bhatia)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-ip6tables/29174/3 "2018-12-02T20:02:01Z")
Hi That was not the entire playbook. I just took the specific portion out. Here’s entire playbook (which includes tasks for your reference): ---
**Author:** ![Karl\_Auer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Karl\_Auer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karl_Auer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-ip6tables/29174/4 "2018-12-02T20:06:15Z")
Double check your indentation. ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-ip6tables/29174/5 "2018-12-02T20:09:45Z")
There is no Ansible module called ip6tables, if you read the documentation you linked in your first post you'll see how to use ipv6. ---
**Author:** ![Anurag\_Bhatia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Anurag\_Bhatia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anurag_Bhatia)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-ip6tables/29174/6 "2018-12-02T20:17:57Z")
Just re-read but still can’t make out what to use for IPv6. Can you share a sample playbook? All examples linked on the module page are for IPv4. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Karl\_Auer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Karl\_Auer](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Karl_Auer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-ip6tables/29174/7 "2018-12-02T20:38:29Z")
Use the same module - just provide IPv6 addresses, networks etc. Also, see the “ipversion” attribute in the module. ---
**Author:** ![Pshem\_Kowalczyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e480ec/32.png) [@Pshem\_Kowalczyk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pshem_Kowalczyk)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-ip6tables/29174/8 "2018-12-02T23:09:43Z")
Google seems to index not the most recent version of the docs. Here’s the current version: [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/iptables\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/iptables_module.html) Here’s an example: - iptables: chain: INPUT protocol: tcp destination\_port: 8080 jump: ACCEPT rule\_num: 5 ip\_version: “ipv6” kind regards Pshem ```auto ``` ---
**Author:** ![Anurag\_Bhatia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Anurag\_Bhatia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anurag_Bhatia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-and-ip6tables/29174/9 "2018-12-03T08:44:46Z")
Hi Pshem The addition of ip\_version: “ipv6” works perfectly. Thanks for your help.