---
id: "nftables"
type: "component"
kind: "firewall"
provider: "default"
category: "security"
docs: "https://wiki.nftables.org/wiki-nftables/index.php/Configuring_chains"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/nftables"
---

# nftables

Linux kernel packet classification framework whose base chains default to an accept policy.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [default](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=default) |
| Kind | [Firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/firewall) |
| Category | Security |
| Official docs | [https://wiki.nftables.org/wiki-nftables/index.php/Configuring_chains](https://wiki.nftables.org/wiki-nftables/index.php/Configuring_chains) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `defaultAction` | enum | `allow`, `deny` | no | — | **"allow"** |
| `family` | enum | `ip`, `ip6`, `inet`, `arp`, `bridge`, `netdev` | no | "inet" | inherited |
| `hook` | enum | `prerouting`, `input`, `forward`, `output`, `postrouting` | no | "input" | inherited |
| `intrusionPrevention` | boolean | — | no | — | **false** |
| `logging` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `natEnabled` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `ruleCount` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `stateful` | boolean | — | no | — | **false** |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 35

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- [pfSense](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/pfsense.md) `pfsense` — default
- [Snort](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/snort.md) `snort` — default
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- [Secure Web Proxy](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-secure-web-proxy.md) `google-secure-web-proxy` — gcp
- [IBM Cloud Hardware Firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ibm-firewall.md) `ibm-firewall` — ibm
- [VPC Security Group](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ibm-security-group.md) `ibm-security-group` — ibm
- [NetworkPolicy](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/k8s-network-policy.md) `k8s-network-policy` — k8s
- [Network Firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-network-firewall.md) `oci-network-firewall` — oci
- [Network Security Group](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-network-security-group.md) `oci-network-security-group` — oci
- [Security List](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-security-list.md) `oci-security-list` — oci
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## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "nftables", component: "nftables" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# nftables: the Linux kernel packet classification framework. "Configuring chains" states
# that if no policy is explicitly selected, the base chain policy accept is used;
# connection tracking only applies where ct state rules are written.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "nftables"
kind: "firewall"
provider: "default"
docs: "https://wiki.nftables.org/wiki-nftables/index.php/Configuring_chains"
defaults:
  managed: false
  defaultAction: "allow"
  stateful: false
  intrusionPrevention: false
properties:
  family:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["ip", "ip6", "inet", "arp", "bridge", "netdev"]
    default: "inet"
  hook:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["prerouting", "input", "forward", "output", "postrouting"]
    default: "input"
  natEnabled:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/nftables