Iptables exporter

iptables-exporter collects traffic data from iptables rules.

Installation

pip install iptables-exporter

Usage

Test run:

iptables-exporter --dump-data

Run iptables-exporter:

iptables-exporter --port 9119

Point your browser to http://localhost:9119/metrics

Configure iptables

Just add a comment starting with iptables-exporter to your iptables rule:

iptables -A INPUT --dport ssh -j ACCEPT -m comment --comment "iptables-exporter ssh traffic"

collects packets and bytes counter:

iptables_packets{table="filter",chain="input",rule="ssh traffic"} 347.0
iptables_bytes{table="filter",chain="input",rule="ssh traffic"} 44512.0

More rules with same name:

iptables -A INPUT -s 10.0.0.0/8     --dport ssh -j ACCEPT -m comment --comment "iptables-exporter ssh traffic"
iptables -A INPUT -s 172.16.0.0/12  --dport ssh -j ACCEPT -m comment --comment "iptables-exporter ssh traffic"
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/16 --dport ssh -j ACCEPT -m comment --comment "iptables-exporter ssh traffic"

exports only the total of the 3 rules as they have same table, chain and name.