cli: Add new `consul connect redirect-traffic` command for applying traffic redirection rules when Transparent Proxy is enabled. (#9910)

* Add new consul connect redirect-traffic command for applying traffic redirection rules when Transparent Proxy is enabled.
* Add new iptables package for applying traffic redirection rules with iptables.

.changelog/9910.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+```release-note:feature
+cli: Add new `consul connect redirect-traffic` command for applying traffic redirection rules when Transparent Proxy is enabled.
+```
+```release-note:feature
+sdk: Add new `iptables` package for applying traffic redirection rules with iptables.
+```

agent/xds/listeners.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	envoy_tcp_proxy_v3 "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/extensions/filters/network/tcp_proxy/v3"
 	envoy_tls_v3 "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/v3"
 	envoy_type_v3 "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/type/v3"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk/iptables"
 
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
@@ -32,11 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/logging"
 )
 
-const (
-	// TODO (freddy) Make this configurable
-	TProxyOutboundPort = 15001
-)
-
 // listenersFromSnapshot returns the xDS API representation of the "listeners" in the snapshot.
 func (s *Server) listenersFromSnapshot(cInfo connectionInfo, cfgSnap *proxycfg.ConfigSnapshot) ([]proto.Message, error) {
 	if cfgSnap == nil {
@@ -75,7 +71,8 @@ func (s *Server) listenersFromSnapshotConnectProxy(cInfo connectionInfo, cfgSnap
 	var outboundListener *envoy_listener_v3.Listener
 
 	if cfgSnap.Proxy.TransparentProxy {
-		outboundListener = makeListener(OutboundListenerName, "127.0.0.1", TProxyOutboundPort, envoy_core_v3.TrafficDirection_OUTBOUND)
+		// TODO (freddy) Make DefaultTProxyOutboundPort configurable
+		outboundListener = makeListener(OutboundListenerName, "127.0.0.1", iptables.DefaultTProxyOutboundPort, envoy_core_v3.TrafficDirection_OUTBOUND)
 		outboundListener.FilterChains = make([]*envoy_listener_v3.FilterChain, 0)
 		outboundListener.ListenerFilters = []*envoy_listener_v3.ListenerFilter{
 			{

build-support/docker/Consul-Dev.dockerfile

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ARG CONSUL_IMAGE_VERSION=latest
 FROM consul:${CONSUL_IMAGE_VERSION}
+RUN apk update && apk add iptables
 COPY consul /bin/consul

command/commands_oss.go

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import (
 	pipebootstrap "github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/connect/envoy/pipe-bootstrap"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/connect/expose"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/connect/proxy"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/connect/redirecttraffic"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/debug"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/event"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/exec"
@@ -77,8 +78,8 @@ import (
 	kvput "github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/kv/put"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/leave"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/lock"
-	login "github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/login"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/login"
-	logout "github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/logout"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/logout"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/maint"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/members"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/monitor"
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ func init() {
 	Register("connect envoy", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return envoy.New(ui), nil })
 	Register("connect envoy pipe-bootstrap", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return pipebootstrap.New(ui), nil })
 	Register("connect expose", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return expose.New(ui), nil })
+	Register("connect redirect-traffic", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return redirecttraffic.New(ui), nil })
 	Register("debug", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return debug.New(ui, MakeShutdownCh()), nil })
 	Register("event", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return event.New(ui), nil })
 	Register("exec", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return exec.New(ui, MakeShutdownCh()), nil })

command/connect/redirecttraffic/redirect_traffic.go

@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+package redirecttraffic
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/flags"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk/iptables"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
+)
+
+func New(ui cli.Ui) *cmd {
+	ui = &cli.PrefixedUi{
+		OutputPrefix: "==> ",
+		InfoPrefix:   "    ",
+		ErrorPrefix:  "==> ",
+		Ui:           ui,
+	}
+
+	c := &cmd{
+		UI: ui,
+	}
+	c.init()
+	return c
+}
+
+type cmd struct {
+	UI     cli.Ui
+	flags  *flag.FlagSet
+	http   *flags.HTTPFlags
+	help   string
+	client *api.Client
+
+	// Flags.
+	proxyUID          string
+	proxyID           string
+	proxyInboundPort  int
+	proxyOutboundPort int
+}
+
+func (c *cmd) init() {
+	c.flags = flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ContinueOnError)
+
+	c.flags.StringVar(&c.proxyUID, "proxy-uid", "", "The user ID of the proxy to exclude from traffic redirection.")
+	c.flags.StringVar(&c.proxyID, "proxy-id", "", "The service ID of the proxy service registered with Consul.")
+	c.flags.IntVar(&c.proxyInboundPort, "proxy-inbound-port", 0, "The inbound port that the proxy is listening on.")
+	c.flags.IntVar(&c.proxyOutboundPort, "proxy-outbound-port", iptables.DefaultTProxyOutboundPort,
+		"The outbound port that the proxy is listening on. When not provided, 15001 is used by default.")
+
+	c.http = &flags.HTTPFlags{}
+	flags.Merge(c.flags, c.http.ClientFlags())
+	flags.Merge(c.flags, c.http.NamespaceFlags())
+	c.help = flags.Usage(help, c.flags)
+}
+
+func (c *cmd) Run(args []string) int {
+	if err := c.flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to parse args: %v", err))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	if c.proxyUID == "" {
+		c.UI.Error("-proxy-uid is required")
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	if c.proxyID == "" && c.proxyInboundPort == 0 {
+		c.UI.Error("either -proxy-id or -proxy-inbound-port are required")
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	if c.proxyID != "" && (c.proxyInboundPort != 0 || c.proxyOutboundPort != iptables.DefaultTProxyOutboundPort) {
+		c.UI.Error("-proxy-inbound-port or -proxy-outbound-port cannot be provided together with -proxy-id. " +
+			"Proxy's inbound and outbound ports are retrieved from the proxy's configuration instead.")
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := c.generateConfigFromFlags()
+	if err != nil {
+		c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to create configuration to apply traffic redirection rules: %s", err))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	err = iptables.Setup(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error setting up traffic redirection rules: %s", err.Error()))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	c.UI.Info("Successfully applied traffic redirection rules")
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (c *cmd) Synopsis() string {
+	return synopsis
+}
+
+func (c *cmd) Help() string {
+	return c.help
+}
+
+// trafficRedirectProxyConfig is a snippet of xds/config.go
+// with only the configuration values that we need to parse from Proxy.Config
+// to apply traffic redirection rules.
+type trafficRedirectProxyConfig struct {
+	BindPort int `mapstructure:"bind_port"`
+}
+
+// generateConfigFromFlags generates iptables.Config based on command flags.
+func (c *cmd) generateConfigFromFlags() (iptables.Config, error) {
+	cfg := iptables.Config{ProxyUserID: c.proxyUID}
+
+	// When proxyID is provided, we set up cfg with values
+	// from proxy's service registration in Consul.
+	if c.proxyID != "" {
+		var err error
+		if c.client == nil {
+			c.client, err = c.http.APIClient()
+			if err != nil {
+				return iptables.Config{}, fmt.Errorf("error creating Consul API client: %s", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		svc, _, err := c.client.Agent().Service(c.proxyID, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return iptables.Config{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch proxy service from Consul Agent: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		if svc.Proxy == nil {
+			return iptables.Config{}, fmt.Errorf("service %s is not a proxy service", c.proxyID)
+		}
+
+		cfg.ProxyInboundPort = svc.Port
+		var trCfg trafficRedirectProxyConfig
+		if err := mapstructure.WeakDecode(svc.Proxy.Config, &trCfg); err != nil {
+			return iptables.Config{}, fmt.Errorf("failed parsing Proxy.Config: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		if trCfg.BindPort != 0 {
+			cfg.ProxyInboundPort = trCfg.BindPort
+		}
+
+		// todo: Change once it's configurable
+		cfg.ProxyOutboundPort = iptables.DefaultTProxyOutboundPort
+	} else {
+		cfg.ProxyInboundPort = c.proxyInboundPort
+		cfg.ProxyOutboundPort = c.proxyOutboundPort
+	}
+
+	return cfg, nil
+}
+
+const synopsis = "Applies iptables rules for traffic redirection"
+const help = `
+Usage: consul connect redirect-traffic [options]
+
+  Applies iptables rules for inbound and outbound traffic redirection.
+
+  Requires that the iptables command line utility is installed.
+
+  Examples:
+
+    $ consul connect redirect-traffic -proxy-uid 1234 -proxy-id web
+
+    $ consul connect redirect-traffic -proxy-uid 1234 -proxy-inbound-port 20000
+`

command/connect/redirecttraffic/redirect_traffic_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+package redirecttraffic
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk/iptables"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk/testutil"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestRun_FlagValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		args     []string
+		expError string
+	}{
+		{
+			"-proxy-uid is missing",
+			nil,
+			"-proxy-uid is required",
+		},
+		{
+			"-proxy-id and -proxy-inbound-port are missing",
+			[]string{"-proxy-uid=1234"},
+			"either -proxy-id or -proxy-inbound-port are required",
+		},
+		{
+			"-proxy-id and -proxy-inbound-port are provided",
+			[]string{"-proxy-uid=1234", "-proxy-id=test", "-proxy-inbound-port=15000"},
+			"-proxy-inbound-port or -proxy-outbound-port cannot be provided together with -proxy-id.",
+		},
+		{
+			"-proxy-id and -proxy-outbound-port are provided",
+			[]string{"-proxy-uid=1234", "-proxy-id=test", "-proxy-outbound-port=15000"},
+			"-proxy-inbound-port or -proxy-outbound-port cannot be provided together with -proxy-id.",
+		},
+		{
+			"-proxy-id, -proxy-inbound-port and non-default -proxy-outbound-port are provided",
+			[]string{"-proxy-uid=1234", "-proxy-id=test", "-proxy-inbound-port=15000", "-proxy-outbound-port=15001"},
+			"-proxy-inbound-port or -proxy-outbound-port cannot be provided together with -proxy-id.",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ui := cli.NewMockUi()
+			cmd := New(ui)
+
+			code := cmd.Run(c.args)
+			require.Equal(t, code, 1)
+			require.Contains(t, ui.ErrorWriter.String(), c.expError)
+		})
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestGenerateConfigFromFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name         string
+		command      func() cmd
+		proxyService *api.AgentServiceRegistration
+		expCfg       iptables.Config
+		expError     string
+	}{
+		{
+			"proxyID with service port provided",
+			func() cmd {
+				var c cmd
+				c.init()
+				c.proxyUID = "1234"
+				c.proxyID = "test-proxy-id"
+				return c
+			},
+			&api.AgentServiceRegistration{
+				Kind:    api.ServiceKindConnectProxy,
+				ID:      "test-proxy-id",
+				Name:    "test-proxy",
+				Port:    20000,
+				Address: "1.1.1.1",
+				Proxy: &api.AgentServiceConnectProxyConfig{
+					DestinationServiceName: "foo",
+				},
+			},
+			iptables.Config{
+				ProxyUserID:       "1234",
+				ProxyInboundPort:  20000,
+				ProxyOutboundPort: iptables.DefaultTProxyOutboundPort,
+			},
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			"proxyID with bind_port(int) provided",
+			func() cmd {
+				var c cmd
+				c.init()
+				c.proxyUID = "1234"
+				c.proxyID = "test-proxy-id"
+				return c
+			},
+			&api.AgentServiceRegistration{
+				Kind:    api.ServiceKindConnectProxy,
+				ID:      "test-proxy-id",
+				Name:    "test-proxy",
+				Port:    20000,
+				Address: "1.1.1.1",
+				Proxy: &api.AgentServiceConnectProxyConfig{
+					DestinationServiceName: "foo",
+					Config: map[string]interface{}{
+						"bind_port": 21000,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			iptables.Config{
+				ProxyUserID:       "1234",
+				ProxyInboundPort:  21000,
+				ProxyOutboundPort: iptables.DefaultTProxyOutboundPort,
+			},
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			"proxyID with bind_port(string) provided",
+			func() cmd {
+				var c cmd
+				c.init()
+				c.proxyUID = "1234"
+				c.proxyID = "test-proxy-id"
+				return c
+			},
+			&api.AgentServiceRegistration{
+				Kind:    api.ServiceKindConnectProxy,
+				ID:      "test-proxy-id",
+				Name:    "test-proxy",
+				Port:    20000,
+				Address: "1.1.1.1",
+				Proxy: &api.AgentServiceConnectProxyConfig{
+					DestinationServiceName: "foo",
+					Config: map[string]interface{}{
+						"bind_port": "21000",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			iptables.Config{
+				ProxyUserID:       "1234",
+				ProxyInboundPort:  21000,
+				ProxyOutboundPort: iptables.DefaultTProxyOutboundPort,
+			},
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			"proxyID with bind_port(invalid type) provided",
+			func() cmd {
+				var c cmd
+				c.init()
+				c.proxyUID = "1234"
+				c.proxyID = "test-proxy-id"
+				return c
+			},
+			&api.AgentServiceRegistration{
+				Kind:    api.ServiceKindConnectProxy,
+				ID:      "test-proxy-id",
+				Name:    "test-proxy",
+				Port:    20000,
+				Address: "1.1.1.1",
+				Proxy: &api.AgentServiceConnectProxyConfig{
+					DestinationServiceName: "foo",
+					Config: map[string]interface{}{
+						"bind_port": "invalid",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			iptables.Config{},
+			"failed parsing Proxy.Config: 1 error(s) decoding:\n\n* cannot parse 'bind_port' as int:",
+		},
+		{
+			"proxyID provided, but Consul is not reachable",
+			func() cmd {
+				var c cmd
+				c.init()
+				c.proxyUID = "1234"
+				c.proxyID = "test-proxy-id"
+				return c
+			},
+			nil,
+			iptables.Config{},
+			"failed to fetch proxy service from Consul Agent: ",
+		},
+		{
+			"proxyID of a non-proxy service",
+			func() cmd {
+				var c cmd
+				c.init()
+				c.proxyUID = "1234"
+				c.proxyID = "test-proxy-id"
+				return c
+			},
+			&api.AgentServiceRegistration{
+				ID:      "test-proxy-id",
+				Name:    "test-proxy",
+				Port:    20000,
+				Address: "1.1.1.1",
+			},
+			iptables.Config{},
+			"service test-proxy-id is not a proxy service",
+		},
+		{
+			"only proxy inbound port is provided",
+			func() cmd {
+				var c cmd
+				c.init()
+				c.proxyUID = "1234"
+				c.proxyInboundPort = 15000
+				return c
+			},
+			nil,
+			iptables.Config{
+				ProxyUserID:       "1234",
+				ProxyInboundPort:  15000,
+				ProxyOutboundPort: iptables.DefaultTProxyOutboundPort,
+			},
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			"proxy inbound and outbound ports are provided",
+			func() cmd {
+				var c cmd
+				c.init()
+				c.proxyUID = "1234"
+				c.proxyInboundPort = 15000
+				c.proxyOutboundPort = 16000
+				return c
+			},
+			nil,
+			iptables.Config{
+				ProxyUserID:       "1234",
+				ProxyInboundPort:  15000,
+				ProxyOutboundPort: 16000,
+			},
+			"",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cmd := c.command()
+			if c.proxyService != nil {
+				testServer, err := testutil.NewTestServerConfigT(t, nil)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				defer testServer.Stop()
+
+				client, err := api.NewClient(&api.Config{Address: testServer.HTTPAddr})
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				err = client.Agent().ServiceRegister(c.proxyService)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				cmd.client = client
+			} else {
+				client, err := api.NewClient(&api.Config{Address: "not-reachable"})
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				cmd.client = client
+			}
+
+			cfg, err := cmd.generateConfigFromFlags()
+
+			if c.expError == "" {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				require.Equal(t, c.expCfg, cfg)
+			} else {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.Contains(t, err.Error(), c.expError)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

sdk/go.mod

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-testing-interface v1.0.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200124204421-9fbb57f87de9
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8 // indirect

sdk/iptables/iptables.go

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package iptables
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Chain to intercept inbound traffic
+	ProxyInboundChain = "CONSUL_PROXY_INBOUND"
+
+	// Chain to redirect inbound traffic to the proxy
+	ProxyInboundRedirectChain = "CONSUL_PROXY_IN_REDIRECT"
+
+	// Chain to intercept outbound traffic
+	ProxyOutputChain = "CONSUL_PROXY_OUTPUT"
+
+	// Chain to redirect outbound traffic to the proxy
+	ProxyOutputRedirectChain = "CONSUL_PROXY_REDIRECT"
+
+	DefaultTProxyOutboundPort = 15001
+)
+
+// Config is used to configure which traffic interception and redirection
+// rules should be applied with the iptables commands.
+type Config struct {
+	// ProxyUserID is the user ID of the proxy process.
+	ProxyUserID string
+
+	// ProxyInboundPort is the port of the proxy's inbound listener.
+	ProxyInboundPort int
+
+	// ProxyInboundPort is the port of the proxy's outbound listener.
+	ProxyOutboundPort int
+
+	// IptablesProvider is the Provider that will apply iptables rules.
+	IptablesProvider Provider
+}
+
+// Provider is an interface for executing iptables rules.
+type Provider interface {
+	// AddRule adds a rule without executing it.
+	AddRule(name string, args ...string)
+	// ApplyRules executes rules that have been added via AddRule.
+	// This operation is currently not atomic, and if there's an error applying rules,
+	// you may be left in a state where partial rules were applied.
+	ApplyRules() error
+	// Rules returns the list of rules that have been added but not applied yet.
+	Rules() []string
+}
+
+// Setup will set up iptables interception and redirection rules
+// based on the configuration provided in cfg.
+// This implementation was inspired by
+// https://github.com/openservicemesh/osm/blob/650a1a1dcf081ae90825f3b5dba6f30a0e532725/pkg/injector/iptables.go
+func Setup(cfg Config) error {
+	if cfg.IptablesProvider == nil {
+		cfg.IptablesProvider = &iptablesExecutor{}
+	}
+
+	err := validateConfig(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Set the default outbound port if it's not already set.
+	if cfg.ProxyOutboundPort == 0 {
+		cfg.ProxyOutboundPort = DefaultTProxyOutboundPort
+	}
+
+	// Create chains we will use for redirection.
+	chains := []string{ProxyInboundChain, ProxyInboundRedirectChain, ProxyOutputChain, ProxyOutputRedirectChain}
+	for _, chain := range chains {
+		cfg.IptablesProvider.AddRule("iptables", "-t", "nat", "-N", chain)
+	}
+
+	// Configure outbound rules.
+	{
+		// Redirects outbound TCP traffic hitting PROXY_REDIRECT chain to Envoy's outbound listener port.
+		cfg.IptablesProvider.AddRule("iptables", "-t", "nat", "-A", ProxyOutputRedirectChain, "-p", "tcp", "-j", "REDIRECT", "--to-port", strconv.Itoa(cfg.ProxyOutboundPort))
+
+		// For outbound TCP traffic jump from OUTPUT chain to PROXY_OUTPUT chain.
+		cfg.IptablesProvider.AddRule("iptables", "-t", "nat", "-A", "OUTPUT", "-p", "tcp", "-j", ProxyOutputChain)
+
+		// Don't redirect proxy traffic back to itself, return it to the next chain for processing.
+		cfg.IptablesProvider.AddRule("iptables", "-t", "nat", "-A", ProxyOutputChain, "-m", "owner", "--uid-owner", cfg.ProxyUserID, "-j", "RETURN")
+
+		// Skip localhost traffic, doesn't need to be routed via the proxy.
+		cfg.IptablesProvider.AddRule("iptables", "-t", "nat", "-A", ProxyOutputChain, "-d", "127.0.0.1/32", "-j", "RETURN")
+
+		// Redirect remaining outbound traffic to Envoy.
+		cfg.IptablesProvider.AddRule("iptables", "-t", "nat", "-A", ProxyOutputChain, "-j", ProxyOutputRedirectChain)
+	}
+
+	// Configure inbound rules.
+	{
+		// Redirects inbound TCP traffic hitting the PROXY_IN_REDIRECT chain to Envoy's inbound listener port.
+		cfg.IptablesProvider.AddRule("iptables", "-t", "nat", "-A", ProxyInboundRedirectChain, "-p", "tcp", "-j", "REDIRECT", "--to-port", strconv.Itoa(cfg.ProxyInboundPort))
+
+		// For inbound traffic jump from PREROUTING chain to PROXY_INBOUND chain.
+		cfg.IptablesProvider.AddRule("iptables", "-t", "nat", "-A", "PREROUTING", "-p", "tcp", "-j", ProxyInboundChain)
+
+		// Redirect remaining inbound traffic to Envoy.
+		cfg.IptablesProvider.AddRule("iptables", "-t", "nat", "-A", ProxyInboundChain, "-p", "tcp", "-j", ProxyInboundRedirectChain)
+	}
+
+	return cfg.IptablesProvider.ApplyRules()
+}
+
+func validateConfig(cfg Config) error {
+	if cfg.ProxyUserID == "" {
+		return errors.New("ProxyUserID is required to set up traffic redirection")
+	}
+
+	if cfg.ProxyInboundPort == 0 {
+		return errors.New("ProxyInboundPort is required to set up traffic redirection")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

sdk/iptables/iptables_executor_linux.go

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// +build linux
+
+package iptables
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+// iptablesExecutor implements IptablesProvider using exec.Cmd.
+type iptablesExecutor struct {
+	commands []*exec.Cmd
+}
+
+func (i *iptablesExecutor) AddRule(name string, args ...string) {
+	i.commands = append(i.commands, exec.Command(name, args...))
+}
+
+func (i *iptablesExecutor) ApplyRules() error {
+	_, err := exec.LookPath("iptables")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, cmd := range i.commands {
+		var cmdOutput bytes.Buffer
+		cmd.Stdout = &cmdOutput
+		cmd.Stderr = &cmdOutput
+		err := cmd.Run()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to run command: %s, err: %v, output: %s", cmd.String(), err, string(cmdOutput.Bytes()))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (i *iptablesExecutor) Rules() []string {
+	var rules []string
+	for _, cmd := range i.commands {
+		rules = append(rules, cmd.String())
+	}
+
+	return rules
+}

sdk/iptables/iptables_executor_unsupported.go

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// +build !linux
+
+package iptables
+
+import "errors"
+
+// iptablesExecutor implements IptablesProvider and errors out on any non-linux OS.
+type iptablesExecutor struct{}
+
+func (i *iptablesExecutor) AddRule(_ string, _ ...string) {}
+
+func (i *iptablesExecutor) ApplyRules() error {
+	return errors.New("applying traffic redirection rules with 'iptables' is not supported on this operating system; only linux OS is supported")
+}
+
+func (i *iptablesExecutor) Rules() []string {
+	return nil
+}

sdk/iptables/iptables_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package iptables
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestSetup(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name          string
+		cfg           Config
+		expectedRules []string
+	}{
+		{
+			"no proxy outbound port provided",
+			Config{
+				ProxyUserID:      "123",
+				ProxyInboundPort: 20000,
+				IptablesProvider: &fakeIptablesProvider{},
+			},
+			[]string{
+				"iptables -t nat -N CONSUL_PROXY_INBOUND",
+				"iptables -t nat -N CONSUL_PROXY_IN_REDIRECT",
+				"iptables -t nat -N CONSUL_PROXY_OUTPUT",
+				"iptables -t nat -N CONSUL_PROXY_REDIRECT",
+				"iptables -t nat -A CONSUL_PROXY_REDIRECT -p tcp -j REDIRECT --to-port 15001",
+				"iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp -j CONSUL_PROXY_OUTPUT",
+				"iptables -t nat -A CONSUL_PROXY_OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner 123 -j RETURN",
+				"iptables -t nat -A CONSUL_PROXY_OUTPUT -d 127.0.0.1/32 -j RETURN",
+				"iptables -t nat -A CONSUL_PROXY_OUTPUT -j CONSUL_PROXY_REDIRECT",
+				"iptables -t nat -A CONSUL_PROXY_IN_REDIRECT -p tcp -j REDIRECT --to-port 20000",
+				"iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -j CONSUL_PROXY_INBOUND",
+				"iptables -t nat -A CONSUL_PROXY_INBOUND -p tcp -j CONSUL_PROXY_IN_REDIRECT",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"proxy outbound port is provided",
+			Config{
+				ProxyUserID:       "123",
+				ProxyInboundPort:  20000,
+				ProxyOutboundPort: 21000,
+				IptablesProvider:  &fakeIptablesProvider{},
+			},
+			[]string{
+				"iptables -t nat -N CONSUL_PROXY_INBOUND",
+				"iptables -t nat -N CONSUL_PROXY_IN_REDIRECT",
+				"iptables -t nat -N CONSUL_PROXY_OUTPUT",
+				"iptables -t nat -N CONSUL_PROXY_REDIRECT",
+				"iptables -t nat -A CONSUL_PROXY_REDIRECT -p tcp -j REDIRECT --to-port 21000",
+				"iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp -j CONSUL_PROXY_OUTPUT",
+				"iptables -t nat -A CONSUL_PROXY_OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner 123 -j RETURN",
+				"iptables -t nat -A CONSUL_PROXY_OUTPUT -d 127.0.0.1/32 -j RETURN",
+				"iptables -t nat -A CONSUL_PROXY_OUTPUT -j CONSUL_PROXY_REDIRECT",
+				"iptables -t nat -A CONSUL_PROXY_IN_REDIRECT -p tcp -j REDIRECT --to-port 20000",
+				"iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -j CONSUL_PROXY_INBOUND",
+				"iptables -t nat -A CONSUL_PROXY_INBOUND -p tcp -j CONSUL_PROXY_IN_REDIRECT",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := Setup(c.cfg)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, c.expectedRules, c.cfg.IptablesProvider.Rules())
+		})
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestSetup_errors(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name   string
+		cfg    Config
+		expErr string
+	}{
+		{
+			"no proxy UID",
+			Config{
+				IptablesProvider: &iptablesExecutor{},
+			},
+			"ProxyUserID is required to set up traffic redirection",
+		},
+		{
+			"no proxy inbound port",
+			Config{
+				ProxyUserID:       "123",
+				ProxyOutboundPort: 21000,
+				IptablesProvider:  &iptablesExecutor{},
+			},
+			"ProxyInboundPort is required to set up traffic redirection",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := Setup(c.cfg)
+			require.EqualError(t, err, c.expErr)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+type fakeIptablesProvider struct {
+	rules []string
+}
+
+func (f *fakeIptablesProvider) AddRule(name string, args ...string) {
+	var rule []string
+	rule = append(rule, name)
+	rule = append(rule, args...)
+
+	f.rules = append(f.rules, strings.Join(rule, " "))
+}
+
+func (f *fakeIptablesProvider) ApplyRules() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *fakeIptablesProvider) Rules() []string {
+	return f.rules
+}

website/content/commands/connect/envoy.mdx

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ---
 layout: commands
-page_title: 'Commands: Connect Proxy'
+page_title: 'Commands: Connect Envoy'
-description: The connect proxy subcommand is used to run the Envoy proxy for Connect.
+sidebar_title: envoy
+description: The connect envoy subcommand is used to generate a bootstrap configuration for Envoy.
 ---
 
 # Consul Connect Envoy

website/content/commands/connect/index.mdx

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Subcommands:
     envoy               Runs or Configures Envoy as a Connect proxy
     expose              Expose a Connect-enabled service through an Ingress gateway
     proxy               Runs a Consul Connect proxy
+    redirect-traffic    Applies iptables rules for traffic redirection
 ```
 
 For more information, examples, and usage about a subcommand, click on the name

website/content/commands/connect/redirect-traffic.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+---
+layout: commands
+page_title: 'Commands: Connect Redirect Traffic'
+sidebar_title: redirect-traffic
+description: >
+  The connect redirect-traffic subcommand is used to apply traffic redirection rules
+  when using Connect in Transparent Proxy mode.
+---
+
+# Consul Connect Redirect Traffic
+
+Command: `consul connect redirect-traffic`
+
+The connect redirect-traffic command is used to apply traffic redirection rules to enforce
+all traffic to go through the [Envoy proxy](https://envoyproxy.io) when using [Consul
+Service Mesh](/docs/connect/) in the Transparent Proxy mode.
+
+This command requires `iptables` command line utility to be installed,
+and as a result, this command can currently only run on linux.
+The user running the command needs to have `NET_ADMIN` capability.
+
+By default, this command will apply rules to intercept and redirect all inbound and outbound
+TCP traffic to the Envoy's inbound and outbound ports accordingly.
+
+When `proxy-id` is specified, additional exclusion rules will be applied based on proxy's
+configuration stored in the local Consul agent. This includes redirecting to the proxy's
+inbound and outbound ports specified in the service registration.
+
+## Usage
+
+Usage: `consul connect redirect-traffic [options]`
+
+#### API Options
+
+  @include 'http_api_options_client.mdx'
+
+#### Options for Traffic Redirection Rules
+
+- `-proxy-id` - The [proxy service](/docs/connect/registration/service-registration) ID.
+  This service ID must already be registered with the local agent.
+
+- `-proxy-inbound-port` - The inbound port that the proxy is listening on.
+
+- `-proxy-outbound-port` - The outbound port that the proxy is listening on. When not provided, 15001 is used by default.
+
+- `-proxy-uid` - The user ID of the proxy to exclude from traffic redirection.
+
+#### Enterprise Options
+
+@include 'http_api_namespace_options.mdx'
+
+## Examples
+
+### Basic Rules
+
+The default traffic redirection rules can be applied with:
+
+```shell-session
+$ consul connect redirect-traffic \
+  -proxy-uid 1234 \
+  -proxy-inbound-port 20000
+```
+
+### Using Registered Proxy Configuration
+
+To automatically apply rules based on proxy's service registration, use the following command:
+
+```shell-session
+$ consul connect redirect-traffic -proxy-uid 1234 -proxy-id web
+```
+
+This command assumes that the proxy service is registered with the local agent
+and that the local agent is reachable.