fix: firewall idempotency with ipv6 addresse

Always use the canonical address representation when checking if rules
changed.

changelogs/fragments/firewall-rules-ipv6-idempotency.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - firewall - Ensure idempotency when using non canonical ipv6 representation in Firewall rules.

plugins/module_utils/ipaddress.py

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from ipaddress import ip_interface
+
+
+def normalize_ip(value: str) -> str:
+    return str(ip_interface(value))

plugins/modules/firewall.py

@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ import time
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 
 from ..module_utils.hcloud import AnsibleHCloud
+from ..module_utils.ipaddress import normalize_ip
 from ..module_utils.vendor.hcloud import APIException, HCloudException
 from ..module_utils.vendor.hcloud.firewalls import (
     BoundFirewall,
@@ -229,6 +230,14 @@ from ..module_utils.vendor.hcloud.firewalls import (
 )
 
 
+def normalize_rules(rules: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
+    for rule in rules:
+        # Ensure ip addresses canonical representation
+        rule["source_ips"] = [normalize_ip(o) for o in rule["source_ips"]]
+        rule["destination_ips"] = [normalize_ip(o) for o in rule["destination_ips"]]
+    return rules
+
+
 class AnsibleHCloudFirewall(AnsibleHCloud):
     represent = "hcloud_firewall"
 
@@ -287,6 +296,7 @@ class AnsibleHCloudFirewall(AnsibleHCloud):
         }
         rules = self.module.params.get("rules")
         if rules is not None:
+            rules = normalize_rules(rules)
             params["rules"] = [
                 FirewallRule(
                     direction=rule["direction"],
@@ -323,21 +333,24 @@ class AnsibleHCloudFirewall(AnsibleHCloud):
             self._mark_as_changed()
 
         rules = self.module.params.get("rules")
-        if rules is not None and rules != [self._prepare_result_rule(rule) for rule in self.hcloud_firewall.rules]:
-            if not self.module.check_mode:
-                new_rules = [
-                    FirewallRule(
-                        direction=rule["direction"],
-                        protocol=rule["protocol"],
-                        source_ips=rule["source_ips"] if rule["source_ips"] is not None else [],
-                        destination_ips=rule["destination_ips"] if rule["destination_ips"] is not None else [],
-                        port=rule["port"],
-                        description=rule["description"],
-                    )
-                    for rule in rules
-                ]
-                self.hcloud_firewall.set_rules(new_rules)
-            self._mark_as_changed()
+        if rules is not None:
+            rules = normalize_rules(rules)
+
+            if rules != [self._prepare_result_rule(rule) for rule in self.hcloud_firewall.rules]:
+                if not self.module.check_mode:
+                    new_rules = [
+                        FirewallRule(
+                            direction=rule["direction"],
+                            protocol=rule["protocol"],
+                            source_ips=rule["source_ips"] if rule["source_ips"] is not None else [],
+                            destination_ips=rule["destination_ips"] if rule["destination_ips"] is not None else [],
+                            port=rule["port"],
+                            description=rule["description"],
+                        )
+                        for rule in rules
+                    ]
+                    self.hcloud_firewall.set_rules(new_rules)
+                self._mark_as_changed()
 
         self._get_firewall()
 

tests/integration/targets/firewall/tasks/test.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
       - result is failed
       - 'result.msg == "one of the following is required: id, name"'
 
+- name: Save allowed ssh sources
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    allowed_ssh_source_ips:
+      - "201.10.10.0/24" # ipv4 network
+      - "201.11.11.2/32" # ipv4 host
+      - "2a02:1234:10:0100::/64" # ipv6 network (non canonical representation)
+      - "2a02:1234:11:10::1/128" # ipv6 host
+
 - name: Test create with check mode
   hetzner.hcloud.firewall:
     name: "{{ hcloud_firewall_name }}"
@@ -20,6 +28,11 @@
         direction: in
         protocol: icmp
         source_ips: ["0.0.0.0/0", "::/0"]
+      - description: allow ssh in
+        direction: in
+        protocol: tcp
+        port: 22
+        source_ips: "{{ allowed_ssh_source_ips }}"
     labels:
       key: value
   check_mode: true
@@ -37,6 +50,11 @@
         direction: in
         protocol: icmp
         source_ips: ["0.0.0.0/0", "::/0"]
+      - description: allow ssh in
+        direction: in
+        protocol: tcp
+        port: 22
+        source_ips: "{{ allowed_ssh_source_ips }}"
     labels:
       key: value
   register: result
@@ -45,11 +63,22 @@
     that:
       - result is changed
       - result.hcloud_firewall.name == hcloud_firewall_name
-      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules | list | count == 1
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules | list | count == 2
       - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[0].description == "allow icmp in"
       - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[0].direction == "in"
       - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[0].protocol == "icmp"
-      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[0].source_ips == ["0.0.0.0/0", "::/0"]
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[0].source_ips | count == 2
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[0].source_ips[0] == "0.0.0.0/0"
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[0].source_ips[1] == "::/0"
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[1].description == "allow ssh in"
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[1].direction == "in"
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[1].protocol == "tcp"
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[1].port == "22"
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[1].source_ips | count == 4
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[1].source_ips[0] == "201.10.10.0/24"
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[1].source_ips[1] == "201.11.11.2/32"
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[1].source_ips[2] == "2a02:1234:10:100::/64" # canonical representation
+      - result.hcloud_firewall.rules[1].source_ips[3] == "2a02:1234:11:10::1/128"
       - result.hcloud_firewall.labels.key == "value"
       - result.hcloud_firewall.applied_to | list | count == 0
 
@@ -61,6 +90,11 @@
         direction: in
         protocol: icmp
         source_ips: ["0.0.0.0/0", "::/0"]
+      - description: allow ssh in
+        direction: in
+        protocol: tcp
+        port: 22
+        source_ips: "{{ allowed_ssh_source_ips }}"
     labels:
       key: value
   register: result