Knocs (backends)
Knocs or backends, are systems that the Knocknoc Agent can orchestrate. Select a backend that suits your use case. If you need one that isn't on the list, please let us know as we're expanding these all the time.
Allowlist (EDLs)
The Allowlist backend makes a list of active IP address grants available via the Knocknoc server ...
IPSet (Linux Netfilter/IPTables)
Linux comes equipped with a built-in native firewall which Knocknoc orchestrates via "IPSets". IP...
Windows Firewall
Microsoft Windows comes equipped with a built-in native firewall which Knocknoc orchestrates to p...
Fortinet
Knocknoc orchestrates Fortinet FortiGate firewalls - directly or via FortiManager - to dynamicall...
Palo Alto
Knocknoc integrates with Palo Alto firewalls and the Panorama management system to dynamically gr...
SonicWall
The SonicWall can be orchestrated in three ways, Actively (API call from an Orchestration Agent t...
Sophos (SFOS/XGS)
The Sophos SFOS/XGS based devices provide advanced firewall and UTM capabilities. This replaces t...
Sophos (UTM)
The Sophos UTM device provides firewall and UTM capabilities. Note that this series of devices is...
Microsoft Azure NSG
Overview This integration allows for IP addresses to be dynamically managed within Azure Network ...
AWS (EC2) Security Groups
Knocknoc can orchestrate Amazon AWS Security Groups, which essentially provide network level fire...
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Knocknoc integrates with Google Cloud Platform to dynamically control network access via VPC Fire...
Cloudflare IP lists
Knocknoc can orchestrate Cloudflare IP lists to provide dynamic IP network allowlisting inbound t...
DigitalOcean Firewalls
Knocknoc can orchestrate DigitalOcean Cloud Firewalls to provide dynamic IP network allowlisting ...
Cisco (SFMC/Firepower)
The Cisco Secure Firewall Management Console (formerly known as Firepower) integration allows Kn...
Knocknoc Reverse Proxy
The Knocknoc orchestration Agent - which is deployed alongside managed infrastructure (not on des...
HAProxy
HAProxy is a fantastic reverse proxy with a massive amount of features. Knocknoc has supported HA...
HAProxy + KAT
Sometimes IP address restrictions or IP-based allowlisting is not enough, think: airport lounge, ...
IPsets with UFW
This is an example that lets you use UFW (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UncomplicatedFirewall) and IPse...
IPsets with Shorewall
This is an example that lets you use Shorewall https://shorewall.org/index.html and IPsets to dyn...
AWS WAF Ipset
Below is a concise guide for a sysadmin (or developer) to set up and configure AWS WAF with a cus...
MikroTik RouterOS
The scripting backend can be used for MikroTik RouterOS config updates as well. Here is a sample ...
Nginx
Knocknoc can drive an nginx server's allow/deny list directly from the agent, without a wrapper s...
Apache Webserver
Apache 2.4 and above have slightly different ACL syntax, so this page covers how you can use Knoc...
Juniper SRX
Passive, Active or a combination Passive - Knocknoc's Allowlist feature provides a passive integr...
Microsoft Entra
Overview This integration is designed to manage named locations in Microsoft Azure Conditional Ac...
Custom Script
The "Custom Script" Knoc type is simply a script the agent can execute directly on the Agent mach...