Merge pull request 'fix: remove apk add iptables-nft — built-in on Alpine 3.18+' (#27 ) from fix/vpn-iptables-nft-v2 into master

Reviewed-on: #27
fix: remove apk add iptables-nft — built-in on Alpine 3.18+
2026-05-13 16:49:23 +00:00 · 2026-05-13 12:48:51 -04:00
1 changed files with 3 additions and 4 deletions
--- a/vpn/Dockerfile
+++ b/vpn/Dockerfile
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 FROM ghcr.io/wg-easy/wg-easy:latest

 # The upstream image defaults to iptables-legacy via update-alternatives.
-# Switch to iptables-nft so it works on kernels where only nftables
-# netfilter modules are available (iptable_nat module missing).
-RUN apk add --no-cache iptables-nft && \
-    update-alternatives --set iptables /usr/sbin/iptables-nft && \
+# Switch iptables to the nftables backend (already provided by the 'iptables'
+# package on Alpine 3.18+). No apk add needed — iptables-nft is built-in.
+RUN update-alternatives --set iptables /usr/sbin/iptables-nft && \
    update-alternatives --set ip6tables /usr/sbin/ip6tables-nft
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Thierry Pouplier	ec08f5eb5d	Merge pull request 'fix: remove apk add iptables-nft — built-in on Alpine 3.18+' (#27 ) from fix/vpn-iptables-nft-v2 into master Reviewed-on: #27	2026-05-13 16:49:23 +00:00
Hermes	611e96b306	fix: remove apk add iptables-nft — built-in on Alpine 3.18+ In Alpine 3.18+, the 'iptables' package IS the nftables variant. iptables-nft is not a separate package. The binary is already in the base image — only need to flip update-alternatives.	2026-05-13 12:48:51 -04:00