[systemd-devel] Enable port forwarding via upnp

[Mike Gilbert]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 2:16 AM, Kai Krakow <hurikhan77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Is it possible to somehow create a service which enables port forwardings on
> my router using upnp? Currently, I guess it is not possible (except maybe
> using ExecPost or ExecPre and the upnpc program). But when my client IP
> changes via DHCP, it should be reapplied. Also, it needs to be maintained as
> the programmed port forwardings would timeout and be cleared from the router
> after a while. So it needs to be hooked up to systemd-networkd somehow (at
> least that is what I am using).
>
> Please advice and tell your thoughts. Maybe it is just plain insane...

It seems like it would be easy to do this using dhcpcd or dhclient via
a hook/script, assuming your DHCP lease times are shorter than the
UPnP timeout period.

I'm not sure if/how it would be possible when using networkd to
configure the interface.