CodeIgniter 3 Framework

CodeIgniter 3 is a light-weight MVC framework. In this guide, I will share with you the tips for implementing Shieldon Firewall on your CodeIgniter application.

Installation

Use PHP Composer:

composer require shieldon/shieldon ^2

This will also install dependencies built for Shieldon:

• shieldon/psr-http The PSR-7, 15, 17 Implementation with full documented and well tested.
• shieldon/event-dispatcher The simplest event dispatcher.
• shieldon/web-security The collection of functions about web security.
• shieldon/messenger The collection of modules of sending message to third-party API or service, such as Telegram, Line, RocketChat, Slack, SendGrid, MailGun and more...

Implementing

CodeIgniter 3 has a core controller called CI_Controller that handles its MVC (Model-View-Controller) architectural pattern.

I highly recommend you to a parent controller calle MY_Controller in the core folder, and then put the initial code into it.

1. MY_Controller

Let's create a MY_Controller.php in the core folder.

class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller
{
    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }
}

2. Initialize Firewall instance

Put the initial code in the constructor so that any controller extends MY_Controller will have Shieldon Firewall initialized and $this->firewall() method ready.

class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller
{
    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();

        // Composer autoloader
        require_once APPPATH . '../vendor/autoload.php';

        // This directory must be writable.
        $storage = APPPATH . 'cache/shieldon_firewall';

        $firewall = new \Shieldon\Firewall\Firewall();
        $firewall->configure($storage);

        // The base url for the control panel.
        $firewall->controlPanel('/firewall/panel/');

        $response = $firewall->run();

        if ($response->getStatusCode() !== 200) {
            $httpResolver = new \Shieldon\Firewall\HttpResolver();
            $httpResolver($response);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Shieldon Firewall protection.
     */
    public function firewall()
    {
        $firewall = \Shieldon\Container::get('firewall');
        $firewall->run();
    }
}

Reminder

For the best security, both the system and application folders should be placed above web root so that they are not directly accessible via a browser.

If your application folder is in the same level with index.php, please move the $storage to a safe place. For example:

$storage =  APPPATH . '../shieldon';

3. Defind a controller for control panel.

We need a controller to get into Shieldon firewall controll panel, in this example, we defind a controller named Firewall.

class Firewall extends MY_Controller
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    /**
     * This is the entry of our Firewall Panel.
     */
    public function panel()
    {
        $panel = new \Shieldon\Firewall\Panel();
        $panel->entry();
    }
}

Now, you can access the Firewall Panel via URL:

https://yoursite.com/firewall/panel/

The default login is shieldon_user and password is shieldon_pass. After logging in the Firewall Panel, the first thing you need to do is to change the login and password.

Shieldon Firewall will start watching your website if it get enabled in Deamon setting section, make sure you have set up the settings correctly.