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Diffstat (limited to 'python/vyos/ifconfig.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | python/vyos/ifconfig.py | 56 |
1 files changed, 53 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/ifconfig.py b/python/vyos/ifconfig.py index 7593f2c91..bc22478a6 100644 --- a/python/vyos/ifconfig.py +++ b/python/vyos/ifconfig.py @@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ class Interface: if not os.path.exists('/sys/class/net/{}'.format(ifname)) and not type: raise Exception('interface "{}" not found'.format(self._ifname)) - if os.path.isfile('/tmp/vyos.ifconfig.debug'): - self._debug = True - if not os.path.exists('/sys/class/net/{}'.format(self._ifname)): cmd = 'ip link add dev {} type {}'.format(self._ifname, type) self._cmd(cmd) @@ -1386,3 +1383,56 @@ class WireGuardIf(Interface): cmd = "sudo wg set {0} peer {1} remove".format( self._ifname, str(peerkey)) self._cmd(cmd) + + +class VXLANIf(Interface, ): + """ + The VXLAN protocol is a tunnelling protocol designed to solve the + problem of limited VLAN IDs (4096) in IEEE 802.1q. With VXLAN the + size of the identifier is expanded to 24 bits (16777216). + + VXLAN is described by IETF RFC 7348, and has been implemented by a + number of vendors. The protocol runs over UDP using a single + destination port. This document describes the Linux kernel tunnel + device, there is also a separate implementation of VXLAN for + Openvswitch. + + Unlike most tunnels, a VXLAN is a 1 to N network, not just point to + point. A VXLAN device can learn the IP address of the other endpoint + either dynamically in a manner similar to a learning bridge, or make + use of statically-configured forwarding entries. + + For more information please refer to: + https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/vxlan.txt + """ + def __init__(self, ifname, config=''): + if config: + if not os.path.exists('/sys/class/net/{}'.format(self._ifname)): + # we assume that by default a multicast interface is created + group = 'group {}'.format(config['group']) + # if remote host is specified we ignore the multicast address + if config['remote']: + group = 'remote {}'.format(config['remote']) + # an underlay device is not always specified + dev = '' + if config['dev']: + dev = 'dev'.format(config['dev']) + + cmd = 'ip link add dev {intf} type vxlan id {vni} {group} {dev} {port}' + .format(intf=self._ifname, config['vni'], group=group, dev=dev, port=config['port']) + self._cmd(cmd) + + super().__init__(ifname, type='vxlan') + + + @staticmethod + def get_config(): + config = { + 'vni': 0, + 'dev': '', + 'group': '', + 'port': 8472 # The Linux implementation of VXLAN pre-dates + # the IANA's selection of a standard destination port + 'remote': '', + 'ttl': 16 + } |