:lastproofread: 2022-11-25 .. _virtual-ethernet: ################ Virtual Ethernet ################ The veth devices are virtual Ethernet devices. They can act as tunnels between network namespaces to create a bridge to a physical network device in another namespace or VRF, but can also be used as standalone network devices. .. note:: veth interfaces need to be created in pairs - it's called the peer name ************* Configuration ************* Common interface configuration ============================== .. cmdinclude:: /_include/interface-address-with-dhcp.txt :var0: virtual-ethernet :var1: veth0 .. cmdinclude:: /_include/interface-description.txt :var0: virtual-ethernet :var1: veth0 .. cmdinclude:: /_include/interface-disable.txt :var0: virtual-ethernet :var1: veth0 .. cmdinclude:: /_include/interface-vrf.txt :var0: virtual-ethernet :var1: veth0 ********* Operation ********* .. opcmd:: show interfaces virtual-ethernet Show brief interface information. .. code-block:: none vyos@vyos:~$ show interfaces virtual-ethernet Codes: S - State, L - Link, u - Up, D - Down, A - Admin Down Interface IP Address S/L Description --------- ---------- --- ----------- veth10 100.64.0.0/31 u/u veth11 100.64.0.1/31 u/u .. opcmd:: show interfaces virtual-ethernet Show detailed information on given `` .. code-block:: none vyos@vyos:~$ show interfaces virtual-ethernet veth11 10: veth11@veth10: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master red state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether b2:7b:df:47:e9:11 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 100.64.0.1/31 scope global veth11 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::b07b:dfff:fe47:e911/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever RX: bytes packets errors dropped overrun mcast 0 0 0 0 0 0 TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collisions 1369707 4267 0 0 0 0 ******* Example ******* Interconnect the global VRF with vrf "red" using the veth10 <-> veth 11 pair .. code-block:: none set interfaces virtual-ethernet veth10 address '100.64.0.0/31' set interfaces virtual-ethernet veth10 peer-name 'veth11' set interfaces virtual-ethernet veth11 address '100.64.0.1/31' set interfaces virtual-ethernet veth11 peer-name 'veth10' set interfaces virtual-ethernet veth11 vrf 'red' set vrf name red table '1000' vyos@vyos:~$ ping 100.64.0.1 PING 100.64.0.1 (100.64.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 100.64.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.080 ms 64 bytes from 100.64.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.119 ms