---
name: "libvdeplug_vde"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "vdeplug"
version: "4.0.1-5.1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libvdeplug_vde"
---

# libvdeplug\_vde(1)

vdeplug module for vde\_switch based networks

## NAME

libvdeplug\_vde - vdeplug module for vde\_switch based networks

## SYNOPSIS

libvdeplug\_vde.so

## DESCRIPTION

This is the standard vdeplug module for vde\_switch based networks. This module of libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting vde like **vde\_plug**, **kvm**, **qemu**, **user-mode-linux** and **virtualbox**. The vde\_plug\_url syntax of the module is the following:

**vde://***path\_of\_the\_switch*\[**\[***port#\_or\_portgroup***\]**\]

This is the default module for libvdeplug, any string not containing '://' (like a path) is processes by libvdeplug\_vde. (e.g. /tmp/vde.ctl is equivalent to  vde:///tmp/vde.ctl).

## EXAMPLES

**vde:///tmp/myswitch**\
 This vde\_plug\_url refers to the vde\_switch identified by the directory **/tmp/vde\_switch**. Please note that there are three slashes '///' as 'vde://' is the prefix and the third slash is the first character of the absolute path.\
 **vde://thisswitch\[3\]**\
 this means the port #3 of the switch whose identifier is **thisswitch** in the current directory\
 **vde:///var/run/vde.ctl\[privatelan\]**\
 this is used to create a connetion to the pertgroup **privatelan** of the switch **/var/run/vde.ctl**.

## NOTICE

Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way with www.vde.com ("Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik" i.e. the German "Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies").

## SEE ALSO

[**vde\_switch**(1)](/vde_switch/1.md), [**vde\_plug**(1)](/vde_plug/1.md),