libvdeplug_cmd(1)

libvdeplug_cmd1

Vdeplug module: stream a vde network through a command

Usage

libvdeplug_cmd.so

Overview

This is the standard vdeplug module to stream a VDE network using a command. 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 this module is the following:

cmd://command

Examples

Appropriate shell quoting is needed.

cmd://"ssh remote.host.org vde_plug vxvde://"
kvm .... -net vde,sock=cmd://"ssh remote.host.org vde_plug vxvde://" ...

In these cases ssh should have been configured to require no foreground authentication (see how to set up public key authentication: ssh(1) and ssh-keygen(1)).

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").

Releases

Unchanged in 3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

  1. 11–13

From vdeplug 4.0.1-5.1+b1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.