libvdeplug_vxlan1

Usage

Overview

This is the libvdeplug module to join vxlan networks. Only one process per host can join each vxlan network.

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:

If multicast_addr is omitted libvdeplug_vxlan uses the default addresses: 239.0.0.1 for IPv4 and ff05:56de::1 for IPv6.

Options

v4

use IPv4

v6

use IPv6

port= PORT

define the multicast port (default value 4789)

vni= VNI

define the virtual network identifier (default value 1)

ttl= TTL

define the time-to-live (default value 1). hashsize=HASHSIZE set the size of the hash table for packet switching

expiretime=EXPIRETIME

set the maximum age in seconds of valid packet switching entries

if=INTERFACE

set the (real) network interface to use.

Examples

vxlan://239.0.0.1
This vde_plug_url refers to the vxlan network defined on the multicast address 239.0.0.1, vni=1.

Programs using
vxlan://ff15::3/port=12345/vni=42
join the same vxlan network defined by the multicast address ff15::1, port 12345, vni is 42.

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").