---
name: "vde_vxlan"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "vde2"
version: "2.3.3-10"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vde_vxlan"
---

# vde\_vxlan(1)

VXLAN tunnel endpoint for VDE

## NAME

vde\_vxlan - VXLAN tunnel endpoint for VDE

## SYNOPSIS

**vde\_vxlan** **--vxlan-id** *vxlan\_id* **--vxlan-addr** *multicast\_address* \[ **--vxlan-port** *udp\_port* \] \[ **--vxlan-mttl** *multicast\_ttl* \] \[ **--sock** *vde\_socket\_dir* \] \[ **--port** *vde\_port* \] \[ **--daemon** \] \[ **--verbose** \]\

## DESCRIPTION

A **vde\_vxlan**  is a Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) tunnel endpoint for the vde architecture, that can connect a **vde\_switch (1)** to a VXLAN segment.

## OPTIONS

- **--vxlan-id**

  ID of the VXLAN (VNI)

- **--vxlan-addr**

  Multicast address of the VXLAN

- **--vxlan-port**

  Port of the VXLAN (default 4879)

- **--vxlan-mttl**

  Multicast TTL (default 1)

- **--sock**

  Socket directory of the VDE switch

- **--port**

  Port of the VDE switch

- **--daemon**

  Run in background

- **--verbose**

  Show debug output

## 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),\

## AUTHORS

vde\_vxlan is a tool by Alessandro Ghedini \<alessandro@ghedini.me\>

VDE is a project by Renzo Davoli \<renzo@cs.unibo.it\>