iproute4mac 0.1.5

iproute for Mac

iproute4mac

This is a macOS network wrapper to imitate GNU/Linux iproute2 suite, inspired by the iproute2mac project.

WARNING: early Aplha stage

Read only ip link [show], ip address [show], and ip route [show] objects implemented for now.

Installation

Homebrew

The preferred method of installation is Homebrew.

In order to use this tap, you can install directly the package:

brew install signal-09/tap/iproute4mac

Or subscribe the tap repository and then install the package:

brew tap signal-09/tap
brew install iproute4mac

Installing latest Git version (HEAD)

You can install the latest Git version by adding the --HEAD option:

brew install signal-09/tap/iproute4mac --HEAD

PyPI

Create a Virtual Environment and upgrade pip module:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install -U pip

Then install iproute4mac:

python3 -m pip install iproute4mac

Usage

iproute4mac try to imitate as much as possible the look & feel of the GNU/Linux iproute2 suite, but macOS (Darwin) is a BSD derivative, and some aspects cannot be replicated at all.

ip address show: look at protocol addresses

Implemented syntax:

ip address [ show [ dev IFNAME ] [ scope SCOPE-ID ] [ master DEVICE | nomaster ] [ type TYPE ] [ to PREFIX ] [ FLAG-LIST ] [ label LABEL ] [up] [ vrf NAME ] ]

SCOPE-ID := [ host | link | global | NUMBER ]

FLAG-LIST := [ FLAG-LIST ] FLAG

FLAG := [ permanent | dynamic | secondary | primary | [-]tentative | [-]deprecated | [-]dadfailed | temporary | CONFFLAG-LIST ]

CONFFLAG-LIST := [ CONFFLAG-LIST ] CONFFLAG

CONFFLAG := [ home | nodad | mngtmpaddr | noprefixroute | autojoin ]

TYPE := { bareudp | bond | bond_slave | bridge | bridge_slave | dummy | erspan | geneve | gre | gretap | ifb | ip6erspan | ip6gre | ip6gretap | ip6tnl | ipip | ipoib | ipvlan | ipvtap | macsec | macvlan | macvtap | netdevsim | nlmon | rmnet | sit | team | team_slave | vcan | veth | vlan | vrf | vti | vxcan | vxlan | wwan | xfrm }

Shows IPv4 and IPv6 addresses assigned to all network interfaces. The 'show' subcommand can be omitted:

ip address show

Same as above except that only IPv6 addresses assigned to active network interfaces are shown:

ip -6 address show up

Shows IPv4 and IPv6 addresses assigned to network interface en0 in pretty printed JSON:

ip -j -p address show dev en0

Shows IPv4 only addresses assigned to networks member of bridge0:

ip -4 address show master bridge0

Notes

1. qdisc (queuing discipline) is part of the Linux Traffic Control subsystem (TC) managed via the tc utility. Even if this information is not reported, similar results in traffic control and shaping can be achieved using dnctl and pfctl.
2. address lifetime for IPv6 addresses (-L flag of ifconfig) is not provided anymore in Sonoma (macOS 14); for IPv4, addresses valid and prederred lifetime, is supposed forever (0xffffffff = 4.294.967.295 = 32 bit).

ip link show: display device attributes

Implemented syntax:

ip link show [ DEVICE | group GROUP ] [ up ] [ master DEVICE | nomaster ] [ type ETYPE ] [ vrf NAME ]

ETYPE := [ TYPE | bridge_slave | bond_slave ]

TYPE := [ bridge | bond | can | dummy | hsr | ifb | ipoib | macvlan | macvtap | vcan | vxcan | veth | vlan | vxlan | ip6tnl | ipip | sit | gre | gretap | erspan | ip6gre | ip6gretap | ip6erspan | vti | nlmon | ipvlan | ipvtap | lowpan | geneve | bareudp | vrf | macsec | netdevsim | rmnet | xfrm ]

Shows the state of all network interfaces on the system:

ip link show

Shows the bridge devices:

ip link show type bridge

Shows the vlan devices:

ip link show type vlan

Shows devices enslaved by bridge0

ip link show master bridge0

ip route show: list routes

Implemented syntax:

ip route [ show [ SELECTOR ] ]

SELECTOR := [ root PREFIX ] [ match PREFIX ] [ exact PREFIX ] [ table TABLE_ID ] [ vrf NAME ] [ proto RTPROTO ] [ type TYPE ] [ scope SCOPE ]

TYPE := { unicast | local | broadcast | multicast | throw | unreachable | prohibit | blackhole | nat }

TABLE_ID := [ local | main | default | all | NUMBER ]

SCOPE := [ host | link | global | NUMBER ]

RTPROTO := [ kernel | boot | static | NUMBER ]

Notes

1. iif is not honored (is treated like dev and oif).
2. Route tables are not implemented in macOS (Darwin).

Contributing

Every contribute is welcome!

Fork the repository

Clone the fork

git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/iproute4mac

Create a branch

Before making changes to the project, you should create a new branch and check it out (see "GitHub flow").

git branch BRANCH-NAME
git checkout BRANCH-NAME

Create a developer environment

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Then install requiered packages:

python3 -m pip install -U pip
python3 -m pip install pre-commit pytest flake8
pre-commit install

Coding style

Flake8 is used to enforce coding style. You can checkout the compliance with the following command:

pre-commit run --all-files [--show-diff-on-failure]

Commit your work

Create as few commit as possible to make diff checking easier. In case of modification of already pushed commit, amend it if possible:

git add -A
git commit --amend
git push --force

In case of multiple and not organic commits, "Squash and merge" policy will be applied.