pyroute2 0.1.7

Python Netlink library

Python network configuration library

PyRoute2 uses Netlink protocol to communicate with the Linux kernel and get/set all the information kernel network objects.

todo

• remote: sasl authentication

• rtnl: bridge info: see ./net/bridge/br_netlink.c:br_fill_ifinfo()

• rtnl: traffic control – work with queue disciplines

sample

More samples you can read in the project documentation. Here is just a small snippet:

from pyroute2 import iproute
ip = iproute()
print ip.get_links()

The project contains several modules for different types of netlink messages, not only RTNL.

installation

make install or easy_install pyroute2

requires

Python >= 2.6

changelog

• 0.1.7

  • ipdb: interface creation: dummy, bond, bridge, vlan

  • ipdb: if_slaves interface obsoleted

  • ipdb: ‘direct’ mode

  • iproute: code refactored

  • examples: create() examples committed

• 0.1.6

  • netlink: tc ingress, sfq, tbf, htb, u32 partial support

  • ipdb: completely re-implemented transactional model (see docs)

  • generic: internal fields declaration API changed for nlmsg

  • tests: first unit tests committed

• 0.1.5

  • netlink: dedicated io buffering thread

  • netlink: messages reassembling

  • netlink: multi-uplink remote

  • netlink: masquerade remote requests

  • ipdb: represent interfaces hierarchy

  • iproute: decode VLAN info

• 0.1.4

  • netlink: remote netlink access

  • netlink: SSL/TLS server/client auth support

  • netlink: tcp and unix transports

  • docs: started sphinx docs

• 0.1.3

  • ipdb: context manager interface

  • ipdb: [fix] correctly handle ip addr changes in transaction

  • ipdb: [fix] make up()/down() methods transactional [#1]

  • iproute: mirror packets to 0 queue

  • iproute: [fix] handle primary ip address removal response

• 0.1.2

  • initial ipdb version

  • iproute fixes

• 0.1.1

  • initial release, iproute module

links

• home: https://github.com/svinota/pyroute2

• bugs: https://github.com/svinota/pyroute2/issues

• pypi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyroute2

• docs: http://peet.spb.ru/pyroute2/