Python Netlink library
Project description
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
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