Pyroute2 is a pure Python netlink and messaging/RPC library. It requires only Python stdlib, no 3rd party libraries. Later it can change, but the deps tree will remain as simple, as it is possible.
The library contains all you need to build either one-node, or distributed netlink-related solutions. It consists of two major parts:
Netlink parsers: NETLINK_ROUTE, TASKSTATS, etc.
Messaging infrastructure: broker, clients, etc.
RTNETLINK sample
More samples you can read in the project documentation. Low-level interface:
from pyroute2 import IPRoute # get access to the netlink socket ip = IPRoute() # print interfaces print ip.get_links() # stop working with netlink and release all sockets ip.release()
High-level transactional interface, IPDB:
from pyroute2 import IPDB
# local network settings
ip = IPDB()
# create bridge and add ports and addresses
# transaction will be started with `with` statement
# and will be committed at the end of the block
with ip.create(kind='bridge', ifname='rhev') as i:
i.add_port(ip.em1)
i.add_port(ip.em2)
i.add_ip('10.0.0.2/24')
The project contains several modules for different types of netlink messages, not only RTNL.
RPC sample
Actually, either side can act as a server or a client, there is no pre-defined roles. But for simplicity, they’re referred here as “server” and “client”.
Server side:
from pyroute2.rpc import Node
from pyroute2.rpc import public
class Namespace(object):
'''
This class acts as a namespace, that contains
methods to be published via RPC. Any method,
available through RPC, must be marked as @public.
'''
@public
def echo(self, msg):
'''
Simple echo method, that returns a modified
string.
'''
return '%s passed' % (msg)
# start the RPC node and register the namespace
node = Node()
node.register(Namespace())
# listen for network connections
node.serve('tcp://localhost:9824')
# wait for exit -- activity will be done in the
# background thread
raw_input(' hit return to exit >> ')
Client side:
from pyroute2.rpc import Node
# start the RPC node and connect to the 'server'
node = Node()
proxy = node.connect('tcp://localhost:9824')
# call a remote method through the proxy instance
print(proxy.echo('test'))
It will print out test passed.
installation
make install or pip install pyroute2
requires
Python >= 2.6
test reqs (optional): python-coverage, python-nose
links
1 maintainer
Release files for pyroute2 0.2.6
For a detailed explanation of source distributions (sdists) and built distributions (wheels), please see the package formats documentation.
Source distribution (sdist)
| File | Size | Uploaded | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pyroute2-0.2.6.tar.gz | 57.9 kB | Details |
Release files / pyroute2-0.2.6.tar.gz
| Download URL | pyroute2-0.2.6.tar.gz |
|---|---|
| Size | 57.9 kB |
| Tags | Source |
|
SHA-256 checksum How to use checksums |
eb17391c51a89e8e9195465af9e3b1b256f1e4f2a485c37b6b75e89463d94a76
|
|
BLAKE2b-256 checksum How to use checksums |
0baf0ca2c4440d463d1f1e30878269bd9f6c49dc9efb23db4f808ba1bfa3e89c
|
| Upload date | |
|
Uploaded using Trusted Publishing? What is trusted publishing? |
No |
