tcconfig 0.7.0a1

``tcconfig`` is a Simple ``tc`` command wrapper. Easy to set up traffic control of network bandwidth/latency/packet-loss to a network interface.

tcconfig
========

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Summary
-------

``tcconfig`` is a Simple ``tc`` command wrapper.
Easy to set up traffic control of network bandwidth/latency/packet-loss to a network interface.

Traffic control features
------------------------

Network
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Traffic control can be specified network to apply to:

- Outgoing/Incoming packets
- Certain IP address/network and port

Available parameters
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The following parameters can be set to network interfaces.

- Network bandwidth rate [G/M/K bps]
- Network latency [milliseconds]
- Packet loss rate [%]
- Packet corruption rate [%]

.. image:: docs/gif/tcset_example.gif

Usage
=====

Set traffic control (``tcset`` command)
---------------------------------------

``tcset`` is a command to impose traffic control to a network interface (device).

e.g. Set a limit on bandwidth up to 100Kbps
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code:: console

# tcset --device eth0 --rate 100k

e.g. Set 100ms network latency
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code:: console

# tcset --device eth0 --delay 100

e.g. Set 0.1% packet loss
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code:: console

# tcset --device eth0 --loss 0.1

e.g. All of the above at once
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code:: console

# tcset --device eth0 --rate 100k --delay 100 --loss 0.1

e.g. Specify the IP address of traffic control
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code:: console

# tcset --device eth0 --delay 100 --network 192.168.0.10

e.g. Specify the IP network and port of traffic control
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code:: console

# tcset --device eth0 --delay 100 --network 192.168.0.0/24 --port 80

Delete traffic control (``tcdel`` command)
------------------------------------------

``tcdel`` is a command to delete traffic control from a network
interface (device).

e.g. Delete traffic control of eth0
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code:: console

# tcdel --device eth0


Display traffic control configurations (``tcshow`` command)
-----------------------------------------------------------

``tcshow`` is a command to display traffic control to network interface(s).

Example
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. code:: console

# tcset --device eth0 --delay 10 --delay-distro 2 --loss 0.01 --rate 0.25M --network 192.168.0.10 --port 8080
# tcset --device eth0 --delay 1 --loss 0.02 --rate 500K --direction incoming
# tcshow --device eth0
{
"eth0": {
"outgoing": {
"network=192.168.0.10/32, port=8080": {
"delay": "10.0",
"loss": "0.01",
"rate": "250K",
"delay-distro": "2.0"
},
"network=0.0.0.0/0": {}
},
"incoming": {
"network=0.0.0.0/0": {
"delay": "1.0",
"loss": "0.02",
"rate": "500K"
}
}
}
}

For more information
--------------------

More examples are available at
http://tcconfig.readthedocs.org/en/latest/pages/usage/index.html

Installation
============

Install via pip
---------------
``tcconfig`` can be installed via
`pip <https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/>`__ (Python package manager).

.. code:: console

sudo pip install tcconfig


Dependencies
============

Linux packages
--------------
- iproute2 (required for tc command)

Linux kernel module
----------------------------
- sch_netem

Python packages
---------------
Dependency python packages are automatically installed during
``tcconfig`` installation via pip.

- `DataPropery <https://github.com/thombashi/DataProperty>`__
- `ipaddress <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipaddress>`__
- `logbook <http://logbook.readthedocs.io/en/stable/>`__
- `pyparsing <https://pyparsing.wikispaces.com/>`__
- `six <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six/>`__
- `subprocrunner <https://github.com/thombashi/subprocrunner>`__
- `voluptuous <https://github.com/alecthomas/voluptuous>`__

Optional
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- `netifaces <https://bitbucket.org/al45tair/netifaces>`__
- Suppress excessive error messages if this package is installed

Test dependencies
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- `pingparsing <https://github.com/thombashi/pingparsing>`__
- `pytest <http://pytest.org/latest/>`__
- `pytest-runner <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-runner>`__
- `tox <https://testrun.org/tox/latest/>`__

Documentation
=============

http://tcconfig.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

Troubleshooting
========================

Phenomenon
------------------------
`tcset` command failed with an error message `RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory`.


Cause and counter measures
------------------------
The cause of this error is `sch_netem` kernel module is not loaded in your system.
Execute the following command to solve this problem:

.. code:: console

# modprobe sch_netem

The command is loading the `sch_netem` module.
If the command failed with below message, you need to install additional kernel module.

.. code:: console

# modprobe: FATAL: Module sch_netem not found in directory /lib/modules/xxxxxx

Execute the following command to install kernel modules (includes the `sch_netem` module).

.. code:: console

# dnf install kernel-modules-extra

(in the case of `RHEL`/`CentOS`/`Fedora`).
After that, re-execute `modprobe sch_netem` command.

.. code:: console

# modprobe sch_netem
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