vppcfg 1.0.2

A configuration tool for Vector Packet Processing

A VPP Configuration Utility

This tool reads a configuration file, checks it for syntax and semantic correctness, and then reconciles a running VPP daemon with its configuration. It is meant to be re-entrant and stateless. The tool connects to the VPP API and creates/removes all of the configuration in a minimally intrusive way.

NOTE This code is under development, and probably won't work well until this note is removed. If you're interested in helping, reach out to <pim at ipng dot ch> to discuss options.

Building

This program expects Python3 and PIP to be installed. It's known to work on Debian Bullseye and Bookworm, as well as on Ubuntu Focal, Jammy and Noble.

## Start a Virtual Environment
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

## Install python build dependencies 
$ make install-deps

## Ensure all unittests pass.
$ make test

## Build vppcfg
$ make build

## Exit the virtual environment
$ deactivate

## Install the tool with PIP
$ make install

Running

usage: vppcfg [-h] [-d] [-q] [-f] {check,dump,plan,apply} ...

positional arguments:
  {check,dump,plan,apply}
    check               check given YAML config for validity (no VPP)
    dump                dump current running VPP configuration (VPP readonly)
    plan                plan changes from current VPP dataplane to target config (VPP readonly)
    apply               apply changes from current VPP dataplane to target config

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --debug           enable debug logging, default False
  -q, --quiet           be quiet (only warnings/errors), default False
  -f, --force           force progress despite warnings, default False

Please see vppcfg <command> -h   for per-command arguments

Documentation

Main user-focused documentation:

• YAML Configuration Guide
• User Guide

Developer deep-dives:

• Validation
• Path Planning
• Design - Reconciliation

Licensing

The code in this project is released under Apache 2.0 license. A copy of the license is provided in this repo here. All contributions are held against our contributing guidelines. Notably, all code must be licensed Apache 2.0, and all contributions must come with a certificate of origin in the form of a Signed-off-by field in the commit.

All documentation under the docs/ directory is licensed Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (details). A copy of the license is provided in this repo here.