vxlan-vyatta is vxlan module for vyatta. It enables that you can use vxlan through vyatta. This vxlan implementation is based on http://github.com/upa/vxlan (vxlan implementation on linux Userland).
vxlan-vyatta can be used on VC6.4 oxnard and VC6.5 pacifica.
vxlan-vyatta requires vyatta to be installed gcc, make and git before installing this application.
% git clone git://github.com/upa/vxlan-vyatta.git
% cd vxlan-vyatta
% make install
In VC6.4, vxlan-vyatta applies vxlan extention patch to /opt/vyatta/share/perl5/Vyatta/Interface.pm . This patch will be removed when you will uninstall vxlan-vyatta.
% make uninstall
vyatta installed vxlan-vyatta provides vxlan configuration command in term of protocols vxlan and interface vxlan .
vyatta@vyatta:~$ configure
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vyatta@vyatta# edit protocols vxlan
At 1st, you shoud configure multicast-address and multicast-interface . Default Multicast address is 239.0.0.1, and vxlan does not select multicast interface if you don't specify the multicast-interface.
vyatta@vyatta# set multicast-address 239.0.0.100
[edit protocols vxlan]
vyatta@vyatta# set multicast-interface eth1
[edit protocols vxlan]
vyatta@vyatta# show
+multicast-address 239.0.0.1
+multicast-interface eth1
[edit protocols vxlan]
vyatta@vyatta#
2nd, you configure VNI (Virtual Network Identifier).
[edit protocols vxlan]
vyatta@vyatta# set vni 0
[edit protocols vxlan]
vyatta@vyatta# set vni 1
[edit protocols vxlan]
vyatta@vyatta# top
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vyatta@vyatta# show protocols
+vxlan {
+ multicast-address 239.0.0.1
+ multicast-interface eth1
+ vni 0
+ vni 1
+}
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vyatta@vyatta# commit
vxlan-vyatta creates tap interface that is named vxlan[VNI]. And You can use vxlan interface like ethernet interface.
- Create deb package
- IPv6 Multicast Address
- Kernel Module (?)