Pyroute2 netlink library

General information

• Pyroute2
  • Supported systems
  • NDB -- high level RTNL API
  • IPRoute -- Low level RTNL API
  • Network namespace examples
  • Installation
  • Requirements
  • Links
• Changelog
• Report a bug

Usage

• Quickstart
  • Netlink sockets
  • Resource release
  • Imports
• Library core
  • Intro
  • AsyncCoreSocket
  • Synchronous code
  • Thread safety
• IPRoute module
  • API classes
  • NLMSG_ERROR responses
  • How to work with messages
  • Using namespaces
  • Non-RTNL platforms
  • Linux systems
  • Queueing disciplines
  • Filters
• NDB module intro
• NDB reference
  • NDB objects
  • RTNL objects
  • Views
  • Transactions
  • Record list filters
  • Network interfaces
  • IP addresses management
  • Routes management
  • Network probes
  • Database
  • RTNL sources
  • Debug and logging
  • Authorization plugins
• Plan9 9p2000 protocol
  • Plan9ServerSocket
  • Plan9ClientSocket
• WiSet module
  • need_ipset_socket()
  • IPStats
  • WiSet
  • get_ipset_socket()
• IPSet module
  • PortRange
  • PortEntry
  • IPSet
• NetNS management
  • Basic network namespace management
  • listnetns()
  • ns_pids()
  • pid_to_ns()
  • create()
  • attach()
  • remove()
  • setns()
  • pushns()
  • popns()
  • dropns()
• WireGuard module
• Generic netlink events protocols
  • ACPI events
  • Disk quota events

Howtos

• MPLS howto
  • MPLS labels
  • IPRoute
  • NDB
• Netlink debugging howto
  • pyroute2-decoder
  • filter functions

Man pages

• pyroute2-cli
• pyroute2-dhcp-client

Development

• Project contribution guide
  • Step 1: setup the environment
  • Step 2: plan and implement the change
  • Step 3: test the change
  • Step 4: submit a PR
• Module architecture
  • Sockets
  • Netlink messages
  • PF_ROUTE messages
  • Internet protocols
• Netlink parser data flow
  • NetlinkSocketBase: receive the data
  • Marshal: get and run parsers
  • Per-request parsers
  • NetlinkSocketBase: pick correct messages
• Netlink
  • basics
  • pyroute2 and netlink
• Base netlink socket and marshal
  • asynchronous I/O
  • ENOBUF and async I/O
  • when async I/O doesn't help
  • classes
• NetlinkSocketSpec
• AsyncNetlinkSocket
  • AsyncNetlinkSocket.setup_socket()
  • AsyncNetlinkSocket.bind()
• NetlinkSocket
• ChaoticNetlinkSocket
  • ChaoticNetlinkSocket.get()

Experimental

• RemoteIPRoute

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page