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
  • Sockets
  • Resource release
  • Imports
• Special cases
  • eventlet
• IPRoute module
  • Classes
  • Responses as lists
  • BSD systems
  • Windows systems
  • 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
  • Database
  • RTNL sources
  • Debug and logging
  • Authorization plugins
• WiSet module
• IPSet module
• NetNS management
  • Basic network namespace management
• WireGuard module
• Generic netlink events protocols
  • ACPI events
  • Disk quota events

Howtos

• MPLS howto
  • MPLS labels
  • IPRoute
  • NDB
• Netlink debug howto
  • Dump data
  • Strace compatibility note
  • Decode data
  • Compile data

Man pages

• pyroute2-cli
• pyroute2-dhcp-client

Development

• Project contribution guide
  • Step 1: setup the environment
  • Step 2: make a change
  • Step 3: test the change
  • Step 4: submit a PR
• Module architecture
  • Sockets
  • Netlink messages
  • PF_ROUTE messages
  • IPDB
  • 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

Experimental

• RemoteIPRoute

Deprecated

• IPDB module

Indices and tables

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• Module Index

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