Python Netlink library
Project description
Python network configuration library
PyRoute2 uses Netlink protocol to communicate with the Linux kernel and get/set all the information kernel network objects.
todo
remote: sasl authentication
rtnl: VLAN linkinfo data
rtnl: bridge info: see ./net/bridge/br_netlink.c:br_fill_ifinfo()
rtnl: traffic control – work with queue disciplines
sample
More samples you can read in the project documentation. Here is just a small snippet:
from pyroute2 import iproute ip = iproute() print ip.get_links()
The project contains several modules for different types of netlink messages, not only RTNL.
installation
make install or easy_install pyroute2
requires
Python >= 2.6
changelog
- 0.1.4
netlink: remote netlink access
netlink: SSL/TLS server/client auth support
netlink: tcp and unix transports
docs: started sphinx docs
- 0.1.3
ipdb: context manager interface
ipdb: [fix] correctly handle ip addr changes in transaction
ipdb: [fix] make up()/down() methods transactional [#1]
iproute: mirror packets to 0 queue
iproute: [fix] handle primary ip address removal response
- 0.1.2
initial ipdb version
iproute fixes
- 0.1.1
initial release, iproute module
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