pyroute2
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
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