vdeplug_vlan

802.1q (vlan) nested plugin for vdeplug4

This libvdeplug plugin module implements VLANs.

This module of libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting VDE like vde_plug, vdens, kvm, qemu, user-mode-linux and virtualbox.

install vdeplug_vlan

Requirements: vdeplug4.

vdeplug_vlan uses cmake, so the standard procedure to build and install this vdeplug plugin module is the following:

$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make
$ sudo make install

usage examples (tutorial)

The following examples are VNLs (Virtual Network Locator) to be used with programs supporting vde as specified by the syntax of those programs.

Connect the VM to VLAN 3

vlan://3{tap://mytap}

Connect the VM to VLAN 3 and other options

vlan://3[untag=4/trunk/tag=10:11-12:12-11]{vde:///tmp/myswitch}

Create a vde namespace (in VLAN 3) connected to a switch

vdens vlan://3{vde:///tmp/myswitch}

See the man page (libvdeplug_vlan) for more information.