[143924] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: VRF/MPLS on Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Denys Fedoryshchenko)
Tue Aug 23 10:04:44 2011
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:04:02 +0300
From: Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@visp.net.lb>
In-Reply-To: <FF18ACB5-42C4-4E45-B6AA-E55846B2B718@puck.nether.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:50:30 -0400, Jared Mauch wrote:
> On Aug 23, 2011, at 9:45 AM, nanog@rhemasound.org wrote:
>
>> While I have found some information on a project called linux-mpls I
>> am having a hard time finding any solid VRF framework for Linux. I
>> have a monitoring system that needs check devices that sit in
>> overlapping private ip space, and I was wondering if there is anyway I
>> could use some kind or VRF type solution that would allow me to label
>> the "site" the traffic is intended for. The upstream router supports
>> VRF/MPLS, but I need to know how I can get the server to label the
>> traffic. I would appreciate any input.
>
> In linux, you can manage the different routing tables.
>
> You can do this with the iptables + iproute2 series of commands. The
> tables 254/255 are the main and local tables.
>
> You shouldn't have too much trouble finding information via google on
> how to manage your needs.
>
> - Jared
I guess VRF more close to Linux containers.
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