vdeplug_slirp

This is the libvdeplug plugin module to join slirp networks. It is based on the libvdeslirp library.

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_slirp

Requirements: vdeplug4 and libvdeslirp.

vdeplug_slirp 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)

create a vde namespaces connected to the Internet by slirp

vdens -R 10.0.2.3 slirp://

Inside the namespace the ip address can be defined by hand or using a dhcp client. e.g.:

/sbin/udhcpc -i vde0

connect a vxvde network to the Internet using slirp

vde_plug vxvde:// slirp://

connect a tap virtual interface to slirp with port forwarding

TCP port 8080 is forwarded to port 80 of 10.0.2.15

vde_plug tap://mytap slirp:///tcpfwd=8080:10.0.2.15:80"

connect a kvm machine to the Internet using slirp (both v4 and v6)

kvm .... -device e1000,netdev=vde0,mac=52:54:00:00:00:01 -netdev vde,id=vde0,sock="slirp:///addr=10.1.1.2"

Final Remarks

This version obsoletes the previous implementation based on the deprecated old libslirp.

The only feature still unimplemented in this new code is the redirection to a unix port. We are working to add this missing feature.