ncftool manpage
by Serge Hallyn
I added nothing of value here, just turned the 'ncftool help' output
into a ncftool.1 manpage.
thanks,
-serge
.TH NCFTOOL 1 "December 20, 2011"
.SH NAME
ncftool \- Network configuration tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ncftool [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
ncftool is a command line utility to configure networking.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B list [\-\-macs] [\-\-all] [\-\-inactive]
List the currently configured toplevel network interfaces
.br
.BR [\-\-macs]
show MAC addresses
.br
.BR [\-\-all]
show all (up & down) interfaces
.br
.BR [\-\-inactive]
show only inactive (down) interfaces
.TP
.B dumpxml [\-\-mac] [\-\-live] <name>
Dump the XML description of an interface
.br
.BR [\-\-mac]
interpret the name as MAC address
.br
.BR [\-\-life]
include information about the live interface
.br
.BR <name>
the name of the interface
.TP
.B define <xmlfile>
Define - define an interface from an XML file
.br
.BR <xmlfile>
file containing the XML description of the interface
.TP
.B undefine <iface>
Remove the configuration of an interface
.br
.BR <iface>
the name of the interface
.TP
.B ifup <iface>
Bring up an interface
.br
.BR <iface>
the name of the interface
.TP
.B ifdown <iface>
Bring down an interface
.br
.BR <iface>
the name of the interface
.TP
.B change-begin
Mark the beginning of a set of revertible network config changes
.TP
.B change-commit
Commit (makes permanent) of a set of network config changes
.TP
.B change-rollback
Rollback (revert) a set of network config changes
.TP
.B help [<command>]
List all commands or print details about one command
.br
.BR <command>
If specified, list help about the listed command. Otherwise list all commands.
.TP
.B quit
Exit the program
.TP
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR interfaces (5)
.SH AUTHOR
Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn(a)ubuntu.com>
11 years, 8 months
netcf patches for debian (v2)
by Serge E. Hallyn
Hi,
Thanks Eric and Laine for your earlier comments. Here is a small
set of 3 cleaner patches which are enough to make netcf build on
debian. (patches on top of git head). I will try my hand at
the autoconf magic needed for libnl support next.
thanks,
-serge
11 years, 9 months
Capability question.
by Joshua Harlow
Hi all netcf peoples,
Me and others are looking at integrating this library as one of the
components in a project called OpenStack that eventually needs to write
network configuration in a distribution agnostic manner (ie the incoming
format should not be tied to say debian or fedora). It seems like this is
the library to go for that and I had some questions.
1. How actively maintained is this project, just incase.
2. Does netcf over-write configurations or does it have the capability
to also merge configs (incase of user provided additions/configuration
extras that we don’t want to over-write).
More to come I am sure :-)
Thx!
11 years, 10 months
[PATCH 0/4] prefer libnl3 over libnl1
by Thomas Graf
Thomas Graf (4):
configure: Prefer libnl-3.x over libnl-1.x and refuse libnl-2.x
dutil_linux: Avoid #ifdef war around libnl compatibility
dutil_linux: Include <netlink/route/link/vlan.h> if available
configure: Add --enable-libnl1 to force using libnl1
configure.ac | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
src/dutil_linux.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
src/dutil_linux.h | 12 ++++++---
3 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
--
1.7.7.6
11 years, 10 months
Re: [netcf-devel] [PATCH 3/5] Objects now build, need to replace libnl calls with freebsdisms
by Daniel P. Berrange
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 09:46:19AM -0700, Sean Bruno wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 07:16 -0700, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > I agree that any contributions to netcf
> > should be placed under the LGPLv2+, not BSD license.
>
> Agreed. We may have some rework of code to do however.
>
> In FreeBSD-land there is no libnl(netlink) available, so we gratuitously
> copy-pasted things from ifconfig to move forward.
>
> This code, copied verbatim, may require some rethinking.
Ok, if you run into serious practical problems let us know. If any BSD
licensed portions of the code were put in a file clearly separated from
the primary BSD driver code, (eg a bsd_ifutils.c) we might reconsider
our acceptance policy. Our first preference though is to remain LGPLv2+
throughout.
Regards,
Daniel
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11 years, 10 months
Re: [netcf-devel] [PATCH 3/5] Objects now build, need to replace libnl calls with freebsdisms
by Laine Stump
On 06/11/2012 04:46 PM, Sean Bruno wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 13:03 -0700, Laine Stump wrote:
>>> + * Copyright (c) 2012, Sean Bruno sbruno(a)freebsd.org
>>> + * All rights reserved.
>>> +
>>> + * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
>> without
>>> + * modification, are permitted provided that the following
>> conditions are met:
>>> + * Redistributions of source code must retain the above
>> copyright
>>> + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>>> + * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
>> copyright
>>> + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
>> in the
>>> + documentation and/or other materials provided with the
>> distribution.
>>> + * Neither the name of the <organization> nor the
>>> + names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
>> products
>>> + derived from this software without specific prior written
>> permission.
>>> +
>>> + * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
>> CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
>>> + * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
>> TO, THE IMPLIED
>>> + * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
>> PURPOSE ARE
>>> + * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL <COPYRIGHT HOLDER> BE LIABLE FOR
>> ANY
>>> + * DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
>> CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
>>> + * (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
>> OR SERVICES;
>>> + * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
>> CAUSED AND
>>> + * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
>> LIABILITY, OR TORT
>>> + * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF
>> THE USE OF THIS
>>> + * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
>>> */
>> All copyrights in netcf must be compatible with the LGPL version 2.1
>> (see the file COPYING). This copyright isn't compatible with the LGPL,
>> and will need to change before the code can be committed.
>>
>>
>>
> This is your project and we'll comply with whatever in the licenses.
> Nobody wants to get into a "free software license" argument on the
> internet! :-)
>
> As a note however, I *thought* I was using a compatible BSD license here
> (3 clause) and not the incompatible (advertising clause) version.
Truthfully, I'm not an expert, so you may well be correct. danpb, you
know more about this - what's the correct answer?
11 years, 10 months
[PATCH 0/5] Initial FreeBSD Support Patches
by Sean Bruno
Its round 1 of our patchsets here in FreeBSD land. This more or less
stubs out the code for FreeBSD support. We will flush out that code in
following patchsets.
11 years, 10 months
