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interfaces-vxlan(5)
# NAME
*interfaces-vxlan* - VXLAN extensions for the interfaces(5) file format
# DESCRIPTION
Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) is an overlay network to carry Layer 2 over
an IP network while accommodating a very large number of tenants. It is
defined in RFC7348.
Be aware that VXLAN encapsulation adds 50 bytes of overhead to the IP packet
header (inner Ethernet header + VXLAN + UDP + IP). This should be taken into
consideration when setting up overlay networks, particularly on underlay
networks with a conventional 1500 byte MTU.
The following options set up VXLAN Tunnel EndPoints (VTEP) interfaces with
ifupdown-ng.
See https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/vxlan.rst and
https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2017-vxlan-linux for more information.
# VXLAN-RELATED OPTIONS
A VXLAN Virtual Tunnel Endpoint (VTEP) interface must an ID set. All
other options are optional.
*vxlan-id* _VNI ID_
Denotes the VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) ID for this interface.
This parameter is required for VTEP interfaces.
*vxlan-physdev* _interface_
Specifies the physical ("underlay") device to use for tunnel
endpoint communication.
*vxlan-local-ip* _address_
Specifies the source IP address to use in outgoing packets.
For compatiblity with ifupdown2 _vxlan-local-tunnelip_ is an
alias for this parameter.
*vxlan-remote-ip* _address_
Specifies the unicast destination IP address to use in outgoing
packets when the destination link layer address is not known in
the VXLAN device forwarding database. This parameter cannot be
specified with the _vxlan-remote-group_ parameter.
For compatiblity with ifupdown2 _vxlan-remoteip_ is an alias for
this parameter.
*vxlan-remote-group* _multicast group_
Specifies the multicast group IP address to join. This parameter
cannot be specified with the _vxlan-remote-ip_ parameter.
For compatibility with ifupdown2 _vxlan-svcnodeip_ is an alias for
this parameter.
*vxlan-learning* _on/off_
Specifies if unknown source link layer addresses and IP addresses
are entered into the VXLAN device forwarding database.
*vxlan-ageing* _seconds_
Specifies the lifetime in seconds of FDB entries learnt by the kernel.
*vxlan-dstport* _port_
Specifies the UDP destination port of the remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint.
The default is 4789.
# EXAMPLES
A VTEP with multiple peers addressed via a multicast group:
```
auto vx_v1001_padcty
iface vx_v1001_padcty
vxlan-id 655617
vxlan-physdev vlan1001
vxlan-remote-group 225.10.1.1
#
hwaddress f2:00:c1:01:10:01
mtu 1560
```
Note that the underlay must have an MTU of at least 1610 to
carry the encapsulated packets.
A VTEP with one peer (point-to-point configuration):
```
auto vx_ptp1
iface vx_ptp1
vxlan-id 2342
vxlan-local-ip 192.0.2.42
vxlan-remote-ip 198.51.100.23
#
hwaddress f2:00:c1:01:10:01
```
# AUTHORS
Maximilian Wilhelm <max@sdn.clinic>