netns

Runc hook for setting up default bridge networking.

Table of Contents

• Installation
  • Binaries
  • Via Go
• Usage

Installation

Binaries

For installation instructions from binaries please visit the Releases Page.

Via Go

$ go get github.com/genuinetools/netns

Usage

$ netns -h
netns -  Runc hook for setting up default bridge networking.

Usage: netns <command>

Flags:

  --ipfile     file in which to save the containers ip address (default: .ip)
  --mtu        mtu for bridge (default: 1500)
  --state-dir  directory for saving state, used for ip allocation (default: /run/github.com/genuinetools/netns)
  --bridge     name for bridge (default: netns0)
  -d           enable debug logging (default: false)
  --iface      name of interface in the namespace (default: eth0)
  --ip         ip address for bridge (default: 172.19.0.1/16)

Commands:

  create   Create a network.
  ls       List networks.
  rm       Delete a network.
  version  Show the version information.

Place this in the Hooks.Prestart field of your runc config.

{
    ...
    "hooks": {
        "prestart": [
            {
                "path": "/path/to/netns"
            }
        ]
    },
    ...
}

List network namespaces

$ sudo netns ls
IP                  LOCAL VETH          PID                 STATUS
172.19.0.3          netnsv0-21635       21635               running
172.19.0.4          netnsv0-21835       21835               running
172.19.0.5          netnsv0-22094       22094               running
172.19.0.6          netnsv0-25996       25996               running