red

A fast, in-kernel, ad-hoc point-to-point vxlan network. This project interacts with redd to build virtual networks. The redd project is the daemon that interacts with the kernel’s vxlan module. This project is the command-line utility used to interact with redd.

How to use red:

Usage

Usage: red [OPTIONS] <subcommand>  <args> ...
    -h <hostname>      red hostname (default: 127.0.0.1)
    -p <port>          red port (default: 4470)
    --help             Output this help and exit
    --version          Output version and exit
    --yaml             Format output in YAML
    add-ip <ip address>
    remove-ip <ip address>
    show-ip
    add-node <ip address | hostname>
    remove-node <ip address | hostname>
    show-node
    ping
    status

Options

-h

Specify the host to connect to

-p

Specify the port to connect to

—help

Show the help for red

—version

Show the version number of red

—yaml

Format the output of subcommands to be yaml

Subcommands

add-ip

Add ip to the vxlan interface. Must specify with the cidr (192.168.0.1/24).

remove-ip

Remove ip from the vxlan interface. Must specify with the cidr (192.168.0.1/24).

show-ip

Show a list of IPs attached to the vxlan interface.

add-node

Add host node to peer list.

remove-node

Remove host node from peer list.

show-node

Show a list of nodes in the peer list.

ping

Sends a simple request to the redd api to see if it is listening.

status

Shows information about the redd server, including ips and nodes.