Re:_Anyone_have_a_copy_of_the_work_that_Joyent_did_o n_FreeBSD_“VPC”_software_defined_networking?
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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2022 17:30:21 UTC
Erik, Sorry about that, teach me to respond from my phone. How about this for the FreeBSD related code? https://github.com/sean-/freebsd which has a default branch of projects/VPC? Mark On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 9:10 AM Erik N <erik@nstr.no> wrote: > Thank you Mark but as mentioned that’s not it. > > Erik > > On 17 Apr 2022, at 16:58, Mark Peek <mp@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Perhaps this? > https://github.com/joyent/freebsd-vpc > > Mark > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 6:03 AM Philip M. Gollucci <pgollucci@p6m7g8.com> > wrote: > >> I may be able to get ahold of Brian Cantrill. He's likely the best PoC >> too. >> >> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 2:49 AM Erik N <erik@nstr.no> wrote: >> >>> I was watching this presentation from BSDCan 2018, by Sean Chittenden, >>> titled “Introducing FreeBSD VPC”. >>> >>> The video recording of said presentation is at >>> https://youtu.be/La4ekkKbM5o and slides are at >>> https://papers.freebsd.org/2018/chittenden-freebsd_vpc.files/chittenden-freebsd_vpc-slides.pdf >>> >>> The presentation details enhancements to FreeBSD, to allow efficient >>> private networking between bhyve guests as well as jails on overlay >>> networks, running across separate FreeBSD hosts. This, according to the >>> presentation, comes in the form of a suite of VXLAN-related network >>> interfaces. >>> >>> From two of the slides: >>> >>> vpc(4) Interfaces >>> vpcsw(4) - switches packets - one packet per customer, multiple subnets >>> supported in the same switch >>> vmnic(4) - dedicated guest NIC, looks like a virtio network device to >>> guests >>> vpcp(4) - plugs vmnic(4) ports into vpcsw(4) switches vpci(4) - >>> Non-bhyve(4) interface, usable in jails(2) >>> ethlink(4) - Performs unencapsulated packet forwarding, wraps a cloned >>> or physical ethernet interface >>> vpclink(4) - Performs VXLAN encapsulation >>> >>> New System Calls >>> vpc_open(2) - Creates a new VPC descriptor vpc_ctl(2) - Manipulates VPC >>> descriptors Capsicum-like, intended for privilege separation Intended for >>> idempotent tooling >>> Makes aggressive use of UUIDs as operator handles to be compatible with >>> Triton >>> >>> At the very end of the presentation slides are links to for kernel code >>> and kernel library code on GitHub: >>> >>> https://github.com/joyent/freebsd/tree/projects/VPC >>> >>> >>> https://github.com/joyent/freebsd/tree/projects/VPC/libexec/go/src/go.freebsd.org/sys/vpc >>> >>> Unfortunately, the whole repository on GitHub is gone. 404. And I >>> couldn’t find any forks of it either. >>> >>> Does anyone have a copy of the VPC branch that Joyent had in that >>> repository? >>> >>> All that seems to be left of the project on Joyent's GitHub is a >>> separate, archived repository https://github.com/joyent/freebsd-vpc that >>> only has code for a utility that would interact with the code from the >>> aforementioned now gone repository. >>> >>> Erik N. >>> >> >> >> -- >> Philip M. Gollucci >> IT Executive and Engineering Leader >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/pgollucci/ >> 301.818.0719 >> >> TRULY HUMAN NOTICE: Getting this email out of normal working hours? We >> work at a digitally-enabled relentless pace, which can disrupt our ability >> to sleep enough, eat right, exercise, and spend time with the people that >> matter most. I am sending you this email at a time that works for me. I >> only expect you to respond to it when convenient to you. >> >>