| Simulating networks with VPP |
| ============================ |
| |
| The “make test” framework provides a good way to test individual |
| features. However, when testing several features at once - or validating |
| nontrivial configurations - it may prove difficult or impossible to use |
| the unit-test framework. |
| |
| This note explains how to set up lxc/lxd, and a 5-container testbed to |
| test a split-tunnel nat + ikev2 + ipsec + ipv6 prefix-delegation |
| scenario. |
| |
| OS / Distro test results |
| ------------------------ |
| |
| This setup has been tested on an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system. If you’re |
| feeling adventurous, the same scenario also worked on a recent Ubuntu |
| 20.04 “preview” daily build. |
| |
| Other distros may work fine, or not at all. |
| |
| Proxy Server |
| ------------ |
| |
| If you need to use a proxy server e.g. from a lab system, you’ll |
| probably need to set HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, http_proxy and https_proxy |
| in /etc/environment. Directly setting variables in the environment |
| doesn’t work. The lxd snap *daemon* needs the proxy settings, not the |
| user interface. |
| |
| Something like so: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| HTTP_PROXY=http://my.proxy.server:8080 |
| HTTPS_PROXY=http://my.proxy.server:4333 |
| http_proxy=http://my.proxy.server:8080 |
| https_proxy=http://my.proxy.server:4333 |
| |
| Install and configure lxd |
| ------------------------- |
| |
| Install the lxd snap. The lxd snap is up to date, as opposed to the |
| results of “sudo apt-get install lxd”. |
| |
| :: |
| |
| # snap install lxd |
| # lxd init |
| |
| “lxd init” asks several questions. With the exception of the storage |
| pool, take the defaults. To match the configs shown below, create a |
| storage pool named “vpp.” Storage pools of type “zfs” and “files” have |
| been tested successfully. |
| |
| zfs is more space-efficient. “lxc copy” is infinitely faster with zfs. |
| The path for the zfs storage pool is under /var. Do not replace it with |
| a symbolic link, unless you want to rebuild all of your containers from |
| scratch. Ask me how I know that. |
| |
| Create three network segments |
| ----------------------------- |
| |
| Aka, linux bridges. |
| |
| :: |
| |
| # lxc network create respond |
| # lxc network create internet |
| # lxc network create initiate |
| |
| We’ll explain the test topology in a bit. Stay tuned. |
| |
| Set up the default container profile |
| ------------------------------------ |
| |
| Execute “lxc profile edit default”, and install the following |
| configuration. Note that the “shared” directory should mount your vpp |
| workspaces. With that trick, you can edit code from any of the |
| containers, run vpp without installing it, etc. |
| |
| :: |
| |
| config: {} |
| description: Default LXD profile |
| devices: |
| eth0: |
| name: eth0 |
| network: lxdbr0 |
| type: nic |
| eth1: |
| name: eth1 |
| nictype: bridged |
| parent: internet |
| type: nic |
| eth2: |
| name: eth2 |
| nictype: bridged |
| parent: respond |
| type: nic |
| eth3: |
| name: eth3 |
| nictype: bridged |
| parent: initiate |
| type: nic |
| root: |
| path: / |
| pool: vpp |
| type: disk |
| shared: |
| path: /scratch |
| source: /scratch |
| type: disk |
| name: default |
| |
| Set up the network configurations |
| --------------------------------- |
| |
| Edit the fake “internet” backbone: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| # lxc network edit internet |
| |
| Install the ip addresses shown below, to avoid having to rebuild the vpp |
| and host configuration: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| config: |
| ipv4.address: 10.26.68.1/24 |
| ipv4.dhcp.ranges: 10.26.68.10-10.26.68.50 |
| ipv4.nat: "true" |
| ipv6.address: none |
| ipv6.nat: "false" |
| description: "" |
| name: internet |
| type: bridge |
| used_by: |
| managed: true |
| status: Created |
| locations: |
| - none |
| |
| Repeat the process with the “respond” and “initiate” networks, using |
| these configurations: |
| |
| respond network configuration |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| :: |
| |
| config: |
| ipv4.address: 10.166.14.1/24 |
| ipv4.dhcp.ranges: 10.166.14.10-10.166.14.50 |
| ipv4.nat: "true" |
| ipv6.address: none |
| ipv6.nat: "false" |
| description: "" |
| name: respond |
| type: bridge |
| used_by: |
| managed: true |
| status: Created |
| locations: |
| - none |
| |
| initiate network configuration |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| :: |
| |
| config: |
| ipv4.address: 10.219.188.1/24 |
| ipv4.dhcp.ranges: 10.219.188.10-10.219.188.50 |
| ipv4.nat: "true" |
| ipv6.address: none |
| ipv6.nat: "false" |
| description: "" |
| name: initiate |
| type: bridge |
| used_by: |
| managed: true |
| status: Created |
| locations: |
| - none |
| |
| Create a “master” container image |
| --------------------------------- |
| |
| The master container image should be set up so that you can build vpp, |
| ssh into the container, edit source code, run gdb, etc. |
| |
| Make sure that e.g. public key auth ssh works. |
| |
| :: |
| |
| # lxd launch ubuntu:18.04 respond |
| <spew> |
| # lxc exec respond bash |
| respond# cd /scratch/my-vpp-workspace |
| respond# apt-get install make ssh |
| respond# make install-dep |
| respond# exit |
| # lxc stop respond |
| |
| Mark the container image privileged. If you forget this step, you’ll |
| trip over a netlink error (-11) aka EAGAIN when you try to roll in the |
| vpp configurations. |
| |
| :: |
| |
| # lxc config set respond security.privileged "true" |
| |
| Duplicate the “master” container image |
| -------------------------------------- |
| |
| To avoid having to configure N containers, be sure that the master |
| container image is fully set up before you help it have children: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| # lxc copy respond respondhost |
| # lxc copy respond initiate |
| # lxc copy respond initiatehost |
| # lxc copy respond dhcpserver # optional, to test ipv6 prefix delegation |
| |
| Install handy script |
| -------------------- |
| |
| See below for a handy script which executes lxc commands across the |
| current set of running containers. I call it “lxc-foreach,” feel free to |
| call the script Ishmael if you like. |
| |
| Examples: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| $ lxc-foreach start |
| <issues "lxc start" for each container in the list> |
| |
| After a few seconds, use this one to open an ssh connection to each |
| container. The ssh command parses the output of “lxc info,” which |
| displays container ip addresses. |
| |
| :: |
| |
| $ lxc-foreach ssh |
| |
| Here’s the script: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| #!/bin/bash |
| |
| set -u |
| export containers="respond respondhost initiate initiatehost dhcpserver" |
| |
| if [ x$1 = "x" ] ; then |
| echo missing command |
| exit 1 |
| fi |
| |
| if [ $1 = "ssh" ] ; then |
| for c in $containers |
| do |
| inet=`lxc info $c | grep eth0 | grep -v inet6 | head -1 | cut -f 3` |
| if [ x$inet = "x" ] ; then |
| echo $c not started |
| else |
| gnome-terminal --command "/usr/bin/ssh $inet" |
| fi |
| done |
| exit 0 |
| fi |
| |
| for c in $containers |
| do |
| echo lxc $1 $c |
| lxc $1 $c |
| done |
| |
| exit 0 |
| |
| Test topology |
| ------------- |
| |
| Finally, we’re ready to describe a test topology. First, a picture: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| ===+======== management lan/bridge lxdbr0 (dhcp) ===========+=== |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| v | v |
| eth0 | eth0 |
| +------+ eth1 eth1 +------+ |
| | respond | 10.26.88.100 <= internet bridge => 10.26.88.101 | initiate | |
| +------+ +------+ |
| eth2 / bvi0 10.166.14.2 | 10.219.188.2 eth3 / bvi0 |
| | | | |
| | ("respond" bridge) | ("initiate" bridge) | |
| | | | |
| v | v |
| eth2 10.166.14.3 | eth3 10.219.188.3 |
| +----------+ | +----------+ |
| | respondhost | | | respondhost | |
| +----------+ | +----------+ |
| eth0 (management lan) <========+========> eth0 (management lan) |
| |
| Test topology discussion |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| This topology is suitable for testing almost any tunnel encap/decap |
| scenario. The two containers “respondhost” and “initiatehost” are |
| end-stations connected to two vpp instances running on “respond” and |
| “initiate”. |
| |
| We leverage the Linux end-station network stacks to generate traffic of |
| all sorts. |
| |
| The so-called “internet” bridge models the public internet. The |
| “respond” and “initiate” bridges connect vpp instances to local hosts |
| |
| End station configs |
| ------------------- |
| |
| The end-station Linux configurations set up the eth2 and eth3 ip |
| addresses shown above, and add tunnel routes to the opposite end-station |
| networks. |
| |
| respondhost configuration |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| :: |
| |
| ifconfig eth2 10.166.14.3/24 up |
| route add -net 10.219.188.0/24 gw 10.166.14.2 |
| |
| initiatehost configuration |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| :: |
| |
| sudo ifconfig eth3 10.219.188.3/24 up |
| sudo route add -net 10.166.14.0/24 gw 10.219.188.2 |
| |
| VPP configs |
| ----------- |
| |
| Split nat44 / ikev2 + ipsec tunneling, with ipv6 prefix delegation in |
| the “respond” config. |
| |
| respond configuration |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| :: |
| |
| set term pag off |
| |
| comment { "internet" } |
| create host-interface name eth1 |
| set int ip address host-eth1 10.26.68.100/24 |
| set int ip6 table host-eth1 0 |
| set int state host-eth1 up |
| |
| comment { default route via initiate } |
| ip route add 0.0.0.0/0 via 10.26.68.101 |
| |
| comment { "respond-private-net" } |
| create host-interface name eth2 |
| bvi create instance 0 |
| set int l2 bridge bvi0 1 bvi |
| set int ip address bvi0 10.166.14.2/24 |
| set int state bvi0 up |
| set int l2 bridge host-eth2 1 |
| set int state host-eth2 up |
| |
| |
| nat44 add interface address host-eth1 |
| set interface nat44 in host-eth2 out host-eth1 |
| nat44 add identity mapping external host-eth1 udp 500 |
| nat44 add identity mapping external host-eth1 udp 4500 |
| comment { nat44 untranslated subnet 10.219.188.0/24 } |
| |
| comment { responder profile } |
| ikev2 profile add initiate |
| ikev2 profile set initiate udp-encap |
| ikev2 profile set initiate auth rsa-sig cert-file /scratch/setups/respondcert.pem |
| set ikev2 local key /scratch/setups/initiatekey.pem |
| ikev2 profile set initiate id local fqdn initiator.my.net |
| ikev2 profile set initiate id remote fqdn responder.my.net |
| ikev2 profile set initiate traffic-selector remote ip-range 10.219.188.0 - 10.219.188.255 port-range 0 - 65535 protocol 0 |
| ikev2 profile set initiate traffic-selector local ip-range 10.166.14.0 - 10.166.14.255 port-range 0 - 65535 protocol 0 |
| create ipip tunnel src 10.26.68.100 dst 10.26.68.101 |
| ikev2 profile set initiate tunnel ipip0 |
| |
| comment { ipv6 prefix delegation } |
| ip6 nd address autoconfig host-eth1 default-route |
| dhcp6 client host-eth1 |
| dhcp6 pd client host-eth1 prefix group hgw |
| set ip6 address bvi0 prefix group hgw ::2/56 |
| ip6 nd address autoconfig bvi0 default-route |
| ip6 nd bvi0 ra-interval 5 3 ra-lifetime 180 |
| |
| set int mtu packet 1390 ipip0 |
| set int unnum ipip0 use host-eth1 |
| ip route add 10.219.188.0/24 via ipip0 |
| |
| initiate configuration |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| :: |
| |
| set term pag off |
| |
| comment { "internet" } |
| create host-interface name eth1 |
| comment { set dhcp client intfc host-eth1 hostname initiate } |
| set int ip address host-eth1 10.26.68.101/24 |
| set int state host-eth1 up |
| |
| comment { default route via "internet gateway" } |
| comment { ip route add 0.0.0.0/0 via 10.26.68.1 } |
| |
| comment { "initiate-private-net" } |
| create host-interface name eth3 |
| bvi create instance 0 |
| set int l2 bridge bvi0 1 bvi |
| set int ip address bvi0 10.219.188.2/24 |
| set int state bvi0 up |
| set int l2 bridge host-eth3 1 |
| set int state host-eth3 up |
| |
| nat44 add interface address host-eth1 |
| set interface nat44 in bvi0 out host-eth1 |
| nat44 add identity mapping external host-eth1 udp 500 |
| nat44 add identity mapping external host-eth1 udp 4500 |
| comment { nat44 untranslated subnet 10.166.14.0/24 } |
| |
| comment { initiator profile } |
| ikev2 profile add respond |
| ikev2 profile set respond udp-encap |
| ikev2 profile set respond auth rsa-sig cert-file /scratch/setups/initiatecert.pem |
| set ikev2 local key /scratch/setups/respondkey.pem |
| ikev2 profile set respond id local fqdn responder.my.net |
| ikev2 profile set respond id remote fqdn initiator.my.net |
| |
| ikev2 profile set respond traffic-selector remote ip-range 10.166.14.0 - 10.166.14.255 port-range 0 - 65535 protocol 0 |
| ikev2 profile set respond traffic-selector local ip-range 10.219.188.0 - 10.219.188.255 port-range 0 - 65535 protocol 0 |
| |
| ikev2 profile set respond responder host-eth1 10.26.68.100 |
| ikev2 profile set respond ike-crypto-alg aes-cbc 256 ike-integ-alg sha1-96 ike-dh modp-2048 |
| ikev2 profile set respond esp-crypto-alg aes-cbc 256 esp-integ-alg sha1-96 esp-dh ecp-256 |
| ikev2 profile set respond sa-lifetime 3600 10 5 0 |
| |
| create ipip tunnel src 10.26.68.101 dst 10.26.68.100 |
| ikev2 profile set respond tunnel ipip0 |
| ikev2 initiate sa-init respond |
| |
| set int mtu packet 1390 ipip0 |
| set int unnum ipip0 use host-eth1 |
| ip route add 10.166.14.0/24 via ipip0 |
| |
| IKEv2 certificate setup |
| ----------------------- |
| |
| In both of the vpp configurations, you’ll see “/scratch/setups/xxx.pem” |
| mentioned. These certificates are used in the ikev2 key exchange. |
| |
| Here’s how to generate the certificates: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout respondkey.pem -out respondcert.pem -days 3560 |
| openssl x509 -text -noout -in respondcert.pem |
| openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout initiatekey.pem -out initiatecert.pem -days 3560 |
| openssl x509 -text -noout -in initiatecert.pem |
| |
| Make sure that the “respond” and “initiate” configurations point to the |
| certificates. |
| |
| DHCPv6 server setup |
| ------------------- |
| |
| If you need an ipv6 dhcp server to test ipv6 prefix delegation, create |
| the “dhcpserver” container as shown above. |
| |
| Install the “isc-dhcp-server” Debian package: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| sudo apt-get install isc-dhcp-server |
| |
| /etc/dhcp/dhcpd6.conf |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Edit the dhcpv6 configuration and add an ipv6 subnet with prefix |
| delegation. For example: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| subnet6 2001:db01:0:1::/64 { |
| range6 2001:db01:0:1::1 2001:db01:0:1::9; |
| prefix6 2001:db01:0:100:: 2001:db01:0:200::/56; |
| } |
| |
| Add an ipv6 address on eth1, which is connected to the “internet” |
| bridge, and start the dhcp server. I use the following trivial bash |
| script, which runs the dhcp6 server in the foreground and produces dhcp |
| traffic spew: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| #!/bin/bash |
| ifconfig eth1 inet6 add 2001:db01:0:1::10/64 || true |
| dhcpd -6 -d -cf /etc/dhcp/dhcpd6.conf |
| |
| The “\|\| true” bit keeps going if eth1 already has the indicated ipv6 |
| address. |
| |
| Container / Host Interoperation |
| ------------------------------- |
| |
| Host / container interoperation is highly desirable. If the host and a |
| set of containers don’t run the same distro *and distro version*, it’s |
| reasonably likely that the glibc versions won’t match. That, in turn, |
| makes vpp binaries built in one environment fail in the other. |
| |
| Trying to install multiple versions of glibc - especially at the host |
| level - often ends very badly and is *not recommended*. It’s not just |
| glibc, either. The dynamic loader ld-linux-xxx-so.2 is glibc version |
| specific. |
| |
| Fortunately, it’s reasonable easy to build lxd container images based on |
| specific Ubuntu or Debian versions. |
| |
| Create a custom root filesystem image |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| First, install the “debootstrap” tool: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| sudo apt-get install debootstrap |
| |
| Make a temp directory, and use debootstrap to populate it. In this |
| example, we create an Ubuntu 20.04 (focal fossa) base image: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| # mkdir /tmp/myroot |
| # debootstrap focal /tmp/myroot http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu |
| |
| To tinker with the base image (if desired): |
| |
| :: |
| |
| # chroot /tmp/myroot |
| <add packages, etc.> |
| # exit |
| |
| Make a compressed tarball of the base image: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| # tar zcf /tmp/rootfs.tar.gz -C /tmp/myroot . |
| |
| Create a “metadata.yaml” file which describes the base image: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| architecture: "x86_64" |
| # To get current date in Unix time, use `date +%s` command |
| creation_date: 1458040200 |
| properties: |
| architecture: "x86_64" |
| description: "My custom Focal Fossa image" |
| os: "Ubuntu" |
| release: "focal" |
| |
| Make a compressed tarball of metadata.yaml: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| # tar zcf metadata.tar.gz metadata.yaml |
| |
| Import the image into lxc / lxd: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| $ lxc image import metadata.tar.gz rootfd.tar.gz --alias focal-base |
| |
| Create a container which uses the customized base image: |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| :: |
| |
| $ lxc launch focal-base focaltest |
| $ lxc exec focaltest bash |
| |
| The next several steps should be executed in the container, in the bash |
| shell spun up by “lxc exec…” |
| |
| Configure container networking |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| In the container, create /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| network: |
| version: 2 |
| ethernets: |
| eth0: |
| dhcp4: true |
| |
| Use “cat > /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml”, and cut-’n-paste if your |
| favorite text editor is AWOL. |
| |
| Apply the configuration: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| # netplan apply |
| |
| At this point, eth0 should have an ip address, and you should see a |
| default route with “route -n”. |
| |
| Configure apt |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Again, in the container, set up /etc/apt/sources.list via cut-’n-paste |
| from a recently update “focal fossa” host. Something like so: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted |
| deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted |
| deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal universe |
| deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates universe |
| deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal multiverse |
| deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates multiverse |
| deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse |
| deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main restricted |
| deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security universe |
| deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security multiverse |
| |
| “apt-get update” and “apt-install” should produce reasonable results. |
| Suggest “apt-get install make git”. |
| |
| At this point, you can use the “/scratch” sharepoint (or similar) to |
| execute “make install-dep install-ext-deps” to set up the container with |
| the vpp toolchain; proceed as desired. |