VPP/Pure L3 Container NetworkingLast updated 7 years ago

This example shows how to configure VPP as an IPv4 router interconnecting containers across multiple hosts.

VPP itself runs in the root namespace, with a separate namespace for each container.

File:Vpp-container.pdf

Setup

The 2 hosts are interconnected by a router. The router has /24 routes for the client subnets - pointed at the appropriate vSwitch interfaces.

On each host:

sudo docker create -e MICROSERVICE_LABEL=vpp -it --privileged -v "/tmp/vpp_socket:/tmp" -p 5001:5002 -p 9191:9191 --name vpp --network=host contivvpp/vswitch

create file vpp.conf as follows:

unix {

nodaemon

cli-listen 0.0.0.0:5002

cli-no-pager

} dpdk {

dev 0000:09:00.0 # replace this with an Ethernet interface on your host

uio-driver igb_uio

}

then:

sudo docker cp vpp.conf vpp:/etc/vpp/vpp.conf
sudo docker create -it --name client ubuntu

(for the server host change the name to "server")