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129.\" ========================================================================
130.\"
131.IX Title "GVPE.CONF 5"
132.TH GVPE.CONF 5 "2005-03-07" "1.8" "GNU Virtual Private Ethernet"
133.SH "NAME"
134gvpe.conf \- configuration file for the GNU VPE daemon
135.SH "SYNOPSIS"
136.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
137.Vb 3
138\& udp-port = 407
139\& mtu = 1492
140\& ifname = vpn0
141.Ve
142.PP
143.Vb 2
144\& node = branch1
145\& hostname = 1.2.3.4
146.Ve
147.PP
148.Vb 3
149\& node = branch2
150\& hostname = www.example.net
151\& udp-port = 500 # this host uses a different udp-port
152.Ve
153.PP
154.Vb 2
155\& node = branch3
156\& connect = ondemand
157.Ve
158.SH "DESCRIPTION"
159.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
160The gvpe config file consists of a series of lines that contain \f(CW\*(C`variable
161= value\*(C'\fR pairs. Empty lines are ignored. Comments start with a \f(CW\*(C`#\*(C'\fR and
162extend to the end of the line. They can be used on their own lines, or
163after any directives. Spaces are allowed before or after the \f(CW\*(C`=\*(C'\fR sign or
164after values, but not within the variable names or values themselves.
165.PP
166The only exception to the above is the \*(L"on\*(R" directive that can prefix any
167\&\f(CW\*(C`name = value\*(C'\fR setting and will only \*(L"execute\*(R" it on the named node, or
168(if the nodename starts with \*(L"!\*(R") on all nodes except the named one.
169.PP
170.Vb 3
171\& name = value
172\& on branch1 loglevel = noise
173\& on !branch2 connect = ondemand
174.Ve
175.PP
176All settings are executed \*(L"in order\*(R", that is, later settings of the same
177variable overwrite earlier ones.
178.SH "ANATOMY OF A CONFIG FILE"
179.IX Header "ANATOMY OF A CONFIG FILE"
180Usually, a config file starts with global settings (like the udp port to
181listen on), followed by node-specific sections that begin with a \f(CW\*(C`node =
182nickname\*(C'\fR line.
183.PP
184Every node that is part of the network must have a section that starts
185with \f(CW\*(C`node = nickname\*(C'\fR. The number and order of the nodes is important
186and must be the same on all hosts. It is not uncommon for node sections to
187be completely empty \- if the default values are right.
188.PP
189Node-specific settings can be used at any time. If used before the first
190node section they will set the default values for all following nodes.
191.SH "CONFIG VARIABLES"
192.IX Header "CONFIG VARIABLES"
193.Sh "\s-1GLOBAL\s0 \s-1SETTINGS\s0"
194.IX Subsection "GLOBAL SETTINGS"
195Global settings will affect the behaviour of the running gvpe daemon, that
196is, they are in some sense node-specific (config files can set different
197values on different nodes using \f(CW\*(C`on\*(C'\fR), but will affect the behaviour of
198the gvpe daemon and all connections it creates.
199.IP "dns-forw-host = hostname/ip" 4
200.IX Item "dns-forw-host = hostname/ip"
201The dns server to forward dns requests to for the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel protocol
202(default: \f(CW127.0.0.1\fR, changing it is highly recommended).
203.IP "dns-forw-port = port-number" 4
204.IX Item "dns-forw-port = port-number"
205The port where the \f(CW\*(C`dns\-forw\-host\*(C'\fR is to be contacted (default: \f(CW53\fR,
206which is fine in most cases).
207.IP "if-up = relative-or-absolute-path" 4
208.IX Item "if-up = relative-or-absolute-path"
209Sets the path of a script that should be called immediately after the
210network interface is initialized (but not neccessarily up). The following
211environment variables are passed to it (the values are just examples):
212.RS 4
213.IP "CONFBASE=/etc/gvpe" 4
214.IX Item "CONFBASE=/etc/gvpe"
215The configuration base directory.
216.IP "IFNAME=vpn0" 4
217.IX Item "IFNAME=vpn0"
218The interface to initialize.
219.IP "MTU=1436" 4
220.IX Item "MTU=1436"
221The \s-1MTU\s0 to set the interface to. You can use lower values (if done
222consistently on all hosts), but this is usually ineffective.
223.IP "MAC=fe:fd:80:00:00:01" 4
224.IX Item "MAC=fe:fd:80:00:00:01"
225The \s-1MAC\s0 address to set the interface to. The script *must* set the
226interface \s-1MAC\s0 to this value. You will most likely use one of these:
227.Sp
228.Vb 2
229\& ip link set $IFNAME address $MAC mtu $MTU up # GNU/Linux
230\& ifconfig $IFNAME ether $MAC mtu $MTU up # FreeBSD
231.Ve
232.Sp
233Please see the \f(CW\*(C`gvpe.osdep(5)\*(C'\fR manpage for platform-specific information.
234.IP "IFTYPE=native # or tincd" 4
235.IX Item "IFTYPE=native # or tincd"
236.PD 0
237.IP "IFSUBTYPE=linux # or freebsd, darwin etc.." 4
238.IX Item "IFSUBTYPE=linux # or freebsd, darwin etc.."
239.PD
240The interface type (\f(CW\*(C`native\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`tincd\*(C'\fR) and the subtype (usually the os
241name in lowercase) that this gvpe was configured for. Can be used to select
242the correct syntax to use for network-related commands.
243.IP "NODENAME=branch1" 4
244.IX Item "NODENAME=branch1"
245The nickname of the current node, as passed to the gvpe daemon.
246.IP "NODEID=1" 4
247.IX Item "NODEID=1"
248The numerical node id of the current node. The first node mentioned in the
249config file gets \s-1ID\s0 1, the second \s-1ID\s0 2 and so on.
250.RE
251.RS 4
252.Sp
253Here is a simple if-up script:
254.Sp
255.Vb 5
256\& #!/bin/sh
257\& ip link set $IFNAME address $MAC mtu $MTU up
258\& [ $NODENAME = branch1 ] && ip addr add 10.0.0.1 dev $IFNAME
259\& [ $NODENAME = branch2 ] && ip addr add 10.1.0.1 dev $IFNAME
260\& ip route add 10.0.0.0/8 dev $IFNAME
261.Ve
262.Sp
263More complicated examples (using routing to reduce arp traffic) can be
264found in the etc/ subdirectory of the distribution.
265.RE
266.IP "ifname = devname" 4
267.IX Item "ifname = devname"
268Sets the tun interface name to the given name. The default is OS-specific
269and most probably something like \f(CW\*(C`tun0\*(C'\fR.
270.IP "ifpersist = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
271.IX Item "ifpersist = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
272Should the tun/tap device be made persistent, that is, should the device
273stay up even when gvpe exits? Some versions of the tunnel device have
274problems sending packets when gvpe is restarted in persistent mode, so
275if the connections can be established but you cannot send packets from
276the local node, try to set this to \f(CW\*(C`off\*(C'\fR and do an ifconfig down on the
277device.
278.IP "ip-proto = numerical-ip-protocol" 4
279.IX Item "ip-proto = numerical-ip-protocol"
280Sets the protocol number to be used for the rawip protocol. This is a
281global option because all hosts must use the same protocol, and since
282there are no port numbers, you cannot easily run more than one gvpe
283instance using the same protocol, nor can you share the protocol with
284other programs.
285.Sp
286The default is 47 (\s-1GRE\s0), which has a good chance of tunneling through
287firewalls (but note that the rawip protocol is not \s-1GRE\s0 compatible). Other
288common choices are 50 (\s-1IPSEC\s0, \s-1ESP\s0), 51 (\s-1IPSEC\s0, \s-1AH\s0), 4 (\s-1IPIP\s0 tunnels) or 98
289(\s-1ENCAP\s0, rfc1241)
290.IP "http-proxy-host = hostname/ip" 4
291.IX Item "http-proxy-host = hostname/ip"
292The \f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-*\*(C'\fR family of options are only available if gvpe was
293compiled with the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-http\-proxy\*(C'\fR option and enable tunneling of
294tcp connections through a http proxy server.
295.Sp
296\&\f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-host\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-port\*(C'\fR should specify the hostname and
297port number of the proxy server. See \f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-loginpw\*(C'\fR if your proxy
298requires authentication.
299.Sp
300Please note that gvpe will still try to resolve all hostnames in the
301configuration file, so if you are behind a proxy without access to a dns
302server better use numerical \s-1IP\s0 addresses.
303.Sp
304To make best use of this option disable all protocols except tcp in your
305config file and make sure your routers (or all other hosts) are listening
306on a port that the proxy allows (443, https, is a common choice).
307.Sp
308If you have a router, connecting to it will suffice. Otherwise tcp must be
309enabled on all hosts.
310.Sp
311Example:
312.Sp
313.Vb 3
314\& http-proxy-host = proxy.example.com
315\& http-proxy-port = 3128 # 8080 is another common choice
316\& http-proxy-auth = schmorp:grumbeere
317.Ve
318.IP "http-proxy-port = proxy-tcp-port" 4
319.IX Item "http-proxy-port = proxy-tcp-port"
320The port where your proxy server listens.
321.IP "http-proxy-auth = login:password" 4
322.IX Item "http-proxy-auth = login:password"
323The optional login and password used to authenticate to the proxy server,
324seperated by a literal colon (\f(CW\*(C`:\*(C'\fR). Only basic authentication is
325currently supported.
326.IP "keepalive = seconds" 4
327.IX Item "keepalive = seconds"
328Sets the keepalive probe interval in seconds (default: \f(CW60\fR). After this
329many seconds of inactivity the daemon will start to send keepalive probe
330every 5 seconds until it receives a reply from the other end. If no reply
331is received within 30 seconds, the peer is considered unreachable and the
332connection is closed.
333.IP "loglevel = noise|trace|debug|info|notice|warn|error|critical" 4
334.IX Item "loglevel = noise|trace|debug|info|notice|warn|error|critical"
335Set the logging level. Connection established messages are logged at level
336\&\f(CW\*(C`info\*(C'\fR, notable errors are logged with \f(CW\*(C`error\*(C'\fR. Default is \f(CW\*(C`info\*(C'\fR.
337.IP "mtu = bytes" 4
338.IX Item "mtu = bytes"
339Sets the maximum \s-1MTU\s0 that should be used on outgoing packets (basically
340the \s-1MTU\s0 of the outgoing interface) The daemon will automatically calculate
341maximum overhead (e.g. udp header size, encryption blocksize...) and pass
342this information to the \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\*(C'\fR script.
343.Sp
344Recommended values are 1500 (ethernet), 1492 (pppoe), 1472 (pptp).
345.Sp
346This value must be the minimum of the mtu values of all hosts.
347.IP "node = nickname" 4
348.IX Item "node = nickname"
349Not really a config setting but introduces a node section. The nickname is
350used to select the right configuration section and must be passed as an
351argument to the gvpe daemon.
352.IP "node-up = relative-or-absolute-path" 4
353.IX Item "node-up = relative-or-absolute-path"
354Sets a command (default: no script) that should be called whenever a
355connection is established (even on rekeying operations). In addition
356to the variables passed to \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\*(C'\fR scripts, the following environment
357variables will be set:
358.RS 4
359.IP "DESTNODE=branch2" 4
360.IX Item "DESTNODE=branch2"
361The name of the remote node.
362.IP "DESTID=2" 4
363.IX Item "DESTID=2"
364The node id of the remote node.
365.IP "DESTIP=188.13.66.8" 4
366.IX Item "DESTIP=188.13.66.8"
367The numerical \s-1IP\s0 address of the remote host (gvpe accepts connections from
368everywhere, as long as the other host can authenticate itself).
369.IP "DESTPORT=655 # deprecated" 4
370.IX Item "DESTPORT=655 # deprecated"
371The \s-1UDP\s0 port used by the other side.
372.IP "STATE=UP" 4
373.IX Item "STATE=UP"
374Node-up scripts get called with STATE=UP, node-down scripts get called
375with STATE=DOWN.
376.RE
377.RS 4
378.Sp
379Here is a nontrivial example that uses nsupdate to update the name => ip
380mapping in some dns zone:
381.Sp
382.Vb 6
383\& #!/bin/sh
384\& {
385\& echo update delete $DESTNODE.lowttl.example.net. a
386\& echo update add $DESTNODE.lowttl.example.net. 1 in a $DESTIP
387\& echo
388\& } | nsupdate -d -k $CONFBASE:key.example.net.
389.Ve
390.RE
391.IP "node-down = relative-or-absolute-path" 4
392.IX Item "node-down = relative-or-absolute-path"
393Same as \f(CW\*(C`node\-up\*(C'\fR, but gets called whenever a connection is lost.
394.IP "pid-file = path" 4
395.IX Item "pid-file = path"
396The path to the pid file to check and create
397(default: \f(CW\*(C`LOCALSTATEDIR/run/gvpe.pid\*(C'\fR).
398.IP "private-key = relative-path-to-key" 4
399.IX Item "private-key = relative-path-to-key"
400Sets the path (relative to the config directory) to the private key
401(default: \f(CW\*(C`hostkey\*(C'\fR). This is a printf format string so every \f(CW\*(C`%\*(C'\fR must
402be doubled. A single \f(CW%s\fR is replaced by the hostname, so you could
403use paths like \f(CW\*(C`hostkeys/%s\*(C'\fR to fetch the files at the location where
404\&\f(CW\*(C`gvpectrl\*(C'\fR puts them.
405.Sp
406Since only the private key file of the current node is used and the
407private key file should be kept secret per-host to avoid spoofings, it is
408not recommended to use this feature.
409.IP "rekey = seconds" 4
410.IX Item "rekey = seconds"
411Sets the rekeying interval in seconds (default: \f(CW3600\fR). Connections are
412reestablished every \f(CW\*(C`rekey\*(C'\fR seconds.
413.Sh "\s-1NODE\s0 \s-1SPECIFIC\s0 \s-1SETTINGS\s0"
414.IX Subsection "NODE SPECIFIC SETTINGS"
415The following settings are node\-specific, that is, every node can have
416different settings, even within the same gvpe instance. Settings that are
417executed before the first node section set the defaults, settings that are
418executed within a node section only apply to the given node.
419.IP "compress = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
420.IX Item "compress = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
421Wether to compress data packets sent to this host (default: \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR).
422Compression is really cheap even on slow computers and has no size
423overhead at all, so enabling this is a good idea.
424.IP "connect = ondemand | never | always | disabled" 4
425.IX Item "connect = ondemand | never | always | disabled"
426Sets the connect mode (default: \f(CW\*(C`always\*(C'\fR). It can be \f(CW\*(C`always\*(C'\fR (always
427try to establish and keep a connection to the given host), \f(CW\*(C`never\*(C'\fR
428(never initiate a connection to the given host, but accept connections),
429\&\f(CW\*(C`ondemand\*(C'\fR (try to establish a connection on the first packet sent, and
430take it down after the keepalive interval) or \f(CW\*(C`disabled\*(C'\fR (node is bad,
431don't talk to it).
432.IP "dns-domain = domain-suffix" 4
433.IX Item "dns-domain = domain-suffix"
434The \s-1DNS\s0 domain suffix that points to the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel server for this node.
435.Sp
436The domain must point to a \s-1NS\s0 record that points to the \fIdns-hostname\fR,
437i.e.
438.Sp
439.Vb 2
440\& dns-domainname = tunnel.example.net
441\& dns-hostname = tunnel-server.example.net
442.Ve
443.Sp
444Corresponds to the following \s-1DNS\s0 entries in the \f(CW\*(C`example.net\*(C'\fR domain:
445.Sp
446.Vb 2
447\& tunnel.example.net. NS tunnel-server.example.net.
448\& tunnel-server.example.net. A 13.13.13.13
449.Ve
450.IP "dns-hostname = hostname/ip" 4
451.IX Item "dns-hostname = hostname/ip"
452The address to bind the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel socket to, similar to the \f(CW\*(C`hostname\*(C'\fR,
453but for the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel protocol only. Default: \f(CW0.0.0.0\fR, but that might
454change.
455.IP "dns-port = port-number" 4
456.IX Item "dns-port = port-number"
457The port to bind the \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel socket to. Must be \f(CW53\fR on \s-1DNS\s0 tunnel servers.
458.IP "enable-dns = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
459.IX Item "enable-dns = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
460Enable the \s-1DNS\s0 tunneling protocol on this node, either as server or as
461client (only available when gvpe was compiled with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-dns\*(C'\fR).
462.Sp
463This is the worst choice of transport protocol with respect to overhead
464(overhead cna be 2\-3 times higher than the transferred data), and probably
465the best choice when tunneling through firewalls.
466.IP "enable-rawip = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
467.IX Item "enable-rawip = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
468Enable the \s-1RAW\s0 IPv4 transport using the \f(CW\*(C`ip\-proto\*(C'\fR protocol
469(default: \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR). This is the best choice, since the minimum overhead per
470packet is only 38 bytes, as opposed to \s-1UDP\s0's 58 (or \s-1TCP\s0's 60+).
471.IP "enable-tcp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
472.IX Item "enable-tcp = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
473Enable the TCPv4 transport using the \f(CW\*(C`tcp\-port\*(C'\fR port
474(default: \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR). Support for this horribly unsuitable protocol is only
475available when gvpe was compiled using the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-tcp\*(C'\fR option. Never
476use this transport unless you really must, it is very inefficient and
477resource-intensive compared to the other transports (except for \s-1DNS\s0, which
478is worse).
479.IP "enable-udp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
480.IX Item "enable-udp = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
481Enable the UDPv4 transport using the \f(CW\*(C`udp\-port\*(C'\fR port (default: \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR,
482unless no other protocol is enabled for a node, in which case this
483protocol is enabled automatically). This is a good general choice since
484\&\s-1UDP\s0 tunnels well through many firewalls.
485.Sp
486\&\s-1NOTE:\s0 Please specify \f(CW\*(C`enable\-udp = yes\*(C'\fR if you want t use it even though
487it might get switched on automatically, as some future version might
488default to another default protocol.
489.IP "inherit-tos = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
490.IX Item "inherit-tos = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
491Wether to inherit the \s-1TOS\s0 settings of packets sent to the tunnel when
492sending packets to this node (default: \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR). If set to \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR then
493outgoing tunnel packets will have the same \s-1TOS\s0 setting as the packets sent
494to the tunnel device, which is usually what you want.
495.IP "max-retry = positive-number" 4
496.IX Item "max-retry = positive-number"
497The maximum interval in seconds (default: \f(CW3600\fR, one hour) between
498retries to establish a connection to this node. When a connection cannot
499be established, gvpe uses exponential backoff capped at this value. It's
500sometimes useful to set this to a much lower value (e.g. \f(CW120\fR) on
501connections to routers that usually are stable but sometimes are down, to
502assure quick reconnections even after longer downtimes.
503.IP "router-priority = 0 | 1 | positive\-number>=2" 4
504.IX Item "router-priority = 0 | 1 | positive-number>=2"
505Sets the router priority of the given host (default: \f(CW0\fR, disabled). If
506some host tries to connect to another host without a hostname, it asks
507the router host for it's \s-1IP\s0 address. The router host is the one with the
508highest priority larger than \f(CW1\fR that is currently reachable.
509.Sp
510Make sure all hosts always connect (\f(CW\*(C`connect = always\*(C'\fR) to the router
511hosts, otherwise connecting to them might be impossible.
512.Sp
513The special value \f(CW1\fR allows other hosts to route through the router
514host, but they will never route through it by default. The value \f(CW0\fR
515disables routing. The idea behind this is that some hosts can, if
516required, bump the \f(CW\*(C`router\-priority\*(C'\fR setting to higher than \f(CW1\fR in their
517local config to route through specific hosts. If \f(CW\*(C`router\-priority\*(C'\fR is
518\&\f(CW0\fR, then routing will be refused, so \f(CW1\fR serves as a \*(L"enable, but do
519not use by default\*(R" switch.
520.IP "tcp-port = port-number" 4
521.IX Item "tcp-port = port-number"
522Similar to \f(CW\*(C`udp\-port\*(C'\fR (default: \f(CW655\fR), but sets the \s-1TCP\s0 port number.
523.IP "udp-port = port-number" 4
524.IX Item "udp-port = port-number"
525Sets the port number used by the \s-1UDP\s0 protocol (default: \f(CW655\fR, not
526officially assigned by \s-1IANA\s0!).
527.SH "CONFIG DIRECTORY LAYOUT"
528.IX Header "CONFIG DIRECTORY LAYOUT"
529The default (or recommended) directory layout for the config directory is:
530.IP "\(bu" 4
531.IX Xref "gvpe.conf"
532The config file.
533.IP "\(bu" 4
534.IX Xref "if-up"
535The if-up script
536.IP "," 4
537.IX Xref "node-up node-down"
538If used the node up or node-down scripts.
539.IP "\(bu" 4
540.IX Xref "hostkey"
541The private key (taken from \f(CW\*(C`hostkeys/nodename\*(C'\fR) of the current host.
542.IP "\(bu" 4
543.IX Xref "pubkey nodename"
544The public keys of the other nodes, one file per node.
545.SH "SEE ALSO"
546.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
547\&\fIgvpe\fR\|(5), \fIgvpe\fR\|(8), \fIgvpectrl\fR\|(8).
548.SH "AUTHOR"
549.IX Header "AUTHOR"
550Marc Lehmann <gvpe@plan9.de>

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