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131 .IX Title "GVPE.CONF 5"
132 .TH GVPE.CONF 5 "2005-03-01" "1.7" "GNU Virtual Private Ethernet"
133 .SH "NAME"
134 gvpe.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"
160 The 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
162 extend to the end of the line. They can be used on their own lines, or
163 after any directives. Spaces are allowed before or after the \f(CW\*(C`=\*(C'\fR sign or
164 after values, but not within the variable names or values themselves.
165 .PP
166 The 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
176 All settings are executed \*(L"in order\*(R", that is, later settings of the same
177 variable overwrite earlier ones.
178 .SH "ANATOMY OF A CONFIG FILE"
179 .IX Header "ANATOMY OF A CONFIG FILE"
180 Usually, a config file starts with global settings (like the udp port to
181 listen on), followed by node-specific sections that begin with a \f(CW\*(C`node =
182 nickname\*(C'\fR line.
183 .PP
184 Every node that is part of the network must have a section that starts
185 with \f(CW\*(C`node = nickname\*(C'\fR. The number and order of the nodes is important
186 and must be the same on all hosts. It is not uncommon for node sections to
187 be completely empty \- if the default values are right.
188 .PP
189 Node-specific settings can be used at any time. If used before the first
190 node 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"
195 Global settings will affect the behaviour of the running gvpe daemon, that
196 is, they are in some sense node-specific (config files can set different
197 values on different nodes using \f(CW\*(C`on\*(C'\fR), but will affect the behaviour of
198 the gvpe daemon and all connections it creates.
199 .IP "loglevel = noise|trace|debug|info|notice|warn|error|critical" 4
200 .IX Item "loglevel = noise|trace|debug|info|notice|warn|error|critical"
201 Set the logging level. Connection established messages are logged at level
202 \&\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.
203 .IP "node = nickname" 4
204 .IX Item "node = nickname"
205 Not really a config setting but introduces a node section. The nickname is
206 used to select the right configuration section and must be passed as an
207 argument to the gvpe daemon.
208 .IP "private-key = relative-path-to-key" 4
209 .IX Item "private-key = relative-path-to-key"
210 Sets the path (relative to the config directory) to the private key
211 (default: \f(CW\*(C`hostkey\*(C'\fR). This is a printf format string so every \f(CW\*(C`%\*(C'\fR must
212 be doubled. A single \f(CW%s\fR is replaced by the hostname, so you could
213 use paths like \f(CW\*(C`hostkeys/%s\*(C'\fR to fetch the files at the location where
214 \&\f(CW\*(C`gvpectrl\*(C'\fR puts them.
215 .Sp
216 Since only the private key file of the current node is used and the
217 private key file should be kept secret per-host to avoid spoofings, it is
218 not recommended to use this feature.
219 .IP "ifpersist = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
220 .IX Item "ifpersist = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
221 Should the tun/tap device be made persistent, that is, should the device
222 stay up even when gvpe exits? Some versions of the tunnel device have
223 problems sending packets when gvpe is restarted in persistent mode, so
224 if the connections can be established but you cannot send packets from
225 the local node, try to set this to \f(CW\*(C`off\*(C'\fR and do an ifconfig down on the
226 device.
227 .IP "ifname = devname" 4
228 .IX Item "ifname = devname"
229 Sets the tun interface name to the given name. The default is OS-specific
230 and most probably something like \f(CW\*(C`tun0\*(C'\fR.
231 .IP "rekey = seconds" 4
232 .IX Item "rekey = seconds"
233 Sets the rekeying interval in seconds (default: \f(CW3600\fR). Connections are
234 reestablished every \f(CW\*(C`rekey\*(C'\fR seconds.
235 .IP "keepalive = seconds" 4
236 .IX Item "keepalive = seconds"
237 Sets the keepalive probe interval in seconds (default: \f(CW60\fR). After this
238 many seconds of inactivity the daemon will start to send keepalive probe
239 every 5 seconds until it receives a reply from the other end. If no reply
240 is received within 30 seconds, the peer is considered unreachable and the
241 connection is closed.
242 .IP "mtu = bytes" 4
243 .IX Item "mtu = bytes"
244 Sets the maximum \s-1MTU\s0 that should be used on outgoing packets (basically
245 the \s-1MTU\s0 of the outgoing interface) The daemon will automatically calculate
246 maximum overhead (e.g. udp header size, encryption blocksize...) and pass
247 this information to the \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\*(C'\fR script.
248 .Sp
249 Recommended values are 1500 (ethernet), 1492 (pppoe), 1472 (pptp).
250 .Sp
251 This value must be the minimum of the mtu values of all hosts.
252 .IP "ip-proto = numerical-ip-protocol" 4
253 .IX Item "ip-proto = numerical-ip-protocol"
254 Sets the protocol number to be used for the rawip protocol. This is a
255 global option because all hosts must use the same protocol, and since
256 there are no port numbers, you cannot easily run more than one gvpe
257 instance using the same protocol, nor can you share the protocol with
258 other programs.
259 .Sp
260 The default is 47 (\s-1GRE\s0), which has a good chance of tunneling through
261 firewalls (but note that the rawip protocol is not \s-1GRE\s0 compatible). Other
262 common choices are 50 (\s-1IPSEC\s0, \s-1ESP\s0), 51 (\s-1IPSEC\s0, \s-1AH\s0), 4 (\s-1IPIP\s0 tunnels) or 98
263 (\s-1ENCAP\s0, rfc1241)
264 .IP "if-up = relative-or-absolute-path" 4
265 .IX Item "if-up = relative-or-absolute-path"
266 Sets the path of a script that should be called immediately after the
267 network interface is initialized (but not neccessarily up). The following
268 environment variables are passed to it (the values are just examples):
269 .RS 4
270 .IP "CONFBASE=/etc/gvpe" 4
271 .IX Item "CONFBASE=/etc/gvpe"
272 The configuration base directory.
273 .IP "IFNAME=vpn0" 4
274 .IX Item "IFNAME=vpn0"
275 The interface to initialize.
276 .IP "MTU=1436" 4
277 .IX Item "MTU=1436"
278 The \s-1MTU\s0 to set the interface to. You can use lower values (if done
279 consistently on all hosts), but this is usually ineffective.
280 .IP "MAC=fe:fd:80:00:00:01" 4
281 .IX Item "MAC=fe:fd:80:00:00:01"
282 The \s-1MAC\s0 address to set the interface to. The script *must* set the
283 interface \s-1MAC\s0 to this value. You will most likely use one of these:
284 .Sp
285 .Vb 2
286 \& ip link set $IFNAME address $MAC mtu $MTU up # GNU/Linux
287 \& ifconfig $IFNAME ether $MAC mtu $MTU up # FreeBSD
288 .Ve
289 .Sp
290 Please see the \f(CW\*(C`gvpe.osdep(5)\*(C'\fR manpage for platform-specific information.
291 .IP "IFTYPE=native # or tincd" 4
292 .IX Item "IFTYPE=native # or tincd"
293 .PD 0
294 .IP "IFSUBTYPE=linux # or freebsd, darwin etc.." 4
295 .IX Item "IFSUBTYPE=linux # or freebsd, darwin etc.."
296 .PD
297 The interface type (\f(CW\*(C`native\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`tincd\*(C'\fR) and the subtype (usually the os
298 name in lowercase) that this gvpe was configured for. Can be used to select
299 the correct syntax to use for network-related commands.
300 .IP "NODENAME=branch1" 4
301 .IX Item "NODENAME=branch1"
302 The nickname of the current node, as passed to the gvpe daemon.
303 .IP "NODEID=1" 4
304 .IX Item "NODEID=1"
305 The numerical node id of the current node. The first node mentioned in the
306 config file gets \s-1ID\s0 1, the second \s-1ID\s0 2 and so on.
307 .RE
308 .RS 4
309 .Sp
310 Here is a simple if-up script:
311 .Sp
312 .Vb 5
313 \& #!/bin/sh
314 \& ip link set $IFNAME address $MAC mtu $MTU up
315 \& [ $NODENAME = branch1 ] && ip addr add 10.0.0.1 dev $IFNAME
316 \& [ $NODENAME = branch2 ] && ip addr add 10.1.0.1 dev $IFNAME
317 \& ip route add 10.0.0.0/8 dev $IFNAME
318 .Ve
319 .Sp
320 More complicated examples (using routing to reduce arp traffic) can be
321 found in the etc/ subdirectory of the distribution.
322 .RE
323 .IP "node-up = relative-or-absolute-path" 4
324 .IX Item "node-up = relative-or-absolute-path"
325 Sets a command (default: no script) that should be called whenever a
326 connection is established (even on rekeying operations). In addition
327 to the variables passed to \f(CW\*(C`if\-up\*(C'\fR scripts, the following environment
328 variables will be set:
329 .RS 4
330 .IP "DESTNODE=branch2" 4
331 .IX Item "DESTNODE=branch2"
332 The name of the remote node.
333 .IP "DESTID=2" 4
334 .IX Item "DESTID=2"
335 The node id of the remote node.
336 .IP "DESTIP=188.13.66.8" 4
337 .IX Item "DESTIP=188.13.66.8"
338 The numerical \s-1IP\s0 address of the remote host (gvpe accepts connections from
339 everywhere, as long as the other host can authenticate itself).
340 .IP "DESTPORT=655 # deprecated" 4
341 .IX Item "DESTPORT=655 # deprecated"
342 The \s-1UDP\s0 port used by the other side.
343 .IP "STATE=UP" 4
344 .IX Item "STATE=UP"
345 Node-up scripts get called with STATE=UP, node-down scripts get called
346 with STATE=DOWN.
347 .RE
348 .RS 4
349 .Sp
350 Here is a nontrivial example that uses nsupdate to update the name => ip
351 mapping in some dns zone:
352 .Sp
353 .Vb 6
354 \& #!/bin/sh
355 \& {
356 \& echo update delete $DESTNODE.lowttl.example.net. a
357 \& echo update add $DESTNODE.lowttl.example.net. 1 in a $DESTIP
358 \& echo
359 \& } | nsupdate -d -k $CONFBASE:key.example.net.
360 .Ve
361 .RE
362 .IP "node-down = relative-or-absolute-path" 4
363 .IX Item "node-down = relative-or-absolute-path"
364 Same as \f(CW\*(C`node\-up\*(C'\fR, but gets called whenever a connection is lost.
365 .IP "http-proxy-host = hostname/ip" 4
366 .IX Item "http-proxy-host = hostname/ip"
367 The \f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-*\*(C'\fR family of options are only available if gvpe was
368 compiled with the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-http\-proxy\*(C'\fR option and enable tunneling of
369 tcp connections through a http proxy server.
370 .Sp
371 \&\f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-host\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-port\*(C'\fR should specify the hostname and
372 port number of the proxy server. See \f(CW\*(C`http\-proxy\-loginpw\*(C'\fR if your proxy
373 requires authentication.
374 .Sp
375 Please note that gvpe will still try to resolve all hostnames in the
376 configuration file, so if you are behind a proxy without access to a dns
377 server better use numerical \s-1IP\s0 addresses.
378 .Sp
379 To make best use of this option disable all protocols except tcp in your
380 config file and make sure your routers (or all other hosts) are listening
381 on a port that the proxy allows (443, https, is a common choice).
382 .Sp
383 If you have a router, connecting to it will suffice. Otherwise tcp must be
384 enabled on all hosts.
385 .Sp
386 Example:
387 .Sp
388 .Vb 3
389 \& http-proxy-host = proxy.example.com
390 \& http-proxy-port = 3128 # 8080 is another common choice
391 \& http-proxy-auth = schmorp:grumbeere
392 .Ve
393 .IP "http-proxy-port = proxy-tcp-port" 4
394 .IX Item "http-proxy-port = proxy-tcp-port"
395 The port where your proxy server listens.
396 .IP "http-proxy-auth = login:password" 4
397 .IX Item "http-proxy-auth = login:password"
398 The optional login and password used to authenticate to the proxy server,
399 seperated by a literal colon (\f(CW\*(C`:\*(C'\fR). Only basic authentication is
400 currently supported.
401 .IP "pid-file = path" 4
402 .IX Item "pid-file = path"
403 The path to the pid file to check and create (Default:
404 .Sh "\s-1NODE\s0 \s-1SPECIFIC\s0 \s-1SETTINGS\s0"
405 .IX Subsection "NODE SPECIFIC SETTINGS"
406 The following settings are node\-specific, that is, every node can have
407 different settings, even within the same gvpe instance. Settings that are
408 executed before the first node section set the defaults, settings that are
409 executed within a node section only apply to the given node.
410 .IP "udp-port = port-number" 4
411 .IX Item "udp-port = port-number"
412 Sets the port number used by the \s-1UDP\s0 protocol (default: \f(CW655\fR, not
413 officially assigned by \s-1IANA\s0!).
414 .IP "tcp-port = port-number" 4
415 .IX Item "tcp-port = port-number"
416 Similar to \f(CW\*(C`udp\-port\*(C'\fR (default: \f(CW655\fR), but sets the \s-1TCP\s0 port number.
417 .IP "enable-rawip = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
418 .IX Item "enable-rawip = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
419 Enable the \s-1RAW\s0 IPv4 transport using the \f(CW\*(C`ip\-proto\*(C'\fR protocol
420 (default: \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR). This is the best choice, since the overhead per packet
421 is only 38 bytes, as opposed to \s-1UDP\s0's 58 (or \s-1TCP\s0's 60+).
422 .IP "enable-udp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
423 .IX Item "enable-udp = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
424 Enable the UDPv4 transport using the \f(CW\*(C`udp\-port\*(C'\fR port (default: \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR,
425 unless no other protocol is enabled for a node, in which case this
426 protocol is enabled automatically). This is a good general choice since
427 \&\s-1UDP\s0 tunnels well through many firewalls.
428 .Sp
429 \&\s-1NOTE:\s0 Please specify \f(CW\*(C`enable\-udp = yes\*(C'\fR if you want t use it even though
430 it might get switched on automatically, as some future version might
431 default to another default protocol.
432 .IP "enable-tcp = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
433 .IX Item "enable-tcp = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
434 Enable the TCPv4 transport using the \f(CW\*(C`tcp\-port\*(C'\fR port
435 (default: \f(CW\*(C`no\*(C'\fR). Support for this horribly unsuitable protocol is only
436 available when gvpe was compiled using the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-tcp\*(C'\fR option. Never
437 use this transport unless you really must, it is horribly ineffiecent and
438 resource-intensive compared to the other transports.
439 .IP "router-priority = 0 | 1 | positive\-number>2" 4
440 .IX Item "router-priority = 0 | 1 | positive-number>2"
441 Sets the router priority of the given host (default: \f(CW0\fR, disabled). If
442 some host tries to connect to another host without a hostname, it asks
443 the router host for it's \s-1IP\s0 address. The router host is the one with the
444 highest priority larger than \f(CW1\fR that is currently reachable.
445 .Sp
446 Make sure all hosts always connect (\f(CW\*(C`connect = always\*(C'\fR) to the router
447 hosts, otherwise connecting to them might be impossible.
448 .Sp
449 The special value \f(CW1\fR allows other hosts to route through the router
450 host, but they will never route through it by default. The value \f(CW0\fR
451 disables routing. The idea behind this is that some hosts can, if
452 required, bump the \f(CW\*(C`router\-priority\*(C'\fR setting to higher than \f(CW1\fR in their
453 local config to route through specific hosts. If \f(CW\*(C`router\-priority\*(C'\fR is
454 \&\f(CW0\fR, then routing will be refused, so \f(CW1\fR serves as a \*(L"enable, but do
455 not use by default\*(R" switch.
456 .IP "connect = ondemand | never | always | disabled" 4
457 .IX Item "connect = ondemand | never | always | disabled"
458 Sets the connect mode (default: \f(CW\*(C`always\*(C'\fR). It can be \f(CW\*(C`always\*(C'\fR (always
459 try to establish and keep a connection to the given host), \f(CW\*(C`never\*(C'\fR
460 (never initiate a connection to the given host, but accept connections),
461 \&\f(CW\*(C`ondemand\*(C'\fR (try to establish a connection on the first packet sent, and
462 take it down after the keepalive interval) or \f(CW\*(C`disabled\*(C'\fR (node is bad,
463 don't talk to it).
464 .IP "inherit-tos = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
465 .IX Item "inherit-tos = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
466 Wether to inherit the \s-1TOS\s0 settings of packets sent to the tunnel when
467 sending packets to this node (default: \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR). If set to \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR then
468 outgoing tunnel packets will have the same \s-1TOS\s0 setting as the packets sent
469 to the tunnel device, which is usually what you want.
470 .IP "compress = yes|true|on | no|false|off" 4
471 .IX Item "compress = yes|true|on | no|false|off"
472 Wether to compress data packets sent to this host (default: \f(CW\*(C`yes\*(C'\fR).
473 Compression is really cheap even on slow computers and has no size
474 overhead at all, so enabling this is a good idea.
475 .IP "max-retry = positive-number" 4
476 .IX Item "max-retry = positive-number"
477 The maximum interval in seconds (default: \f(CW28800\fR, 8 hours) between
478 retries to establish a connection to this node. When a connection cannot
479 be established, gvpe uses exponential backoff capped at this value. It's
480 sometimes useful to set this to a much lower value (e.g. \f(CW120\fR) on
481 connections to routers that usually are stable but sometimes are down, to
482 assure quick reconnections.
483 .SH "CONFIG DIRECTORY LAYOUT"
484 .IX Header "CONFIG DIRECTORY LAYOUT"
485 The default (or recommended) directory layout for the config directory is:
486 .IP "\(bu" 4
487 .IX Xref "gvpe.conf"
488 The config file.
489 .IP "\(bu" 4
490 .IX Xref "if-up"
491 The if-up script
492 .IP "," 4
493 .IX Xref "node-up node-down"
494 If used the node up or node-down scripts.
495 .IP "\(bu" 4
496 .IX Xref "hostkey"
497 The private key (taken from \f(CW\*(C`hostkeys/nodename\*(C'\fR) of the current host.
498 .IP "\(bu" 4
499 .IX Xref "pubkey nodename"
500 The public keys of the other nodes, one file per node.
501 .SH "SEE ALSO"
502 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
503 \&\fIgvpe\fR\|(5), \fIgvpe\fR\|(8), \fIgvpectrl\fR\|(8).
504 .SH "AUTHOR"
505 .IX Header "AUTHOR"
506 Marc Lehmann <gvpe@plan9.de>