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0307f791 4<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
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6<refentry id="systemd.network" conditional='ENABLE_NETWORKD'
7 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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9 <refentryinfo>
10 <title>systemd.network</title>
11 <productname>systemd</productname>
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12 </refentryinfo>
13
14 <refmeta>
15 <refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle>
16 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
17 </refmeta>
18
19 <refnamediv>
20 <refname>systemd.network</refname>
21 <refpurpose>Network configuration</refpurpose>
22 </refnamediv>
23
24 <refsynopsisdiv>
25 <para><filename><replaceable>network</replaceable>.network</filename></para>
26 </refsynopsisdiv>
27
28 <refsect1>
29 <title>Description</title>
30
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31 <para>A plain ini-style text file that encodes network configuration for matching network interfaces,
32 used by
798d3a52 33 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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34 See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.syntax</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
35 for a general description of the syntax.</para>
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37 <para>The main network file must have the extension <filename>.network</filename>; other
38 extensions are ignored. Networks are applied to links whenever the links appear.</para>
39
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40 <para>The <filename>.network</filename> files are read from the files located in the system network
41 directories <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/network</filename> and
42 <filename>/usr/local/lib/systemd/network</filename>, the volatile runtime network directory
43 <filename>/run/systemd/network</filename> and the local administration network directory
44 <filename>/etc/systemd/network</filename>. All configuration files are collectively sorted and processed
45 in lexical order, regardless of the directories in which they live. However, files with identical
46 filenames replace each other. Files in <filename>/etc</filename> have the highest priority, files in
47 <filename>/run</filename> take precedence over files with the same name under
48 <filename>/usr</filename>. This can be used to override a system-supplied configuration file with a local
49 file if needed. As a special case, an empty file (file size 0) or symlink with the same name pointing to
50 <filename>/dev/null</filename> disables the configuration file entirely (it is "masked").</para>
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51
52 <para>Along with the network file <filename>foo.network</filename>, a "drop-in" directory
53 <filename>foo.network.d/</filename> may exist. All files with the suffix
54 <literal>.conf</literal> from this directory will be parsed after the file itself is
55 parsed. This is useful to alter or add configuration settings, without having to modify the main
56 configuration file. Each drop-in file must have appropriate section headers.</para>
57
58 <para>In addition to <filename>/etc/systemd/network</filename>, drop-in <literal>.d</literal>
59 directories can be placed in <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/network</filename> or
60 <filename>/run/systemd/network</filename> directories. Drop-in files in
61 <filename>/etc</filename> take precedence over those in <filename>/run</filename> which in turn
62 take precedence over those in <filename>/usr/lib</filename>. Drop-in files under any of these
b1e91af8 63 directories take precedence over the main network file wherever located.</para>
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64
65 <para>Note that an interface without any static IPv6 addresses configured, and neither DHCPv6
66 nor IPv6LL enabled, shall be considered to have no IPv6 support. IPv6 will be automatically
67 disabled for that interface by writing "1" to
68 <filename>/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/<replaceable>ifname</replaceable>/disable_ipv6</filename>.
82ecb4c3 69 </para>
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70 </refsect1>
71
72 <refsect1>
73 <title>[Match] Section Options</title>
74
75 <para>The network file contains a <literal>[Match]</literal>
76 section, which determines if a given network file may be applied
77 to a given device; and a <literal>[Network]</literal> section
78 specifying how the device should be configured. The first (in
79 lexical order) of the network files that matches a given device
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80 is applied, all later files are ignored, even if they match as
81 well.</para>
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83 <para>A network file is said to match a network interface if all matches specified by the
84 <literal>[Match]</literal> section are satisfied. When a network file does not contain valid
85 settings in <literal>[Match]</literal> section, then the file will match all interfaces and
86 <command>systemd-networkd</command> warns about that. Hint: to avoid the warning and to make it
87 clear that all interfaces shall be matched, add the following:
88 <programlisting>Name=*</programlisting>
89 The following keys are accepted:</para>
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90
91 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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92 <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="mac-address" />
93 <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="permanent-mac-address" />
94 <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="path" />
95 <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="driver" />
96 <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="type" />
97 <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="property" />
9310bf4b 98
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99 <varlistentry>
100 <term><varname>Name=</varname></term>
101 <listitem>
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102 <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching the device name, as exposed
103 by the udev property <literal>INTERFACE</literal>, or device's alternative names. If the
104 list is prefixed with a "!", the test is inverted.</para>
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105 </listitem>
106 </varlistentry>
44005bfb 107
78404d22 108 <varlistentry>
1bcefad9 109 <term><varname>WLANInterfaceType=</varname></term>
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110 <listitem>
111 <para>A whitespace-separated list of wireless network type. Supported values are
112 <literal>ad-hoc</literal>, <literal>station</literal>, <literal>ap</literal>,
113 <literal>ap-vlan</literal>, <literal>wds</literal>, <literal>monitor</literal>,
114 <literal>mesh-point</literal>, <literal>p2p-client</literal>, <literal>p2p-go</literal>,
115 <literal>p2p-device</literal>, <literal>ocb</literal>, and <literal>nan</literal>. If the
116 list is prefixed with a "!", the test is inverted.
117 </para>
118 </listitem>
119 </varlistentry>
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121 <varlistentry>
122 <term><varname>SSID=</varname></term>
123 <listitem>
124 <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching the SSID of the currently
125 connected wireless LAN. If the list is prefixed with a "!", the test is inverted.
126 </para>
127 </listitem>
128 </varlistentry>
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130 <varlistentry>
131 <term><varname>BSSID=</varname></term>
132 <listitem>
133 <para>A whitespace-separated list of hardware address of the currently connected wireless
134 LAN. Use full colon-, hyphen- or dot-delimited hexadecimal. See the example in
135 <varname>MACAddress=</varname>. This option may appear more than one, in which case the
136 lists are merged. If the empty string is assigned to this option, the list of BSSID defined
137 prior to this is reset.</para>
138 </listitem>
139 </varlistentry>
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140
141 <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="host" />
142 <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="virtualization" />
143 <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="kernel-command-line" />
144 <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="kernel-version" />
145 <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="architecture" />
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146 </variablelist>
147
148 </refsect1>
149
150 <refsect1>
151 <title>[Link] Section Options</title>
152
153 <para> The <literal>[Link]</literal> section accepts the following keys:</para>
154
155 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
156 <varlistentry>
157 <term><varname>MACAddress=</varname></term>
158 <listitem>
de25aae1 159 <para>The hardware address to set for the device.</para>
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160 </listitem>
161 </varlistentry>
162 <varlistentry>
163 <term><varname>MTUBytes=</varname></term>
164 <listitem>
165 <para>The maximum transmission unit in bytes to set for the
166 device. The usual suffixes K, M, G, are supported and are
167 understood to the base of 1024.</para>
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168 <para>Note that if IPv6 is enabled on the interface, and the MTU is chosen
169 below 1280 (the minimum MTU for IPv6) it will automatically be increased to this value.</para>
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170 </listitem>
171 </varlistentry>
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172 <varlistentry>
173 <term><varname>ARP=</varname></term>
174 <listitem>
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175 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, the ARP (low-level Address Resolution Protocol)
176 for this interface is enabled. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
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177 <para> For example, disabling ARP is useful when creating multiple MACVLAN or VLAN virtual
178 interfaces atop a single lower-level physical interface, which will then only serve as a
179 link/"bridge" device aggregating traffic to the same physical link and not participate in
180 the network otherwise.</para>
181 </listitem>
182 </varlistentry>
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183 <varlistentry>
184 <term><varname>Multicast=</varname></term>
185 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 186 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, the multicast flag on the device is enabled.</para>
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187 </listitem>
188 </varlistentry>
189 <varlistentry>
190 <term><varname>AllMulticast=</varname></term>
191 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 192 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, the driver retrieves all multicast packets from the network.
866e6b7a 193 This happens when multicast routing is enabled.</para>
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194 </listitem>
195 </varlistentry>
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196 <varlistentry>
197 <term><varname>Unmanaged=</varname></term>
198 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 199 <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, no attempts are
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200 made to bring up or configure matching links, equivalent to
201 when there are no matching network files. Defaults to
202 <literal>no</literal>.</para>
203 <para>This is useful for preventing later matching network
204 files from interfering with certain interfaces that are fully
205 controlled by other applications.</para>
206 </listitem>
207 </varlistentry>
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208 <varlistentry>
209 <term><varname>RequiredForOnline=</varname></term>
210 <listitem>
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211 <para>Takes a boolean or a minimum operational state and an optional maximum operational state.
212 Please see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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213 for possible operational states. When <literal>yes</literal>, the network is deemed required when
214 determining whether the system is online when running
215 <command>systemd-networkd-wait-online</command>. When <literal>no</literal>, the network is ignored
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216 when checking for online state. When a minimum operational state and an optional maximum operational
217 state are set, <literal>yes</literal> is implied, and this controls the minimum and maximum
218 operational state required for the network interface to be considered online.
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219 Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.</para>
220
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221 <para>The network will be brought up normally in all cases, but in
222 the event that there is no address being assigned by DHCP or the
223 cable is not plugged in, the link will simply remain offline and be
8d6082e4 224 skipped automatically by <command>systemd-networkd-wait-online</command>
ca92fe36 225 if <literal>RequiredForOnline=no</literal>.</para>
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226 </listitem>
227 </varlistentry>
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228 </variablelist>
229 </refsect1>
230
231 <refsect1>
232 <title>[Network] Section Options</title>
233
234 <para>The <literal>[Network]</literal> section accepts the following keys:</para>
235
236 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
237 <varlistentry>
238 <term><varname>Description=</varname></term>
239 <listitem>
240 <para>A description of the device. This is only used for
241 presentation purposes.</para>
242 </listitem>
243 </varlistentry>
244 <varlistentry>
245 <term><varname>DHCP=</varname></term>
246 <listitem>
ad943783 247 <para>Enables DHCPv4 and/or DHCPv6 client support. Accepts
798d3a52 248 <literal>yes</literal>, <literal>no</literal>,
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249 <literal>ipv4</literal>, or <literal>ipv6</literal>. Defaults
250 to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
e88d8021 251
f5a8c43f 252 <para>Note that DHCPv6 will by default be triggered by Router
7f3fdb7f 253 Advertisement, if that is enabled, regardless of this parameter.
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254 By enabling DHCPv6 support explicitly, the DHCPv6 client will
255 be started regardless of the presence of routers on the link,
256 or what flags the routers pass. See
f921f573 257 <literal>IPv6AcceptRA=</literal>.</para>
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258
259 <para>Furthermore, note that by default the domain name
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260 specified through DHCP is not used for name resolution.
261 See option <option>UseDomains=</option> below.</para>
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263 <para>See the <literal>[DHCPv4]</literal> or <literal>[DHCPv6]</literal> section below for
264 further configuration options for the DHCP client support.</para>
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265 </listitem>
266 </varlistentry>
267 <varlistentry>
268 <term><varname>DHCPServer=</varname></term>
269 <listitem>
68b7f7ac 270 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to <literal>yes</literal>, DHCPv4 server will be started. Defaults
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271 to <literal>no</literal>. Further settings for the DHCP
272 server may be set in the <literal>[DHCPServer]</literal>
273 section described below.</para>
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274 </listitem>
275 </varlistentry>
276 <varlistentry>
56fd6bf7 277 <term><varname>LinkLocalAddressing=</varname></term>
798d3a52 278 <listitem>
85fc09c9 279 <para>Enables link-local address autoconfiguration. Accepts <literal>yes</literal>,
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280 <literal>no</literal>, <literal>ipv4</literal>, <literal>ipv6</literal>,
281 <literal>fallback</literal>, or <literal>ipv4-fallback</literal>. If
282 <literal>fallback</literal> or <literal>ipv4-fallback</literal> is specified, then an IPv4
283 link-local address is configured only when DHCPv4 fails. If <literal>fallback</literal>,
284 an IPv6 link-local address is always configured, and if <literal>ipv4-fallback</literal>,
285 the address is not configured. Note that, the fallback mechanism works only when DHCPv4
286 client is enabled, that is, it requires <literal>DHCP=yes</literal> or
287 <literal>DHCP=ipv4</literal>. If <varname>Bridge=</varname> is set, defaults to
288 <literal>no</literal>, and if not, defaults to <literal>ipv6</literal>.
289 </para>
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290 </listitem>
291 </varlistentry>
292 <varlistentry>
293 <term><varname>IPv4LLRoute=</varname></term>
294 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 295 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, sets up the route needed for
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296 non-IPv4LL hosts to communicate with IPv4LL-only hosts. Defaults
297 to false.
298 </para>
299 </listitem>
300 </varlistentry>
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301 <varlistentry>
302 <term><varname>DefaultRouteOnDevice=</varname></term>
303 <listitem>
304 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, sets up the default route bound to the interface.
305 Defaults to false. This is useful when creating routes on point-to-point interfaces.
306 This is equivalent to e.g. the following.
307 <programlisting>ip route add default dev veth99</programlisting></para>
308 </listitem>
309 </varlistentry>
798d3a52 310 <varlistentry>
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311 <term><varname>IPv6Token=</varname></term>
312 <listitem>
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313 <para>Specifies an optional address generation mode and a required IPv6 address. If
314 the mode is present, the two parts must be separated with a colon
315 <literal><replaceable>mode</replaceable>:<replaceable>address</replaceable></literal>. The
316 address generation mode may be either <constant>prefixstable</constant> or
317 <constant>static</constant>. If not specified, <constant>static</constant> is assumed.
318 </para>
319 <para>When the mode is set to <constant>static</constant>, or unspecified, the lower bits of
320 the supplied address are combined with the upper bits of a prefix received in a Router Advertisement
321 message to form a complete address. Note that if multiple prefixes are received in an RA message, or in
322 multiple RA messages, addresses will be formed from each of them using the supplied address. This
323 mode implements SLAAC but uses a static interface identifier instead of an identifier generated
324 using the EUI-64 algorithm. Because the interface identifier is static, if Duplicate Address Detection
325 detects that the computed address is a duplicate (in use by another node on the link), then this
326 mode will fail to provide an address for that prefix.
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327 </para>
328 <para>When the mode is set to <literal>prefixstable</literal> the RFC 7217 algorithm for generating
329 interface identifiers will be used, but only when a prefix received in an RA message matches the supplied address.
330 See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7217">RFC 7217</ulink>. Prefix matching will be attempted
331 against each <constant>prefixstable</constant> IPv6Token variable provided in the configuration; if a received
332 prefix does not match any of the provided addresses, then the EUI-64 algorithm will be used to form
333 an interface identifier for that prefix. This mode is also SLAAC, but with a potentially stable interface
334 identifier which does not directly map to the interface's hardware address.
335
336 Note that the <constant>prefixstable</constant> algorithm includes both the interface's name and
337 MAC address in the hash used to compute the interface identifier, so if either of those are changed the resulting
338 interface identifier (and address) will change, even if the prefix received in the RA message has not changed.
339
340 Note that if multiple <constant>prefixstable</constant> IPv6Token variables are supplied with addresses that
341 match a prefix received in an RA message, only the first one will be used to generate addresses.
5f506a55 342 </para>
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343 </listitem>
344 </varlistentry>
345 <varlistentry>
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346 <term><varname>LLMNR=</varname></term>
347 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 348 <para>Takes a boolean or <literal>resolve</literal>. When true,
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349 enables <ulink
350 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4795">Link-Local
351 Multicast Name Resolution</ulink> on the link. When set to
352 <literal>resolve</literal>, only resolution is enabled,
353 but not host registration and announcement. Defaults to
354 true. This setting is read by
355 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
356 </listitem>
357 </varlistentry>
358 <varlistentry>
359 <term><varname>MulticastDNS=</varname></term>
360 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 361 <para>Takes a boolean or <literal>resolve</literal>. When true,
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362 enables <ulink
363 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762">Multicast
364 DNS</ulink> support on the link. When set to
365 <literal>resolve</literal>, only resolution is enabled,
366 but not host or service registration and
367 announcement. Defaults to false. This setting is read by
368 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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369 </listitem>
370 </varlistentry>
30e59c84 371 <varlistentry>
c9299be2 372 <term><varname>DNSOverTLS=</varname></term>
30e59c84 373 <listitem>
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374 <para>Takes a boolean or <literal>opportunistic</literal>.
375 When true, enables
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376 <ulink
377 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7858">DNS-over-TLS</ulink>
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378 support on the link.
379 When set to <literal>opportunistic</literal>, compatibility with
380 non-DNS-over-TLS servers is increased, by automatically
381 turning off DNS-over-TLS servers in this case.
382 This option defines a per-interface setting for
30e59c84 383 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
c9299be2 384 global <varname>DNSOverTLS=</varname> option. Defaults to
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385 false. This setting is read by
386 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
387 </listitem>
388 </varlistentry>
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389 <varlistentry>
390 <term><varname>DNSSEC=</varname></term>
391 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 392 <para>Takes a boolean. or
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393 <literal>allow-downgrade</literal>. When true, enables
394 <ulink
395 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4033">DNSSEC</ulink>
396 DNS validation support on the link. When set to
397 <literal>allow-downgrade</literal>, compatibility with
398 non-DNSSEC capable networks is increased, by automatically
785889e5 399 turning off DNSSEC in this case. This option defines a
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400 per-interface setting for
401 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
402 global <varname>DNSSEC=</varname> option. Defaults to
403 false. This setting is read by
404 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
405 </listitem>
406 </varlistentry>
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407 <varlistentry>
408 <term><varname>DNSSECNegativeTrustAnchors=</varname></term>
409 <listitem><para>A space-separated list of DNSSEC negative
410 trust anchor domains. If specified and DNSSEC is enabled,
411 look-ups done via the interface's DNS server will be subject
412 to the list of negative trust anchors, and not require
413 authentication for the specified domains, or anything below
414 it. Use this to disable DNSSEC authentication for specific
415 private domains, that cannot be proven valid using the
416 Internet DNS hierarchy. Defaults to the empty list. This
417 setting is read by
418 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
419 </listitem>
420 </varlistentry>
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421 <varlistentry>
422 <term><varname>LLDP=</varname></term>
423 <listitem>
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424 <para>Controls support for Ethernet LLDP packet reception. LLDP is a link-layer protocol commonly
425 implemented on professional routers and bridges which announces which physical port a system is connected
426 to, as well as other related data. Accepts a boolean or the special value
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427 <literal>routers-only</literal>. When true, incoming LLDP packets are accepted and a database of all LLDP
428 neighbors maintained. If <literal>routers-only</literal> is set only LLDP data of various types of routers
429 is collected and LLDP data about other types of devices ignored (such as stations, telephones and
7cececb2 430 others). If false, LLDP reception is disabled. Defaults to <literal>routers-only</literal>. Use
34437b4f 431 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> to query the
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432 collected neighbor data. LLDP is only available on Ethernet links. See <varname>EmitLLDP=</varname> below
433 for enabling LLDP packet emission from the local system.
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434 </para>
435 </listitem>
436 </varlistentry>
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437 <varlistentry>
438 <term><varname>EmitLLDP=</varname></term>
439 <listitem>
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440 <para>Controls support for Ethernet LLDP packet emission. Accepts a boolean parameter or the special values
441 <literal>nearest-bridge</literal>, <literal>non-tpmr-bridge</literal> and
442 <literal>customer-bridge</literal>. Defaults to false, which turns off LLDP packet emission. If not false,
443 a short LLDP packet with information about the local system is sent out in regular intervals on the
444 link. The LLDP packet will contain information about the local host name, the local machine ID (as stored
445 in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>) and the
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446 local interface name, as well as the pretty hostname of the system (as set in
447 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>). LLDP
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448 emission is only available on Ethernet links. Note that this setting passes data suitable for
449 identification of host to the network and should thus not be enabled on untrusted networks, where such
450 identification data should not be made available. Use this option to permit other systems to identify on
451 which interfaces they are connected to this system. The three special values control propagation of the
452 LLDP packets. The <literal>nearest-bridge</literal> setting permits propagation only to the nearest
453 connected bridge, <literal>non-tpmr-bridge</literal> permits propagation across Two-Port MAC Relays, but
454 not any other bridges, and <literal>customer-bridge</literal> permits propagation until a customer bridge
455 is reached. For details about these concepts, see <ulink
6a1bae83 456 url="https://standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/802.1AB-2016.html">IEEE 802.1AB-2016</ulink>. Note that
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458 most restricted level of propagation. See <varname>LLDP=</varname> above for an option to enable LLDP
459 reception.</para>
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463 <term><varname>BindCarrier=</varname></term>
464 <listitem>
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466 link. When all links in the list are in an operational down state, the current link is brought
467 down. When at least one link has carrier, the current interface is brought up.
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469 </listitem>
470 </varlistentry>
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472 <term><varname>Address=</varname></term>
473 <listitem>
474 <para>A static IPv4 or IPv6 address and its prefix length,
475 separated by a <literal>/</literal> character. Specify
476 this key more than once to configure several addresses.
477 The format of the address must be as described in
3ba3a79d 478 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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480 containing an Address key (see below). This option may be
481 specified more than once.
482 </para>
483
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485 (for IPv6), a new address range of the requested size is automatically allocated from a
486 system-wide pool of unused ranges. Note that the prefix length must be equal or larger than 8 for
487 IPv4, and 64 for IPv6. The allocated range is checked against all current network interfaces and
488 all known network configuration files to avoid address range conflicts. The default system-wide
489 pool consists of 192.168.0.0/16, 172.16.0.0/12 and 10.0.0.0/8 for IPv4, and fd00::/8 for IPv6.
490 This functionality is useful to manage a large number of dynamically created network interfaces
491 with the same network configuration and automatic address range assignment.</para>
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493 </listitem>
494 </varlistentry>
495 <varlistentry>
496 <term><varname>Gateway=</varname></term>
497 <listitem>
498 <para>The gateway address, which must be in the format
499 described in
3ba3a79d 500 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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501 This is a short-hand for a [Route] section only containing
502 a Gateway key. This option may be specified more than
503 once.</para>
504 </listitem>
505 </varlistentry>
506 <varlistentry>
507 <term><varname>DNS=</varname></term>
508 <listitem>
509 <para>A DNS server address, which must be in the format
510 described in
3ba3a79d 511 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
f41b446a 512 This option may be specified more than once. This setting is read by
3df9bec5 513 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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515 </varlistentry>
516 <varlistentry>
517 <term><varname>Domains=</varname></term>
518 <listitem>
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520 this link. Each item in the list should be a domain name, optionally prefixed with a tilde
521 (<literal>~</literal>). The domains with the prefix are called "routing-only domains". The
522 domains without the prefix are called "search domains" and are first used as search suffixes for
523 extending single-label host names (host names containing no dots) to become fully qualified
524 domain names (FQDNs). If a single-label host name is resolved on this interface, each of the
525 specified search domains are appended to it in turn, converting it into a fully qualified domain
526 name, until one of them may be successfully resolved.</para>
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528 <para>Both "search" and "routing-only" domains are used for routing of DNS queries: look-ups for host names
529 ending in those domains (hence also single label names, if any "search domains" are listed), are routed to
530 the DNS servers configured for this interface. The domain routing logic is particularly useful on
531 multi-homed hosts with DNS servers serving particular private DNS zones on each interface.</para>
532
533 <para>The "routing-only" domain <literal>~.</literal> (the tilde indicating definition of a routing domain,
534 the dot referring to the DNS root domain which is the implied suffix of all valid DNS names) has special
535 effect. It causes all DNS traffic which does not match another configured domain routing entry to be routed
536 to DNS servers specified for this interface. This setting is useful to prefer a certain set of DNS servers
537 if a link on which they are connected is available.</para>
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539 <para>This setting is read by
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541 "Search domains" correspond to the <varname>domain</varname> and <varname>search</varname> entries in
98e9d710 542 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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544 name servers limited to a specific link.</para>
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548 <term><varname>DNSDefaultRoute=</varname></term>
549 <listitem>
550 <para>Takes a boolean argument. If true, this link's configured DNS servers are used for resolving domain
551 names that do not match any link's configured <varname>Domains=</varname> setting. If false, this link's
552 configured DNS servers are never used for such domains, and are exclusively used for resolving names that
553 match at least one of the domains configured on this link. If not specified defaults to an automatic mode:
554 queries not matching any link's configured domains will be routed to this link if it has no routing-only
555 domains configured.</para>
556 </listitem>
557 </varlistentry>
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558 <varlistentry>
559 <term><varname>NTP=</varname></term>
560 <listitem>
f41b446a 561 <para>An NTP server address. This option may be specified more than once. This setting is read by
3df9bec5 562 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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564 </varlistentry>
565 <varlistentry>
566 <term><varname>IPForward=</varname></term>
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568 system. If enabled, incoming packets on any network
569 interface will be forwarded to any other interfaces
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571 or the values <literal>ipv4</literal> or
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573 forwarding for the specified address family. This controls
574 the <filename>net.ipv4.ip_forward</filename> and
575 <filename>net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding</filename> sysctl
576 options of the network interface (see <ulink
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578 for details about sysctl options). Defaults to
579 <literal>no</literal>.</para>
580
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582 and does so one way only: if a network that has this setting
583 enabled is set up the global setting is turned on. However,
584 it is never turned off again, even after all networks with
585 this setting enabled are shut down again.</para>
586
587 <para>To allow IP packet forwarding only between specific
588 network interfaces use a firewall.</para>
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591 <varlistentry>
592 <term><varname>IPMasquerade=</varname></term>
593 <listitem><para>Configures IP masquerading for the network
b938cb90 594 interface. If enabled, packets forwarded from the network
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596 Takes a boolean argument. Implies
5c82dd13 597 <varname>IPForward=ipv4</varname>. Defaults to
4046d836 598 <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
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601 <term><varname>IPv6PrivacyExtensions=</varname></term>
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603 addresses that change over time (see <ulink
604 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4941">RFC 4941</ulink>,
605 Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
606 in IPv6). Takes a boolean or the special values
607 <literal>prefer-public</literal> and
b938cb90 608 <literal>kernel</literal>. When true, enables the privacy
1f0d9695 609 extensions and prefers temporary addresses over public
b938cb90 610 addresses. When <literal>prefer-public</literal>, enables the
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612 temporary addresses. When false, the privacy extensions
b938cb90 613 remain disabled. When <literal>kernel</literal>, the kernel's
1f0d9695 614 default setting will be left in place. Defaults to
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616 </varlistentry>
941d0aa8 617 <varlistentry>
f921f573 618 <term><varname>IPv6AcceptRA=</varname></term>
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620 interface. If true, RAs are accepted; if false, RAs are ignored. When RAs are accepted, they may
621 trigger the start of the DHCPv6 client if the relevant flags are set in the RA data, or if no
622 routers are found on the link. The default is to disable RA reception for bridge devices or when IP
623 forwarding is enabled, and to enable it otherwise. Cannot be enabled on bond devices and when link
624 local adressing is disabled.</para>
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626 <para>Further settings for the IPv6 RA support may be configured in the
f921f573 627 <literal>[IPv6AcceptRA]</literal> section, see below.</para>
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629 <para>Also see <ulink
630 url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt">ip-sysctl.txt</ulink> in the kernel
631 documentation regarding <literal>accept_ra</literal>, but note that systemd's setting of
632 <constant>1</constant> (i.e. true) corresponds to kernel's setting of <constant>2</constant>.</para>
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635 regardless of this setting. If this option is enabled, a userspace implementation of the IPv6
636 RA protocol is used, and the kernel's own implementation remains disabled, since
637 <command>systemd-networkd</command> needs to know all details supplied in the advertisements,
638 and these are not available from the kernel if the kernel's own implementation is used.</para>
ebf98081 639 </listitem>
941d0aa8 640 </varlistentry>
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642 <term><varname>IPv6DuplicateAddressDetection=</varname></term>
a8eaaee7 643 <listitem><para>Configures the amount of IPv6 Duplicate
025314d9 644 Address Detection (DAD) probes to send. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
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646 </varlistentry>
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648 <term><varname>IPv6HopLimit=</varname></term>
649 <listitem><para>Configures IPv6 Hop Limit. For each router that
650 forwards the packet, the hop limit is decremented by 1. When the
651 hop limit field reaches zero, the packet is discarded.
025314d9 652 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
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654 </varlistentry>
23d8b221 655 <varlistentry>
8f9a206b 656 <term><varname>IPv4ProxyARP=</varname></term>
9b6ffef3 657 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Configures proxy ARP for IPv4. Proxy ARP is the technique in which one host,
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659 the router accepts responsibility for routing packets to the "real" destination. (see <ulink
660 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1027">RFC 1027</ulink>.
025314d9 661 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
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663 </varlistentry>
a0e5c15d 664 <varlistentry>
465dfe59 665 <term><varname>IPv6ProxyNDP=</varname></term>
9b6ffef3 666 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Configures proxy NDP for IPv6. Proxy NDP (Neighbor Discovery
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668 destination when peers expect them to be present on a certain physical link.
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670 another machine by offering its own MAC address as destination.
465dfe59 671 Unlike proxy ARP for IPv4, it is not enabled globally, but will only send Neighbour
a0e5c15d 672 Advertisement messages for addresses in the IPv6 neighbor proxy table,
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674 systemd-networkd will control the per-interface `proxy_ndp` switch for each configured
675 interface depending on this option.
025314d9 676 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
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678 </varlistentry>
679 <varlistentry>
680 <term><varname>IPv6ProxyNDPAddress=</varname></term>
681 <listitem><para>An IPv6 address, for which Neighbour Advertisement messages will be
682 proxied. This option may be specified more than once. systemd-networkd will add the
683 <option>IPv6ProxyNDPAddress=</option> entries to the kernel's IPv6 neighbor proxy table.
964c4eda 684 This option implies <option>IPv6ProxyNDP=yes</option> but has no effect if
025314d9 685 <option>IPv6ProxyNDP</option> has been set to false. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
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687 </varlistentry>
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689 <term><varname>IPv6PrefixDelegation=</varname></term>
690 <listitem><para>Whether to enable or disable Router Advertisement sending on a link.
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692 the <literal>[IPv6PrefixDelegation]</literal> and any <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal>
693 sections, <literal>dhcpv6</literal> which requests prefixes using a DHCPv6 client
694 configured for another link and any values configured in the
695 <literal>[IPv6PrefixDelegation]</literal> section while ignoring all static prefix
696 configuration sections, <literal>yes</literal> which uses both static configuration
697 and DHCPv6, and <literal>false</literal> which turns off IPv6 prefix delegation
698 altogether. Defaults to <literal>false</literal>. See the
699 <literal>[IPv6PrefixDelegation]</literal> and the <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal>
700 sections for more configuration options.
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702 </varlistentry>
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704 <term><varname>IPv6MTUBytes=</varname></term>
705 <listitem><para>Configures IPv6 maximum transmission unit (MTU).
025314d9 706 An integer greater than or equal to 1280 bytes. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
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708 </varlistentry>
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710 <term><varname>Bridge=</varname></term>
711 <listitem>
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713 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
714 </para>
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716 </varlistentry>
717 <varlistentry>
718 <term><varname>Bond=</varname></term>
719 <listitem>
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720 <para>The name of the bond to add the link to. See
721 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
722 </para>
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726 <term><varname>VRF=</varname></term>
727 <listitem>
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728 <para>The name of the VRF to add the link to. See
729 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
730 </para>
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732 </varlistentry>
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734 <term><varname>VLAN=</varname></term>
735 <listitem>
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737 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
738 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
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740 </varlistentry>
2479c4fe 741 <varlistentry>
742 <term><varname>IPVLAN=</varname></term>
743 <listitem>
744 <para>The name of a IPVLAN to create on the link. See
745 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
746 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
747 </listitem>
748 </varlistentry>
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750 <term><varname>MACVLAN=</varname></term>
751 <listitem>
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753 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
754 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
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756 </varlistentry>
757 <varlistentry>
758 <term><varname>VXLAN=</varname></term>
759 <listitem>
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761 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
762 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
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764 </varlistentry>
765 <varlistentry>
766 <term><varname>Tunnel=</varname></term>
767 <listitem>
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769 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
770 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
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772 </varlistentry>
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774 <term><varname>MACsec=</varname></term>
775 <listitem>
776 <para>The name of a MACsec device to create on the link. See
777 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
778 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
779 </listitem>
780 </varlistentry>
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782 <term><varname>ActiveSlave=</varname></term>
783 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 784 <para>Takes a boolean. Specifies the new active slave. The <literal>ActiveSlave=</literal>
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786 <literal>active-backup</literal>,
787 <literal>balance-alb</literal> and
788 <literal>balance-tlb</literal>. Defaults to false.
789 </para>
790 </listitem>
791 </varlistentry>
792 <varlistentry>
793 <term><varname>PrimarySlave=</varname></term>
794 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 795 <para>Takes a boolean. Specifies which slave is the primary device. The specified
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797 primary is off-line will alternate devices be used. This is useful when
798 one slave is preferred over another, e.g. when one slave has higher throughput
799 than another. The <literal>PrimarySlave=</literal> option is only valid for
800 following modes:
801 <literal>active-backup</literal>,
802 <literal>balance-alb</literal> and
803 <literal>balance-tlb</literal>. Defaults to false.
804 </para>
805 </listitem>
806 </varlistentry>
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808 <term><varname>ConfigureWithoutCarrier=</varname></term>
809 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 810 <para>Takes a boolean. Allows networkd to configure a specific link even if it has no carrier.
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812 </para>
813 </listitem>
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816 <term><varname>IgnoreCarrierLoss=</varname></term>
817 <listitem>
818 <para>A boolean. Allows networkd to retain both the static and dynamic configuration of the
819 interface even if its carrier is lost. Defaults to false.
820 </para>
821 </listitem>
822 </varlistentry>
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824 <term><varname>Xfrm=</varname></term>
825 <listitem>
826 <para>The name of the xfrm to create on the link. See
827 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
828 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
829 </listitem>
830 </varlistentry>
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832 <term><varname>KeepConfiguration=</varname></term>
833 <listitem>
834 <para>Takes a boolean or one of <literal>static</literal>, <literal>dhcp-on-stop</literal>,
835 <literal>dhcp</literal>. When <literal>static</literal>, <command>systemd-networkd</command>
836 will not drop static addresses and routes on starting up process. When set to
837 <literal>dhcp-on-stop</literal>, <command>systemd-networkd</command> will not drop addresses
838 and routes on stopping the daemon. When <literal>dhcp</literal>,
839 the addresses and routes provided by a DHCP server will never be dropped even if the DHCP
840 lease expires. This is contrary to the DHCP specification, but may be the best choice if,
841 e.g., the root filesystem relies on this connection. The setting <literal>dhcp</literal>
842 implies <literal>dhcp-on-stop</literal>, and <literal>yes</literal> implies
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844 </para>
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846 </varlistentry>
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849
850 </refsect1>
851
852 <refsect1>
853 <title>[Address] Section Options</title>
854
855 <para>An <literal>[Address]</literal> section accepts the
856 following keys. Specify several <literal>[Address]</literal>
857 sections to configure several addresses.</para>
858
859 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
860 <varlistentry>
861 <term><varname>Address=</varname></term>
862 <listitem>
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864 <literal>[Address]</literal> section can contain one <varname>Address=</varname> setting.</para>
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866 </varlistentry>
867 <varlistentry>
868 <term><varname>Peer=</varname></term>
869 <listitem>
870 <para>The peer address in a point-to-point connection.
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873 </listitem>
874 </varlistentry>
875 <varlistentry>
876 <term><varname>Broadcast=</varname></term>
877 <listitem>
878 <para>The broadcast address, which must be in the format
879 described in
3ba3a79d 880 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
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884 </listitem>
885 </varlistentry>
886 <varlistentry>
887 <term><varname>Label=</varname></term>
888 <listitem>
889 <para>An address label.</para>
890 </listitem>
891 </varlistentry>
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893 <term><varname>PreferredLifetime=</varname></term>
894 <listitem>
895 <para>Allows the default "preferred lifetime" of the address to be overridden.
896 Only three settings are accepted: <literal>forever</literal> or <literal>infinity</literal>
897 which is the default and means that the address never expires, and <literal>0</literal> which means
898 that the address is considered immediately "expired" and will not be used,
899 unless explicitly requested. A setting of PreferredLifetime=0 is useful for
900 addresses which are added to be used only by a specific application,
901 which is then configured to use them explicitly.</para>
902 </listitem>
903 </varlistentry>
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905 <term><varname>Scope=</varname></term>
906 <listitem>
907 <para>The scope of the address, which can be <literal>global</literal>,
908 <literal>link</literal> or <literal>host</literal> or an unsigned integer ranges 0 to 255.
909 Defaults to <literal>global</literal>.</para>
910 </listitem>
911 </varlistentry>
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913 <term><varname>HomeAddress=</varname></term>
914 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 915 <para>Takes a boolean. Designates this address the "home address" as defined in
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917 Supported only on IPv6. Defaults to false.</para>
918 </listitem>
919 </varlistentry>
920 <varlistentry>
921 <term><varname>DuplicateAddressDetection=</varname></term>
922 <listitem>
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924 <literal>both</literal>, <literal>none</literal>. When <literal>ipv4</literal>,
925 performs IPv4 Duplicate Address Detection. See
926 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5227">RFC 5224</ulink>.
927 When <literal>ipv6</literal>, performs IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection. See
928 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4862">RFC 4862</ulink>.
929 Defaults to <literal>ipv6</literal>.</para>
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931 </varlistentry>
932 <varlistentry>
933 <term><varname>ManageTemporaryAddress=</varname></term>
934 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 935 <para>Takes a boolean. If true the kernel manage temporary addresses created
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937 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3041">RFC 3041</ulink>. For this to become
938 active, the use_tempaddr sysctl setting has to be set to a value greater than zero.
11fcfc53 939 The given address needs to have a prefix length of 64. This flag allows using privacy
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940 extensions in a manually configured network, just like if stateless auto-configuration
941 was active. Defaults to false. </para>
942 </listitem>
943 </varlistentry>
944 <varlistentry>
de697db0 945 <term><varname>AddPrefixRoute=</varname></term>
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948 Defaults to true.</para>
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950 </varlistentry>
951 <varlistentry>
952 <term><varname>AutoJoin=</varname></term>
953 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 954 <para>Takes a boolean. Joining multicast group on ethernet level via
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956 IGMP snooping since the switch would not replicate multicast packets on ports that did not
957 have IGMP reports for the multicast addresses. Linux vxlan interfaces created via
958 <command>ip link add vxlan</command> or networkd's netdev kind vxlan have the group option
959 that enables then to do the required join. By extending ip address command with option
960 <literal>autojoin</literal> we can get similar functionality for openvswitch (OVS) vxlan
961 interfaces as well as other tunneling mechanisms that need to receive multicast traffic.
962 Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
963 </listitem>
964 </varlistentry>
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966 </refsect1>
967
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969 <title>[Neighbor] Section Options</title>
970 <para>A <literal>[Neighbor]</literal> section accepts the
971 following keys. The neighbor section adds a permanent, static
972 entry to the neighbor table (IPv6) or ARP table (IPv4) for
973 the given hardware address on the links matched for the network.
974 Specify several <literal>[Neighbor]</literal> sections to configure
975 several static neighbors.</para>
976
977 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
978 <varlistentry>
979 <term><varname>Address=</varname></term>
980 <listitem>
981 <para>The IP address of the neighbor.</para>
982 </listitem>
983 </varlistentry>
984 <varlistentry>
b956364d 985 <term><varname>LinkLayerAddress=</varname></term>
e4a71bf3 986 <listitem>
b956364d 987 <para>The link layer address (MAC address or IP address) of the neighbor.</para>
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989 </varlistentry>
990 </variablelist>
991 </refsect1>
992
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994 <title>[IPv6AddressLabel] Section Options</title>
995
996 <para>An <literal>[IPv6AddressLabel]</literal> section accepts the
997 following keys. Specify several <literal>[IPv6AddressLabel]</literal>
785889e5 998 sections to configure several address labels. IPv6 address labels are
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1000 Precedence is managed by userspace, and only the label itself is stored in the kernel</para>
1001
1002 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1003 <varlistentry>
1004 <term><varname>Label=</varname></term>
1005 <listitem>
1006 <para> The label for the prefix (an unsigned integer) ranges 0 to 4294967294.
1007 0xffffffff is reserved. This key is mandatory.</para>
1008 </listitem>
1009 </varlistentry>
1010 <varlistentry>
1011 <term><varname>Prefix=</varname></term>
1012 <listitem>
1013 <para>IPv6 prefix is an address with a prefix length, separated by a slash <literal>/</literal> character.
1014 This key is mandatory. </para>
1015 </listitem>
1016 </varlistentry>
1017 </variablelist>
1018 </refsect1>
1019
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1021 <title>[RoutingPolicyRule] Section Options</title>
1022
1023 <para>An <literal>[RoutingPolicyRule]</literal> section accepts the
1024 following keys. Specify several <literal>[RoutingPolicyRule]</literal>
1025 sections to configure several rules.</para>
1026
1027 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1028 <varlistentry>
1029 <term><varname>TypeOfService=</varname></term>
1030 <listitem>
1031 <para>Specifies the type of service to match a number between 0 to 255.</para>
1032 </listitem>
1033 </varlistentry>
1034 <varlistentry>
1035 <term><varname>From=</varname></term>
1036 <listitem>
1037 <para>Specifies the source address prefix to match. Possibly followed by a slash and the prefix length.</para>
1038 </listitem>
1039 </varlistentry>
1040 <varlistentry>
1041 <term><varname>To=</varname></term>
1042 <listitem>
1043 <para>Specifies the destination address prefix to match. Possibly followed by a slash and the prefix length.</para>
1044 </listitem>
1045 </varlistentry>
1046 <varlistentry>
1047 <term><varname>FirewallMark=</varname></term>
1048 <listitem>
1049 <para>Specifies the iptables firewall mark value to match (a number between 1 and 4294967295).</para>
1050 </listitem>
1051 </varlistentry>
1052 <varlistentry>
1053 <term><varname>Table=</varname></term>
1054 <listitem>
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1056 one of <literal>default</literal>, <literal>main</literal>, and <literal>local</literal>,
1057 or a number between 1 and 4294967295. Defaults to <literal>main</literal>.</para>
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1059 </varlistentry>
1060 <varlistentry>
1061 <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
1062 <listitem>
1063 <para>Specifies the priority of this rule. <varname>Priority=</varname> is an unsigned
1064 integer. Higher number means lower priority, and rules get processed in order of increasing number.</para>
1065 </listitem>
1066 </varlistentry>
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1068 <term><varname>IncomingInterface=</varname></term>
1069 <listitem>
1070 <para>Specifies incoming device to match. If the interface is loopback, the rule only matches packets originating from this host.</para>
1071 </listitem>
1072 </varlistentry>
1073 <varlistentry>
1074 <term><varname>OutgoingInterface=</varname></term>
1075 <listitem>
1076 <para>Specifies the outgoing device to match. The outgoing interface is only available for packets originating from local sockets that are bound to a device.</para>
1077 </listitem>
1078 </varlistentry>
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1080 <term><varname>SourcePort=</varname></term>
1081 <listitem>
1082 <para>Specifies the source IP port or IP port range match in forwarding information base (FIB) rules.
1083 A port range is specified by the lower and upper port separated by a dash. Defaults to unset.</para>
1084 </listitem>
1085 </varlistentry>
1086 <varlistentry>
1087 <term><varname>DestinationPort=</varname></term>
1088 <listitem>
1089 <para>Specifies the destination IP port or IP port range match in forwarding information base (FIB) rules.
1090 A port range is specified by the lower and upper port separated by a dash. Defaults to unset.</para>
1091 </listitem>
1092 </varlistentry>
1093 <varlistentry>
97f9df9e 1094 <term><varname>IPProtocol=</varname></term>
926062f0 1095 <listitem>
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1097 <literal>udp</literal> or <literal>sctp</literal>, or IP protocol number such as <literal>6</literal> for <literal>tcp</literal> or
1098 <literal>17</literal> for <literal>udp</literal>.
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1100 </listitem>
1101 </varlistentry>
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1103 <term><varname>InvertRule=</varname></term>
1104 <listitem>
53e1ba28 1105 <para>A boolean. Specifies whether the rule is to be inverted. Defaults to false.</para>
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1107 </varlistentry>
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1109 <term><varname>Family=</varname></term>
1110 <listitem>
1111 <para>Takes a special value <literal>ipv4</literal>, <literal>ipv6</literal>, or
1112 <literal>both</literal>. By default, the address family is determined by the address
1113 specified in <varname>To=</varname> or <varname>From=</varname>. If neither
1114 <varname>To=</varname> nor <varname>From=</varname> are specified, then defaults to
1115 <literal>ipv4</literal>.</para>
1116 </listitem>
1117 </varlistentry>
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1119 <term><varname>User=</varname></term>
1120 <listitem>
1121 <para>Takes a username, a user ID, or a range of user IDs separated by a dash. Defaults to
1122 unset.</para>
1123 </listitem>
1124 </varlistentry>
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1126 <term><varname>SuppressPrefixLength=</varname></term>
1127 <listitem>
1128 <para>Takes a number <replaceable>N</replaceable> in the range 0-128 and rejects routing
1129 decisions that have a prefix length of <replaceable>N</replaceable> or less. Defaults to
1130 unset.</para>
1131 </listitem>
1132 </varlistentry>
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1135
1136 <refsect1>
1137 <title>[NextHop] Section Options</title>
1138 <para>The <literal>[NextHop]</literal> section accepts the
1139 following keys. Specify several <literal>[NextHop]</literal>
1140 sections to configure several nexthop. Nexthop is used to manipulate entries in the kernel's nexthop
1141 tables.</para>
1142
1143 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1144 <varlistentry>
1145 <term><varname>Gateway=</varname></term>
1146 <listitem>
1147 <para>As in the <literal>[Network]</literal> section. This is mandatory.</para>
1148 </listitem>
1149 </varlistentry>
1150 <varlistentry>
1151 <term><varname>Id=</varname></term>
1152 <listitem>
1153 <para>The id of the nexthop (an unsigned integer). If unspecified or '0' then automatically chosen by kernel.</para>
1154 </listitem>
1155 </varlistentry>
1156 </variablelist>
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1158
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1160 <title>[Route] Section Options</title>
1161 <para>The <literal>[Route]</literal> section accepts the
1162 following keys. Specify several <literal>[Route]</literal>
1163 sections to configure several routes.</para>
1164
1165 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1166 <varlistentry>
1167 <term><varname>Gateway=</varname></term>
1168 <listitem>
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1170 <literal>_dhcp</literal>, then the gateway address provided by DHCP (or in the IPv6 case,
1985c54f 1171 provided by IPv6 RA) is used.</para>
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1173 </varlistentry>
28959f7d 1174 <varlistentry>
9cb8c559 1175 <term><varname>GatewayOnLink=</varname></term>
28959f7d 1176 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 1177 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, the kernel does not have
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1179 not need to check if the gateway is attached to the local network), so that we can insert the
9b6ffef3 1180 route in the kernel table without it being complained about. Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.
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1182 </listitem>
1183 </varlistentry>
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1185 <term><varname>Destination=</varname></term>
1186 <listitem>
1187 <para>The destination prefix of the route. Possibly
b938cb90 1188 followed by a slash and the prefix length. If omitted, a
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1190 </listitem>
1191 </varlistentry>
1192 <varlistentry>
1193 <term><varname>Source=</varname></term>
1194 <listitem>
1195 <para>The source prefix of the route. Possibly followed by
b938cb90 1196 a slash and the prefix length. If omitted, a full-length
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1198 </listitem>
1199 </varlistentry>
1200 <varlistentry>
1201 <term><varname>Metric=</varname></term>
1202 <listitem>
b938cb90 1203 <para>The metric of the route (an unsigned integer).</para>
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1205 </varlistentry>
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1207 <term><varname>IPv6Preference=</varname></term>
1208 <listitem>
1209 <para>Specifies the route preference as defined in <ulink
1210 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4191">RFC4191</ulink> for Router Discovery messages.
1211 Which can be one of <literal>low</literal> the route has a lowest priority,
1212 <literal>medium</literal> the route has a default priority or
1213 <literal>high</literal> the route has a highest priority.</para>
1214 </listitem>
1215 </varlistentry>
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1217 <term><varname>Scope=</varname></term>
1218 <listitem>
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1219 <para>The scope of the route, which can be <literal>global</literal>, <literal>site</literal>,
1220 <literal>link</literal>, <literal>host</literal>, or <literal>nowhere</literal>. For IPv4 route,
1221 defaults to <literal>host</literal> if <varname>Type=</varname> is <literal>local</literal>
1222 or <literal>nat</literal>, and <literal>link</literal> if <varname>Type=</varname> is
1223 <literal>broadcast</literal>, <literal>multicast</literal>, or <literal>anycast</literal>.
1224 In other cases, defaults to <literal>global</literal>.</para>
769b56a3 1225 </listitem>
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1227 <varlistentry>
1228 <term><varname>PreferredSource=</varname></term>
1229 <listitem>
1230 <para>The preferred source address of the route. The address
1231 must be in the format described in
1232 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1233 </listitem>
769b56a3 1234 </varlistentry>
c953b24c 1235 <varlistentry>
f5c38922 1236 <term><varname>Table=</varname></term>
c953b24c 1237 <listitem>
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1239 <literal>main</literal>, <literal>local</literal> or a number between 1 and 4294967295.
1240 The table can be retrieved using <command>ip route show table <replaceable>num</replaceable></command>.
1241 If unset and <varname>Type=</varname> is <literal>local</literal>, <literal>broadcast</literal>,
1242 <literal>anycast</literal>, or <literal>nat</literal>, then <literal>local</literal> is used.
1243 In other cases, defaults to <literal>main</literal>.
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1245 </listitem>
1246 </varlistentry>
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1248 <term><varname>Protocol=</varname></term>
1249 <listitem>
88925d2f 1250 <para>The protocol identifier for the route. Takes a number between 0 and 255 or the special values
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1251 <literal>kernel</literal>, <literal>boot</literal>, <literal>static</literal>,
1252 <literal>ra</literal> and <literal>dhcp</literal>. Defaults to <literal>static</literal>.
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1254 </listitem>
1255 </varlistentry>
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1257 <term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
1258 <listitem>
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1259 <para>Specifies the type for the route. Takes one of <literal>unicast</literal>,
1260 <literal>local</literal>, <literal>broadcast</literal>, <literal>anycast</literal>,
1261 <literal>multicast</literal>, <literal>blackhole</literal>, <literal>unreachable</literal>,
1262 <literal>prohibit</literal>, <literal>throw</literal>, <literal>nat</literal>, and
1263 <literal>xresolve</literal>. If <literal>unicast</literal>, a regular route is defined, i.e. a
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1265 to the defined route are discarded silently. If <literal>unreachable</literal>, packets to the defined route
1266 are discarded and the ICMP message "Host Unreachable" is generated. If <literal>prohibit</literal>, packets
1267 to the defined route are discarded and the ICMP message "Communication Administratively Prohibited" is
1268 generated. If <literal>throw</literal>, route lookup in the current routing table will fail and the route
1269 selection process will return to Routing Policy Database (RPDB). Defaults to <literal>unicast</literal>.
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1271 </listitem>
1272 </varlistentry>
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1274 <term><varname>InitialCongestionWindow=</varname></term>
1275 <listitem>
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1276 <para>The TCP initial congestion window is used during the start of a TCP connection. During the start of a TCP
1277 session, when a client requests a resource, the server's initial congestion window determines how many data bytes
1278 will be sent during the initial burst of data. Takes a size in bytes between 1 and 4294967295 (2^32 - 1). The usual
025314d9 1279 suffixes K, M, G are supported and are understood to the base of 1024. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
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1281 </listitem>
1282 </varlistentry>
1283 <varlistentry>
1284 <term><varname>InitialAdvertisedReceiveWindow=</varname></term>
1285 <listitem>
5238e957 1286 <para>The TCP initial advertised receive window is the amount of receive data (in bytes) that can initially be buffered at one time
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1288 from the receiving host. Takes a size in bytes between 1 and 4294967295 (2^32 - 1). The usual suffixes K, M, G are supported
025314d9 1289 and are understood to the base of 1024. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
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1291 </listitem>
1292 </varlistentry>
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1294 <term><varname>QuickAck=</varname></term>
1295 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 1296 <para>Takes a boolean. When true enables TCP quick ack mode for the route. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
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1298 </listitem>
1299 </varlistentry>
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1301 <term><varname>FastOpenNoCookie=</varname></term>
1302 <listitem>
1303 <para>Takes a boolean. When true enables TCP fastopen without a cookie on a per-route basis.
1304 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
1305 </para>
1306 </listitem>
09f5dfad 1307 </varlistentry>
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1309 <term><varname>TTLPropagate=</varname></term>
1310 <listitem>
1311 <para>Takes a boolean. When true enables TTL propagation at Label Switched Path (LSP) egress.
1312 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
1313 </para>
1314 </listitem>
1315 </varlistentry>
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1317 <term><varname>MTUBytes=</varname></term>
1318 <listitem>
1319 <para>The maximum transmission unit in bytes to set for the
1320 route. The usual suffixes K, M, G, are supported and are
1321 understood to the base of 1024.</para>
1322 <para>Note that if IPv6 is enabled on the interface, and the MTU is chosen
1323 below 1280 (the minimum MTU for IPv6) it will automatically be increased to this value.</para>
1324 </listitem>
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1326 <varlistentry>
1327 <term><varname>IPServiceType=</varname></term>
1328 <listitem>
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1330 service type to CS6 (network control) or CS4 (Realtime). Defaults to CS6.</para>
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1332 </varlistentry>
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1334 <term><varname>MultiPathRoute=<replaceable>address</replaceable>[@<replaceable>name</replaceable>] [<replaceable>weight</replaceable>]</varname></term>
1335 <listitem>
1336 <para>Configures multipath route. Multipath routing is the technique of using multiple
1337 alternative paths through a network. Takes gateway address. Optionally, takes a network
1338 interface name or index separated with <literal>@</literal>, and a weight in 1..256 for
1339 this multipath route separated with whitespace. This setting can be specified multiple
1340 times. If an empty string is assigned, then the all previous assignments are cleared.</para>
1341 </listitem>
1342 </varlistentry>
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1344 </refsect1>
1345
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1348 <para>The <literal>[DHCPv4]</literal> section configures the
caa8ca42 1349 DHCPv4 client, if it is enabled with the
ad943783 1350 <varname>DHCP=</varname> setting described above:</para>
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1352 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1353 <varlistentry>
1354 <term><varname>UseDNS=</varname></term>
1355 <listitem>
1356 <para>When true (the default), the DNS servers received
1357 from the DHCP server will be used and take precedence over
1358 any statically configured ones.</para>
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1360 <para>This corresponds to the <option>nameserver</option>
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1362 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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1363 </listitem>
1364 </varlistentry>
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1366 <term><varname>RoutesToDNS=</varname></term>
1367 <listitem>
1368 <para>When true, the routes to the DNS servers received from the DHCP server will be
1369 configured. When <varname>UseDNS=</varname> is disabled, this setting is ignored.
f7e7bb65 1370 Defaults to false.</para>
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1372 </varlistentry>
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1374 <term><varname>UseNTP=</varname></term>
1375 <listitem>
1376 <para>When true (the default), the NTP servers received
1377 from the DHCP server will be used by systemd-timesyncd
1378 and take precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
1379 </listitem>
1380 </varlistentry>
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1382 <term><varname>UseSIP=</varname></term>
1383 <listitem>
1384 <para>When true (the default), the SIP servers received
1385 from the DHCP server will be saved at the state files and can be
1386 read via <function>sd_network_link_get_sip_servers()</function> function.</para>
1387 </listitem>
1388 </varlistentry>
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1390 <term><varname>UseMTU=</varname></term>
1391 <listitem>
1392 <para>When true, the interface maximum transmission unit
1393 from the DHCP server will be used on the current link.
7169cdc8 1394 If <varname>MTUBytes=</varname> is set, then this setting is ignored.
95ab9eff 1395 Defaults to false.</para>
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1397 </varlistentry>
7585baa0 1398 <varlistentry>
1399 <term><varname>Anonymize=</varname></term>
1400 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 1401 <para>Takes a boolean. When true, the options sent to the DHCP server will
7585baa0 1402 follow the <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7844">RFC 7844</ulink>
1403 (Anonymity Profiles for DHCP Clients) to minimize disclosure of identifying information.
1404 Defaults to false.</para>
1405
1406 <para>This option should only be set to true when
1407 <varname>MACAddressPolicy=</varname> is set to <literal>random</literal>
1408 (see <citerefentry
1409 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).</para>
1410
1411 <para>Note that this configuration will overwrite others.
1412 In concrete, the following variables will be ignored:
1413 <varname>SendHostname=</varname>, <varname>ClientIdentifier=</varname>,
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1415 <varname>VendorClassIdentifier=</varname>, <varname>UseTimezone=</varname>.</para>
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1417 <para>With this option enabled DHCP requests will mimic those generated by Microsoft Windows, in
1418 order to reduce the ability to fingerprint and recognize installations. This means DHCP request
1419 sizes will grow and lease data will be more comprehensive than normally, though most of the
1420 requested data is not actually used.</para>
7585baa0 1421 </listitem>
1422 </varlistentry>
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1424 <term><varname>SendHostname=</varname></term>
1425 <listitem>
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1427 Note that the machine's hostname must consist only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and
1428 no spaces or dots, and be formatted as a valid DNS domain name. Otherwise, the hostname is not
cad8d671 1429 sent even if this is set to true.</para>
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1431 </varlistentry>
1432 <varlistentry>
1433 <term><varname>UseHostname=</varname></term>
1434 <listitem>
1435 <para>When true (the default), the hostname received from
31ee3973 1436 the DHCP server will be set as the transient hostname of the system.
d59be2cf 1437 </para>
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1439 </varlistentry>
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1442 <listitem>
1443 <para>Use this value for the hostname which is sent to the DHCP server, instead of machine's hostname.
1444 Note that the specified hostname must consist only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and
1445 no spaces or dots, and be formatted as a valid DNS domain name.</para>
1446 </listitem>
1447 </varlistentry>
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1449 <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
1450 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 1451 <para>Takes a boolean, or the special value <literal>route</literal>. When true, the domain name
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1453 the <option>Domains=</option> setting. If set to <literal>route</literal>, the domain name received from
1454 the DHCP server will be used for routing DNS queries only, but not for searching, similar to the effect of
1455 the <option>Domains=</option> setting when the argument is prefixed with <literal>~</literal>. Defaults to
1456 false.</para>
1457
1458 <para>It is recommended to enable this option only on trusted networks, as setting this affects resolution
1e7a0e21 1459 of all host names, in particular of single-label names. It is generally safer to use the supplied domain
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1461 single-label names.</para>
1462
1463 <para>When set to true, this setting corresponds to the <option>domain</option> option in <citerefentry
1464 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
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1466 </varlistentry>
1467 <varlistentry>
1468 <term><varname>UseRoutes=</varname></term>
1469 <listitem>
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1471 routing table with a metric of 1024, and a scope of "global", "link" or "host", depending on the route's
1472 destination and gateway. If the destination is on the local host, e.g., 127.x.x.x, or the same as the
1473 link's own address, the scope will be set to "host". Otherwise if the gateway is null (a direct route), a
1474 "link" scope will be used. For anything else, scope defaults to "global".</para>
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1478 <term><varname>UseGateway=</varname></term>
1479 <listitem>
1480 <para>When true (the default), the gateway will be requested from the DHCP server and added to the
1481 routing table with a metric of 1024, and a scope of "link".</para>
1482 </listitem>
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1485 <term><varname>UseTimezone=</varname></term>
1486
1487 <listitem><para>When true, the timezone received from the
7f3fdb7f 1488 DHCP server will be set as timezone of the local
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1490 </varlistentry>
1491
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1493 <term><varname>ClientIdentifier=</varname></term>
1494 <listitem>
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1496 If set to <literal>mac</literal>, the MAC address of the link is used.
1497 If set to <literal>duid</literal>, an RFC4361-compliant Client ID, which is the combination of IAID and DUID (see below), is used.
1498 If set to <literal>duid-only</literal>, only DUID is used, this may not be RFC compliant, but some setups may require to use this.
1499 Defaults to <literal>duid</literal>.</para>
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1501 </varlistentry>
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1504 <term><varname>VendorClassIdentifier=</varname></term>
1505 <listitem>
1506 <para>The vendor class identifier used to identify vendor
1507 type and configuration.</para>
1508 </listitem>
1509 </varlistentry>
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1512 <term><varname>UserClass=</varname></term>
1513 <listitem>
1514 <para>A DHCPv4 client can use UserClass option to identify the type or category of user or applications
1515 it represents. The information contained in this option is a string that represents the user class of which
1516 the client is a member. Each class sets an identifying string of information to be used by the DHCP
1517 service to classify clients. Takes a whitespace-separated list of strings.</para>
1518 </listitem>
1519 </varlistentry>
1520
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1522 <term><varname>MaxAttempts=</varname></term>
1523 <listitem>
1524 <para>Specifies how many times the DHCPv4 client configuration should be attempted. Takes a
1525 number or <literal>infinity</literal>. Defaults to <literal>infinity</literal>.
1526 Note that the time between retries is increased exponentially, so the network will not be
1527 overloaded even if this number is high.</para>
1528 </listitem>
1529 </varlistentry>
1530
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1532 <term><varname>DUIDType=</varname></term>
1533 <listitem>
1534 <para>Override the global <varname>DUIDType</varname> setting for this network. See
1535 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1536 for a description of possible values.</para>
1537 </listitem>
1538 </varlistentry>
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1541 <term><varname>DUIDRawData=</varname></term>
1542 <listitem>
1543 <para>Override the global <varname>DUIDRawData</varname> setting for this network. See
1544 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1545 for a description of possible values.</para>
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1547 </varlistentry>
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1550 <term><varname>IAID=</varname></term>
1551 <listitem>
1552 <para>The DHCP Identity Association Identifier (IAID) for the interface, a 32-bit unsigned integer.</para>
1553 </listitem>
1554 </varlistentry>
1555
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1557 <term><varname>RequestBroadcast=</varname></term>
1558 <listitem>
1559 <para>Request the server to use broadcast messages before
1560 the IP address has been configured. This is necessary for
1561 devices that cannot receive RAW packets, or that cannot
1562 receive packets at all before an IP address has been
1563 configured. On the other hand, this must not be enabled on
1564 networks where broadcasts are filtered out.</para>
1565 </listitem>
1566 </varlistentry>
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1569 <term><varname>RouteMetric=</varname></term>
1570 <listitem>
1571 <para>Set the routing metric for routes specified by the
1572 DHCP server.</para>
1573 </listitem>
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1576 <varlistentry>
1577 <term><varname>RouteTable=<replaceable>num</replaceable></varname></term>
1578 <listitem>
d11e656a 1579 <para>The table identifier for DHCP routes (a number between 1 and 4294967295, or 0 to unset).
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1581 </para>
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1583 VRF's routing table is used unless this parameter is specified.
1584 </para>
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1586 </varlistentry>
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1589 <term><varname>RouteMTUBytes=</varname></term>
1590 <listitem>
1591 <para>Specifies the MTU for the DHCP routes. Please see the [Route] section for further details.</para>
1592 </listitem>
1593 </varlistentry>
1594
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1596 <term><varname>ListenPort=</varname></term>
1597 <listitem>
1598 <para>Allow setting custom port for the DHCP client to listen on.</para>
1599 </listitem>
1600 </varlistentry>
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1603 <term><varname>SendRelease=</varname></term>
1604 <listitem>
1605 <para>When true, the DHCPv4 client sends a DHCP release packet when it stops.
5f3b5f19 1606 Defaults to true.</para>
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1608 </varlistentry>
1609
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1611 <term><varname>SendDecline=</varname></term>
1612 <listitem>
1613 <para>A boolen. When <literal>true</literal>, DHCPv4 clients receives IP address from DHCP server.
1614 After new IP is received, DHCPv4 performs IPv4 Duplicate Address Detection. If duplicate use of IP is detected
1615 the DHCPv4 client rejects the IP by sending a DHCPDECLINE packet DHCP clients try to obtain an IP address again.
1616 See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5227">RFC 5224</ulink>.
1617 Defaults to <literal>unset</literal>.</para>
1618 </listitem>
1619 </varlistentry>
1620
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1623 <listitem>
1624 <para>A whitespace-separated list of IPv4 addresses. DHCP offers from servers in the list are rejected.</para>
1625 </listitem>
1626 </varlistentry>
1627
1628 <varlistentry>
1629 <term><varname>RequestOptions=</varname></term>
caa8ca42 1630 <listitem>
5bc945be 1631 <para>A whitespace-separated list of integers in the range 1–254.</para>
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1633 </varlistentry>
1634
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864edb39 1636 <term><varname>SendOption=</varname></term>
cb29c156 1637 <listitem>
586ec936 1638 <para>Send an arbitrary option in the DHCPv4 request. Takes a DHCP option number, data type
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1640 (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
11fcfc53 1641 The option number must be an integer in the range 1..254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
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1643 <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
a2cc708a 1644 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
d8b736bd 1645 escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
a2cc708a 1646 then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
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1648 </varlistentry>
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1650 </refsect1>
1651
1652 <refsect1>
1653 <title>[DHCPv6] Section Options</title>
1654 <para>The <literal>[DHCPv6]</literal> section configures the DHCPv6 client, if it is enabled with the
4f7331a8 1655 <varname>DHCP=</varname> setting described above, or invoked by the IPv6 Router Advertisement:</para>
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1657 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1658 <varlistentry>
1659 <term><varname>UseDNS=</varname></term>
1660 <term><varname>UseNTP=</varname></term>
1661 <listitem>
9fdae8d5 1662 <para>As in the <literal>[DHCPv4]</literal> section.</para>
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1664 </varlistentry>
1665
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1667 <term><varname>RapidCommit=</varname></term>
1668 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 1669 <para>Takes a boolean. The DHCPv6 client can obtain configuration parameters from a DHCPv6 server through
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1671 the DHCPv6 client and the DHCPv6 server, the two-message exchange is used, rather than the default
1672 four-method exchange (solicit, advertise, request, and reply). The two-message exchange provides
1673 faster client configuration and is beneficial in environments in which networks are under a heavy load.
1674 See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3315#section-17.2.1">RFC 3315</ulink> for details.
1675 Defaults to true.</para>
1676 </listitem>
1677 </varlistentry>
1678
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1680 <term><varname>ForceDHCPv6PDOtherInformation=</varname></term>
1681 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 1682 <para>Takes a boolean that enforces DHCPv6 stateful mode when the 'Other information' bit is set in
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1684 makes DHCPv6 request network information in a stateless manner using a two-message Information
1685 Request and Information Reply message exchange.
1686 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7084">RFC 7084</ulink>, requirement WPD-4, updates
1687 this behavior for a Customer Edge router so that stateful DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation is also
1688 requested when only the 'O' bit is set in Router Advertisements. This option enables such a CE
1689 behavior as it is impossible to automatically distinguish the intention of the 'O' bit otherwise.
1690 By default this option is set to 'false', enable it if no prefixes are delegated when the device
1691 should be acting as a CE router.</para>
1692 </listitem>
1693 </varlistentry>
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1696 <term><varname>PrefixDelegationHint=</varname></term>
1697 <listitem>
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1700 a prefix-hint in the DHCPv6 solicitation. Prefix ranges 1-128. Defaults to unset.</para>
1701 </listitem>
1702 </varlistentry>
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1704 <varlistentry>
1705 <term><varname>WithoutRA=</varname></term>
1706 <listitem>
1707 <para>When true, DHCPv6 client starts without router advertisements's managed or other address configuration flag.
1708 Defaults to false.</para>
1709 </listitem>
1710 </varlistentry>
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1716 <para>The <literal>[IPv6AcceptRA]</literal> section configures the IPv6 Router Advertisement
1717 (RA) client, if it is enabled with the <varname>IPv6AcceptRA=</varname> setting described
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1719
1720 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1721 <varlistentry>
1722 <term><varname>UseDNS=</varname></term>
1723 <listitem>
1724 <para>When true (the default), the DNS servers received in the Router Advertisement will be used and take
1725 precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
1726
1727 <para>This corresponds to the <option>nameserver</option> option in <citerefentry
1728 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1729 </listitem>
1730 </varlistentry>
1731
1732 <varlistentry>
1733 <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
1734 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 1735 <para>Takes a boolean, or the special value <literal>route</literal>. When true, the domain name
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1737 the effect of the <option>Domains=</option> setting. If set to <literal>route</literal>, the domain name
1738 received via IPv6 RA will be used for routing DNS queries only, but not for searching, similar to the
1739 effect of the <option>Domains=</option> setting when the argument is prefixed with
1740 <literal>~</literal>. Defaults to false.</para>
1741
1742 <para>It is recommended to enable this option only on trusted networks, as setting this affects resolution
1743 of all host names, in particular of single-label names. It is generally safer to use the supplied domain
1744 only as routing domain, rather than as search domain, in order to not have it affect local resolution of
1745 single-label names.</para>
1746
1747 <para>When set to true, this setting corresponds to the <option>domain</option> option in <citerefentry
1748 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1749 </listitem>
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1752 <varlistentry>
1753 <term><varname>RouteTable=<replaceable>num</replaceable></varname></term>
1754 <listitem>
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1756 (a number between 1 and 4294967295, or 0 to unset).
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1758 </para>
1759 </listitem>
1760 </varlistentry>
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1762 <varlistentry>
1763 <term><varname>UseAutonomousPrefix=</varname></term>
1764 <listitem>
1765 <para>When true (the default), the autonomous prefix received in the Router Advertisement will be used and take
1766 precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
1767 </listitem>
1768 </varlistentry>
1769
1770 <varlistentry>
1771 <term><varname>UseOnLinkPrefix=</varname></term>
1772 <listitem>
1773 <para>When true (the default), the onlink prefix received in the Router Advertisement will be used and take
1774 precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
1775 </listitem>
1776 </varlistentry>
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1779 <term><varname>BlackList=</varname></term>
1780 <listitem>
1781 <para>A whitespace-separated list of IPv6 prefixes. IPv6 prefixes supplied via router advertisements in the list are ignored.</para>
1782 </listitem>
1783 </varlistentry>
1784
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1786 <term><varname>DHCPv6Client=</varname></term>
1787 <listitem>
1788 <para>Takes a boolean. When true (the default), the DHCPv6 client will be started when the
1789 RA has the managed or other information flag.</para>
1790 </listitem>
1791 </varlistentry>
1792
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1797 <title>[DHCPServer] Section Options</title>
1798 <para>The <literal>[DHCPServer]</literal> section contains
1799 settings for the DHCP server, if enabled via the
1800 <varname>DHCPServer=</varname> option described above:</para>
1801
1802 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1803
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1805 <term><varname>PoolOffset=</varname></term>
1806 <term><varname>PoolSize=</varname></term>
1807
1808 <listitem><para>Configures the pool of addresses to hand out. The pool
1809 is a contiguous sequence of IP addresses in the subnet configured for
1810 the server address, which does not include the subnet nor the broadcast
1811 address. <varname>PoolOffset=</varname> takes the offset of the pool
1812 from the start of subnet, or zero to use the default value.
1813 <varname>PoolSize=</varname> takes the number of IP addresses in the
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1816 the subnet, excluding the broadcast address. If the pool includes
1817 the server address (the default), this is reserved and not handed
1818 out to clients.</para></listitem>
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1822 <term><varname>DefaultLeaseTimeSec=</varname></term>
1823 <term><varname>MaxLeaseTimeSec=</varname></term>
1824
1825 <listitem><para>Control the default and maximum DHCP lease
1826 time to pass to clients. These settings take time values in seconds or
1827 another common time unit, depending on the suffix. The default
1828 lease time is used for clients that did not ask for a specific
1829 lease time. If a client asks for a lease time longer than the
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1831 specified time. The default lease time defaults to 1h, the
1832 maximum lease time to 12h. Shorter lease times are beneficial
1833 if the configuration data in DHCP leases changes frequently
1834 and clients shall learn the new settings with shorter
1835 latencies. Longer lease times reduce the generated DHCP
1836 network traffic.</para></listitem>
1837 </varlistentry>
1838
1839 <varlistentry>
1840 <term><varname>EmitDNS=</varname></term>
1841 <term><varname>DNS=</varname></term>
1842
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1844 to clients shall contain DNS server information. Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.
1845 The DNS servers to pass to clients may be configured with the
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1846 <varname>DNS=</varname> option, which takes a list of IPv4
1847 addresses. If the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> option is
b938cb90 1848 enabled but no servers configured, the servers are
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1849 automatically propagated from an "uplink" interface that has
1850 appropriate servers set. The "uplink" interface is determined
1851 by the default route of the system with the highest
1852 priority. Note that this information is acquired at the time
1853 the lease is handed out, and does not take uplink interfaces
1854 into account that acquire DNS or NTP server information at a
1855 later point. DNS server propagation does not take
1856 <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> into account. Also, note
a8eaaee7 1857 that the leases are not refreshed if the uplink network
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1860 advisable to shorten the DHCP lease time via
1861 <varname>MaxLeaseTimeSec=</varname> described
1862 above.</para></listitem>
1863 </varlistentry>
1864
1865 <varlistentry>
1866 <term><varname>EmitNTP=</varname></term>
1867 <term><varname>NTP=</varname></term>
1868
1869 <listitem><para>Similar to the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> and
b938cb90 1870 <varname>DNS=</varname> settings described above, these
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1871 settings configure whether and what NTP server information
1872 shall be emitted as part of the DHCP lease. The same syntax,
1873 propagation semantics and defaults apply as for
1874 <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> and
1875 <varname>DNS=</varname>.</para></listitem>
1876 </varlistentry>
1877
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1879 <term><varname>EmitSIP=</varname></term>
1880 <term><varname>SIP=</varname></term>
1881
1882 <listitem><para>Similar to the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> and
1883 <varname>DNS=</varname> settings described above, these
1884 settings configure whether and what SIP server information
1885 shall be emitted as part of the DHCP lease. The same syntax,
1886 propagation semantics and defaults apply as for
1887 <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> and
1888 <varname>DNS=</varname>.</para></listitem>
1889 </varlistentry>
1890
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1892 <term><varname>EmitRouter=</varname></term>
1893
1894 <listitem><para>Similar to the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname>
1895 setting described above, this setting configures whether the
1896 DHCP lease should contain the router option. The same syntax,
1897 propagation semantics and defaults apply as for
1898 <varname>EmitDNS=</varname>.</para></listitem>
1899 </varlistentry>
1900
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1902 <term><varname>EmitTimezone=</varname></term>
1903 <term><varname>Timezone=</varname></term>
1904
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1906 to clients shall contain timezone information. Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>. The
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1907 <varname>Timezone=</varname> setting takes a timezone string
1908 (such as <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or
1909 <literal>UTC</literal>) to pass to clients. If no explicit
b938cb90 1910 timezone is set, the system timezone of the local host is
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1911 propagated, as determined by the
1912 <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> symlink.</para></listitem>
1913 </varlistentry>
1914
564ca984 1915 <varlistentry>
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1917 <listitem>
1918 <para>Send a raw option with value via DHCPv4 server. Takes a DHCP option number, data type
1919 and data (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
1920 The option number is an integer in the range 1..254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
1921 <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>ipv4address</literal>, or
1922 <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
1923 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
1924 escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
1925 then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
1926 </listitem>
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1928
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1930 </refsect1>
1931
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1934 <para>The <literal>[IPv6PrefixDelegation]</literal> section contains
1935 settings for sending IPv6 Router Advertisements and whether to act as
1936 a router, if enabled via the <varname>IPv6PrefixDelegation=</varname>
1937 option described above. IPv6 network prefixes are defined with one or
1938 more <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal> sections.</para>
1939
1940 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1941
1942 <varlistentry>
1943 <term><varname>Managed=</varname></term>
1944 <term><varname>OtherInformation=</varname></term>
1945
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1947 addresses on the network link when <varname>Managed=</varname>
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1949 information can be obtained via DHCPv6 for the network link when
9b6ffef3 1950 <varname>OtherInformation=</varname> is set to
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1951 <literal>true</literal>. Both settings default to
1952 <literal>false</literal>, which means that a DHCPv6 server is not being
1953 used.</para></listitem>
1954 </varlistentry>
1955
1956 <varlistentry>
1957 <term><varname>RouterLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
1958
9b6ffef3 1959 <listitem><para>Takes a timespan. Configures the IPv6 router lifetime in seconds. If set,
3f9e0236 1960 this host also announces itself in Router Advertisements as an IPv6
025314d9 1961 router for the network link. When unset, the host is not acting as a router.</para>
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1963 </varlistentry>
1964
1965 <varlistentry>
1966 <term><varname>RouterPreference=</varname></term>
1967
1968 <listitem><para>Configures IPv6 router preference if
1969 <varname>RouterLifetimeSec=</varname> is non-zero. Valid values are
1970 <literal>high</literal>, <literal>medium</literal> and
1971 <literal>low</literal>, with <literal>normal</literal> and
1972 <literal>default</literal> added as synonyms for
1973 <literal>medium</literal> just to make configuration easier. See
1974 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4191">RFC 4191</ulink>
1975 for details. Defaults to <literal>medium</literal>.</para></listitem>
1976 </varlistentry>
1977
1978 <varlistentry>
4cb8478c 1979 <term><varname>EmitDNS=</varname></term>
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1981
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1983 that are distributed via Router Advertisement messages when <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> is
1984 true. <varname>DNS=</varname> also takes special value <literal>_link_local</literal>; in that
1985 case the IPv6 link local address is distributed. If <varname>DNS=</varname> is empty, DNS
1986 servers are read from the <literal>[Network]</literal> section. If the
1987 <literal>[Network]</literal> section does not contain any DNS servers either, DNS servers from
1988 the uplink with the highest priority default route are used. When <varname>EmitDNS=</varname>
1989 is false, no DNS server information is sent in Router Advertisement messages.
4cb8478c 1990 <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> defaults to true.
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1992 </varlistentry>
1993
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4cb8478c 1995 <term><varname>EmitDomains=</varname></term>
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1997
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1999 Advertisement messages when <varname>EmitDomains=</varname> is true. If
2000 <varname>Domains=</varname> is empty, DNS search domains are read from the
2001 <literal>[Network]</literal> section. If the <literal>[Network]</literal>
2002 section does not contain any DNS search domains either, DNS search
2003 domains from the uplink with the highest priority default route are
2004 used. When <varname>EmitDomains=</varname> is false, no DNS search domain
2005 information is sent in Router Advertisement messages.
2006 <varname>EmitDomains=</varname> defaults to true.
2007 </para></listitem>
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2009
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2011 <term><varname>DNSLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2012
2013 <listitem><para>Lifetime in seconds for the DNS server addresses listed
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2015 <varname>Domains=</varname>.</para></listitem>
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2017
2018 </variablelist>
2019 </refsect1>
2020
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2023 <para>One or more <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal> sections contain the IPv6
2024 prefixes that are announced via Router Advertisements. See
2025 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4861">RFC 4861</ulink>
2026 for further details.</para>
2027
2028 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2029
2030 <varlistentry>
2031 <term><varname>AddressAutoconfiguration=</varname></term>
2032 <term><varname>OnLink=</varname></term>
2033
9b6ffef3 2034 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean to specify whether IPv6 addresses can be
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2036 onlink determination. Both settings default to <literal>true</literal>
2037 in order to ease configuration.
2038 </para></listitem>
2039 </varlistentry>
2040
2041 <varlistentry>
2042 <term><varname>Prefix=</varname></term>
2043
2044 <listitem><para>The IPv6 prefix that is to be distributed to hosts.
2045 Similarly to configuring static IPv6 addresses, the setting is
2046 configured as an IPv6 prefix and its prefix length, separated by a
2047 <literal>/</literal> character. Use multiple
2048 <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal> sections to configure multiple IPv6
2049 prefixes since prefix lifetimes, address autoconfiguration and onlink
2050 status may differ from one prefix to another.</para></listitem>
2051 </varlistentry>
2052
2053 <varlistentry>
2054 <term><varname>PreferredLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2055 <term><varname>ValidLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2056
2057 <listitem><para>Preferred and valid lifetimes for the prefix measured in
2058 seconds. <varname>PreferredLifetimeSec=</varname> defaults to 604800
2059 seconds (one week) and <varname>ValidLifetimeSec=</varname> defaults
2060 to 2592000 seconds (30 days).</para></listitem>
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2062
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2064 <term><varname>Assign=</varname></term>
2065 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. When true, adds an address from the prefix. Default to false.
2066 </para></listitem>
2067 </varlistentry>
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2069 </refsect1>
2070
2071 <refsect1>
2072 <title>[IPv6RoutePrefix] Section Options</title>
2073 <para>One or more <literal>[IPv6RoutePrefix]</literal> sections contain the IPv6
2074 prefix routes that are announced via Router Advertisements. See
2075 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4191">RFC 4191</ulink>
2076 for further details.</para>
2077
2078 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2079
2080 <varlistentry>
2081 <term><varname>Route=</varname></term>
2082
2083 <listitem><para>The IPv6 route that is to be distributed to hosts.
2084 Similarly to configuring static IPv6 routes, the setting is
2085 configured as an IPv6 prefix routes and its prefix route length,
2086 separated by a<literal>/</literal> character. Use multiple
2087 <literal>[IPv6PrefixRoutes]</literal> sections to configure multiple IPv6
2088 prefix routes.</para></listitem>
2089 </varlistentry>
2090
2091 <varlistentry>
2092 <term><varname>LifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2093
2094 <listitem><para>Lifetime for the route prefix measured in
2095 seconds. <varname>LifetimeSec=</varname> defaults to 604800 seconds (one week).
2096 </para></listitem>
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2098
2099 </variablelist>
2100 </refsect1>
2101
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2104 <para>The <literal>[Bridge]</literal> section accepts the
2105 following keys.</para>
2106 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2108 <term><varname>UnicastFlood=</varname></term>
2109 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 2110 <para>Takes a boolean. Controls whether the bridge should flood
072f9e4a 2111 traffic for which an FDB entry is missing and the destination
025314d9 2112 is unknown through this port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
47c7dfe2 2113 </para>
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2115 </varlistentry>
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2117 <term><varname>MulticastFlood=</varname></term>
2118 <listitem>
2119 <para>Takes a boolean. Controls whether the bridge should flood
2120 traffic for which an MDB entry is missing and the destination
2121 is unknown through this port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2122 </para>
2123 </listitem>
2124 </varlistentry>
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2126 <term><varname>MulticastToUnicast=</varname></term>
2127 <listitem>
2128 <para>Takes a boolean. Multicast to unicast works on top of the multicast snooping feature of
2129 the bridge. Which means unicast copies are only delivered to hosts which are interested in it.
2130 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2131 </para>
2132 </listitem>
2133 </varlistentry>
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2135 <term><varname>NeighborSuppression=</varname></term>
2136 <listitem>
2137 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether ARP and ND neighbor suppression is enabled for
2138 this port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2139 </para>
2140 </listitem>
2141 </varlistentry>
2142 <varlistentry>
2143 <term><varname>Learning=</varname></term>
2144 <listitem>
2145 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether MAC address learning is enabled for
2146 this port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2147 </para>
2148 </listitem>
2149 </varlistentry>
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2151 <term><varname>HairPin=</varname></term>
2152 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 2153 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether traffic may be sent back
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2155 will not forward traffic back out of the receiving port.
2156 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
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2158 </varlistentry>
2159 <varlistentry>
84c34096 2160 <term><varname>UseBPDU=</varname></term>
165c41a9 2161 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 2162 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether STP Bridge Protocol Data Units will be
025314d9 2163 processed by the bridge port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
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2165 </varlistentry>
2166 <varlistentry>
2167 <term><varname>FastLeave=</varname></term>
2168 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 2169 <para>Takes a boolean. This flag allows the bridge to immediately stop multicast
a8eaaee7 2170 traffic on a port that receives an IGMP Leave message. It is only used with
025314d9 2171 IGMP snooping if enabled on the bridge. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
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2173 </varlistentry>
2174 <varlistentry>
23da66bb 2175 <term><varname>AllowPortToBeRoot=</varname></term>
165c41a9 2176 <listitem>
9b6ffef3 2177 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether a given port is allowed to
47c7dfe2 2178 become a root port. Only used when STP is enabled on the bridge.
025314d9 2179 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
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2181 </varlistentry>
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2183 <term><varname>ProxyARP=</varname></term>
2184 <listitem>
2185 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether proxy ARP to be enabled on this port.
2186 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2187 </listitem>
2188 </varlistentry>
2189 <varlistentry>
2190 <term><varname>ProxyARPWiFi=</varname></term>
2191 <listitem>
2192 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether proxy ARP to be enabled on this port
2193 which meets extended requirements by IEEE 802.11 and Hotspot 2.0 specifications.
2194 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2195 </listitem>
2196 </varlistentry>
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2198 <term><varname>MulticastRouter=</varname></term>
2199 <listitem>
2200 <para>Configures this port for having multicast routers attached. A port with a multicast
2201 router will receive all multicast traffic. Takes one of <literal>no</literal>
2202 to disable multicast routers on this port, <literal>query</literal> to let the system detect
2203 the presence of routers, <literal>permanent</literal> to permanently enable multicast traffic
2204 forwarding on this port, or <literal>temporary</literal> to enable multicast routers temporarily
2205 on this port, not depending on incoming queries. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2206 </listitem>
2207 </varlistentry>
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2209 <term><varname>Cost=</varname></term>
2210 <listitem>
47c7dfe2 2211 <para>Sets the "cost" of sending packets of this interface.
a8eaaee7 2212 Each port in a bridge may have a different speed and the cost
798d3a52 2213 is used to decide which link to use. Faster interfaces
785889e5 2214 should have lower costs. It is an integer value between 1 and
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2215 65535.</para>
2216 </listitem>
2217 </varlistentry>
2218 <varlistentry>
2219 <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
2220 <listitem>
2221 <para>Sets the "priority" of sending packets on this interface.
2222 Each port in a bridge may have a different priority which is used
2223 to decide which link to use. Lower value means higher priority.
785889e5 2224 It is an integer value between 0 to 63. Networkd does not set any
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2227 </varlistentry>
2228 </variablelist>
2229 </refsect1>
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2231 <title>[BridgeFDB] Section Options</title>
2232 <para>The <literal>[BridgeFDB]</literal> section manages the
2233 forwarding database table of a port and accepts the following
2234 keys. Specify several <literal>[BridgeFDB]</literal> sections to
2235 configure several static MAC table entries.</para>
2236
2237 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2238 <varlistentry>
2239 <term><varname>MACAddress=</varname></term>
2240 <listitem>
2241 <para>As in the <literal>[Network]</literal> section. This
2242 key is mandatory.</para>
2243 </listitem>
2244 </varlistentry>
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2246 <term><varname>Destination=</varname></term>
2247 <listitem>
2248 <para>Takes an IP address of the destination VXLAN tunnel endpoint.</para>
2249 </listitem>
2250 </varlistentry>
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2252 <term><varname>VLANId=</varname></term>
2253 <listitem>
a8eaaee7 2254 <para>The VLAN ID for the new static MAC table entry. If
db9b9fb9 2255 omitted, no VLAN ID information is appended to the new static MAC
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2257 </listitem>
2258 </varlistentry>
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2260 <term><varname>VNI=</varname></term>
2261 <listitem>
2262 <para>The VXLAN Network Identifier (or VXLAN Segment ID) to use to connect to
2263 the remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint. Takes a number in the range 1-16777215.
2264 Defaults to unset.</para>
2265 </listitem>
2266 </varlistentry>
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2268 <term><varname>AssociatedWith=</varname></term>
2269 <listitem>
2270 <para>Specifies where the address is associated with. Takes one of <literal>use</literal>,
2271 <literal>self</literal>, <literal>master</literal> or <literal>router</literal>.
2272 <literal>use</literal> means the address is in use. User space can use this option to
2273 indicate to the kernel that the fdb entry is in use. <literal>self</literal> means
2274 the address is associated with the port drivers fdb. Usually hardware. <literal>master</literal>
2275 means the address is associated with master devices fdb. <literal>router</literal> means
2276 the destination address is associated with a router. Note that it's valid if the referenced
2277 device is a VXLAN type device and has route shortcircuit enabled. Defaults to <literal>self</literal>.</para>
2278 </listitem>
2279 </varlistentry>
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2283 <refsect1>
2284 <title>[CAN] Section Options</title>
2285 <para>The <literal>[CAN]</literal> section manages the Controller Area Network (CAN bus) and accepts the
2286 following keys.</para>
2287 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2288 <varlistentry>
2289 <term><varname>BitRate=</varname></term>
2290 <listitem>
2291 <para>The bitrate of CAN device in bits per second. The usual SI prefixes (K, M) with the base of 1000 can
2292 be used here.</para>
2293 </listitem>
2294 </varlistentry>
2295 <varlistentry>
2296 <term><varname>SamplePoint=</varname></term>
2297 <listitem>
2298 <para>Optional sample point in percent with one decimal (e.g. <literal>75%</literal>,
2299 <literal>87.5%</literal>) or permille (e.g. <literal>875‰</literal>).</para>
2300 </listitem>
2301 </varlistentry>
2302 <varlistentry>
2303 <term><varname>RestartSec=</varname></term>
2304 <listitem>
2305 <para>Automatic restart delay time. If set to a non-zero value, a restart of the CAN controller will be
2306 triggered automatically in case of a bus-off condition after the specified delay time. Subsecond delays can
2307 be specified using decimals (e.g. <literal>0.1s</literal>) or a <literal>ms</literal> or
2308 <literal>us</literal> postfix. Using <literal>infinity</literal> or <literal>0</literal> will turn the
2309 automatic restart off. By default automatic restart is disabled.</para>
2310 </listitem>
2311 </varlistentry>
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2313 <term><varname>Termination=</varname></term>
2314 <listitem>
2315 <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, the termination resistor will be selected for
2316 the bias network. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2317 </listitem>
2318 </varlistentry>
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2320 <term><varname>TripleSampling=</varname></term>
2321 <listitem>
2322 <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, three samples (instead of one) are used to determine
2323 the value of a received bit by majority rule. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2324 </listitem>
2325 </varlistentry>
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2327 <term><varname>ListenOnly=</varname></term>
2328 <listitem>
2329 <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, listen-only mode is enabled. When the
2330 interface is in listen-only mode, the interface neither transmit CAN frames nor send ACK
2331 bit. Listen-only mode is important to debug CAN networks without interfering with the
2332 communication or acknowledge the CAN frame. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2333 </para>
2334 </listitem>
2335 </varlistentry>
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2337 </refsect1>
2338
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2340 <title>[QDisc] Section Options</title>
2341 <para>The <literal>[QDisc]</literal> section manages the traffic control queueing discipline (qdisc).</para>
2342
2343 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2344 <varlistentry>
2345 <term><varname>Parent=</varname></term>
2346 <listitem>
2347 <para>Specifies the parent Queueing Discipline (qdisc). Takes one of <literal>clsact</literal>
2348 or <literal>ingress</literal>. This is mandatory.</para>
2349 </listitem>
2350 </varlistentry>
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2353 </variablelist>
2354 </refsect1>
2355
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2357 <title>[NetworkEmulator] Section Options</title>
2358 <para>The <literal>[NetworkEmulator]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2359 the network emulator. It can be used to configure the kernel packet scheduler and simulate packet
2360 delay and loss for UDP or TCP applications, or limit the bandwidth usage of a particular service to
2361 simulate internet connections.</para>
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2363 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2364 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2365 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2369 <listitem>
2370 <para>Specifies the fixed amount of delay to be added to all packets going out of the
2371 interface. Defaults to unset.</para>
2372 </listitem>
2373 </varlistentry>
2374
2375 <varlistentry>
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2377 <listitem>
2378 <para>Specifies the chosen delay to be added to the packets outgoing to the network
2379 interface. Defaults to unset.</para>
2380 </listitem>
2381 </varlistentry>
2382
2383 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2384 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
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2386 <para>Specifies the maximum number of packets the qdisc may hold queued at a time.
2387 An unsigned integer ranges 0 to 4294967294. Defaults to 1000.</para>
2388 </listitem>
2389 </varlistentry>
2390
2391 <varlistentry>
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2394 <para>Specifies an independent loss probability to be added to the packets outgoing from the
2395 network interface. Takes a percentage value, suffixed with "%". Defaults to unset.</para>
2396 </listitem>
2397 </varlistentry>
2398
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2402 <para>Specifies that the chosen percent of packets is duplicated before queuing them.
2403 Takes a percentage value, suffixed with "%". Defaults to unset.</para>
2404 </listitem>
2405 </varlistentry>
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2406 </variablelist>
2407 </refsect1>
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2410 <title>[TokenBucketFilter] Section Options</title>
2411 <para>The <literal>[TokenBucketFilter]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2412 token bucket filter (tbf).</para>
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2414 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2415 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2416 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2419 <term><varname>LatencySec=</varname></term>
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2420 <listitem>
2421 <para>Specifies the latency parameter, which specifies the maximum amount of time a
60ed2dcf 2422 packet can sit in the Token Bucket Filter (TBF). Defaults to unset.</para>
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2424 </varlistentry>
2425
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2428 <listitem>
2429 <para>Takes the number of bytes that can be queued waiting for tokens to become available.
2430 When the size is suffixed with K, M, or G, it is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes,
2431 respectively, to the base of 1000. Defaults to unset.</para>
2432 </listitem>
2433 </varlistentry>
2434
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2437 <listitem>
2438 <para>Specifies the size of the bucket. This is the maximum amount of bytes that tokens
2439 can be available for instantaneous transfer. When the size is suffixed with K, M, or G, it is
2440 parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1000. Defaults to
2441 unset.</para>
2442 </listitem>
2443 </varlistentry>
2444
2445 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2446 <term><varname>Rate=</varname></term>
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2448 <para>Specifies the device specific bandwidth. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified
6b8fe4c3 2449 bandwidth is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively, to the base of 1000.
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2450 Defaults to unset.</para>
2451 </listitem>
2452 </varlistentry>
2453
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2456 <listitem>
2457 <para>The Minimum Packet Unit (MPU) determines the minimal token usage (specified in bytes)
2458 for a packet. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes,
2459 Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1000. Defaults to zero.</para>
2460 </listitem>
2461 </varlistentry>
2462
2463 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2464 <term><varname>PeakRate=</varname></term>
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2466 <para>Takes the maximum depletion rate of the bucket. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the
6b8fe4c3 2467 specified size is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively, to the base of
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2468 1000. Defaults to unset.</para>
2469 </listitem>
2470 </varlistentry>
2471
2472 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2473 <term><varname>MTUBytes=</varname></term>
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2474 <listitem>
2475 <para>Specifies the size of the peakrate bucket. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified
2476 size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1000.
2477 Defaults to unset.</para>
2478 </listitem>
2479 </varlistentry>
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2481 </refsect1>
2482
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2483 <refsect1>
2484 <title>[PIE] Section Options</title>
2485 <para>The <literal>[PIE]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
2486 (qdisc) of Proportional Integral controller-Enhanced (PIE).</para>
2487
2488 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2489 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2490 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2491
2492 <varlistentry>
2493 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
2494 <listitem>
2495 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
2496 dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 1 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2497 </listitem>
2498 </varlistentry>
2499 </variablelist>
2500 </refsect1>
2501
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2502 <refsect1>
2503 <title>[StochasticFairBlue] Section Options</title>
2504 <para>The <literal>[StochasticFairBlue]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
2505 (qdisc) of stochastic fair blue (sfb).</para>
2506
2507 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2508 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2509 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2510
2511 <varlistentry>
2512 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
2513 <listitem>
2514 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
2515 dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 0 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2516 </listitem>
2517 </varlistentry>
2518 </variablelist>
2519 </refsect1>
2520
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2521 <refsect1>
2522 <title>[StochasticFairnessQueueing] Section Options</title>
2523 <para>The <literal>[StochasticFairnessQueueing]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
2524 (qdisc) of stochastic fairness queueing (sfq).</para>
2525
2526 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2527 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2528 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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18de0969 2531 <term><varname>PerturbPeriodSec=</varname></term>
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2532 <listitem>
2533 <para>Specifies the interval in seconds for queue algorithm perturbation. Defaults to unset.</para>
2534 </listitem>
2535 </varlistentry>
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2537 </refsect1>
2538
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2539 <refsect1>
2540 <title>[BFIFO] Section Options</title>
2541 <para>The <literal>[BFIFO]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2542 Byte limited Packet First In First Out (bfifo).</para>
2543
2544 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2545 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2546 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2547
2548 <varlistentry>
2549 <term><varname>LimitSize=</varname></term>
2550 <listitem>
2551 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the FIFO size in bytes. The size limit (a buffer size) to prevent it
2552 from overflowing in case it is unable to dequeue packets as quickly as it receives them. When this limit
2553 is reached, incoming packets are dropped. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as
2554 Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2555 </listitem>
2556 </varlistentry>
2557 </variablelist>
2558 </refsect1>
2559
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2560 <refsect1>
2561 <title>[PFIFO] Section Options</title>
2562 <para>The <literal>[PFIFO]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2563 Packet First In First Out (pfifo).</para>
2564
2565 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2566 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2567 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2568
2569 <varlistentry>
2570 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
2571 <listitem>
2572 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the FIFO size in number of packets. The size limit (a buffer size) to prevent it
2573 from overflowing in case it is unable to dequeue packets as quickly as it receives them. When this limit is reached,
2574 incoming packets are dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 0 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2575 </listitem>
2576 </varlistentry>
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2577 </variablelist>
2578 </refsect1>
2579
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2581 <title>[PFIFOHeadDrop] Section Options</title>
2582 <para>The <literal>[PFIFOHeadDrop]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2583 Packet First In First Out Head Drop (pfifo_head_drop).</para>
2584
2585 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2586 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2587 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2588
2589 <varlistentry>
2590 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
2591 <listitem>
2592 <para>As in <literal>[PFIFO]</literal> section.</para></listitem>
2593 </varlistentry>
2594 </variablelist>
2595 </refsect1>
2596
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2597 <refsect1>
2598 <title>[PFIFOFast] Section Options</title>
2599 <para>The <literal>[PFIFOFast]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2600 Packet First In First Out Fast (pfifo_fast).</para>
2601
2602 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2603 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2604 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2605 </variablelist>
2606 </refsect1>
2607
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2608 <refsect1>
2609 <title>[CAKE] Section Options</title>
2610 <para>The <literal>[CAKE]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2611 Common Applications Kept Enhanced (CAKE).</para>
2612
2613 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2614 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2615 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2618 <term><varname>Overhead=</varname></term>
2619 <listitem>
2620 <para>Specifies that bytes to be addeded to the size of each packet. Bytes may be negative.
2621 Takes an integer ranges -64 to 256. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2622 </listitem>
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2624
2625 <varlistentry>
2626 <term><varname>Bandwidth=</varname></term>
2627 <listitem>
2628 <para>Specifies the shaper bandwidth. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is
2629 parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively, to the base of 1000. Defaults to
2630 unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2631 </listitem>
2632 </varlistentry>
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2633 </variablelist>
2634 </refsect1>
2635
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2636 <refsect1>
2637 <title>[ControlledDelay] Section Options</title>
2638 <para>The <literal>[ControlledDelay]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2639 controlled delay (CoDel).</para>
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2642 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2643 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2645 <varlistentry>
2646 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
a9a5d632 2647 <listitem>
2cd65106 2648 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
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2649 dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 0 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2650 </listitem>
2651 </varlistentry>
2652
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2655 <listitem>
2656 <para>Takes a timespan. Specifies the acceptable minimum standing/persistent queue delay.
2657 Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2658 </listitem>
2659 </varlistentry>
2660
2661 <varlistentry>
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2663 <listitem>
2664 <para>Takes a timespan. This is used to ensure that the measured minimum delay does not
2665 become too stale. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2666 </listitem>
2667 </varlistentry>
2668
2669 <varlistentry>
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2671 <listitem>
2672 <para>Takes a boolean. This can be used to mark packets instead of dropping them. Defaults to
2673 unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2674 </listitem>
2675 </varlistentry>
2676
2677 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2678 <term><varname>CEThresholdSec=</varname></term>
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2679 <listitem>
2680 <para>Takes a timespan. This sets a threshold above which all packets are marked with ECN
2681 Congestion Experienced (CE). Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2682 </listitem>
2683 </varlistentry>
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2685 </refsect1>
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2687 <refsect1>
2688 <title>[DeficitRoundRobinScheduler] Section Options</title>
2689 <para>The <literal>[DeficitRoundRobinScheduler]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2690 Deficit Round Robin Scheduler (DRR).</para>
2691
2692 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2693 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2694 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2695 </variablelist>
2696 </refsect1>
2697
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2698 <refsect1>
2699 <title>[DeficitRoundRobinSchedulerClass] Section Options</title>
2700 <para>The <literal>[DeficitRoundRobinSchedulerClass]</literal> section manages the traffic control class of
2701 Deficit Round Robin Scheduler (DRR).</para>
2702
2703 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2704 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-parent" />
2705 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-classid" />
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2706
2707 <varlistentry>
2708 <term><varname>Quantum=</varname></term>
2709 <listitem>
2710 <para>Specifies the amount of bytes a flow is allowed to dequeue before the
2711 scheduler moves to the next class. An unsigned integer ranges 1 to 4294967294.
2712 Defaults to the MTU of the interface.</para>
2713 </listitem>
2714 </varlistentry>
2715
2716 </variablelist>
2717 </refsect1>
2718
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2720 <title>[GenericRandomEarlyDetection] Section Options</title>
2721 <para>The <literal>[GenericRandomEarlyDetection]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
2722 (qdisc) of Generic Random Early Detection (GRED).</para>
2723
2724 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2725 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2726 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2728 <varlistentry>
2729 <term><varname>VirtualQueues=</varname></term>
2730 <listitem>
2731 <para>Specifies the number of virtual queues. Takes a integer in the range 1-16. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2732 </listitem>
2733 </varlistentry>
2734
2735 <varlistentry>
2736 <term><varname>DefaultVirtualQueue=</varname></term>
2737 <listitem>
2738 <para>Specifies the number of default virtual queue. This must be less than <varname>VirtualQueue=</varname>.
2739 Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2740 </listitem>
2741 </varlistentry>
2742
2743 <varlistentry>
2744 <term><varname>GenericRIO=</varname></term>
2745 <listitem>
2746 <para>Takes a boolean. It turns on the RIO-like buffering scheme. Defaults to
2747 unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2748 </listitem>
2749 </varlistentry>
2750 </variablelist>
2751 </refsect1>
2752
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2754 <title>[FairQueueingControlledDelay] Section Options</title>
2755 <para>The <literal>[FairQueueingControlledDelay]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
2756 (qdisc) of fair queuing controlled delay (FQ-CoDel).</para>
2757
2758 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2759 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2760 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2763 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
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2764 <listitem>
2765 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the real queue size. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
2766 dropped. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2767 </listitem>
2768 </varlistentry>
2769
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2773 <para>Specifies the limit on the total number of bytes that can be queued in this FQ-CoDel instance.
2774 When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes,
2775 respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2776 </listitem>
2777 </varlistentry>
2778
2779 <varlistentry>
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2782 <para>Specifies the number of flows into which the incoming packets are classified.
2783 Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2784 </listitem>
2785 </varlistentry>
2786
2787 <varlistentry>
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2789 <listitem>
2790 <para>Takes a timespan. Specifies the acceptable minimum standing/persistent queue delay.
2791 Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2792 </listitem>
2793 </varlistentry>
2794
2795 <varlistentry>
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2798 <para>Takes a timespan. This is used to ensure that the measured minimum delay does not
2799 become too stale. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2800 </listitem>
2801 </varlistentry>
2802
2803 <varlistentry>
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2806 <para>Specifies the number of bytes used as 'deficit' in the fair queuing algorithmtimespan.
2807 When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes,
2808 respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2809 </listitem>
2810 </varlistentry>
2811
2812 <varlistentry>
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2815 <para>Takes a boolean. This can be used to mark packets instead of dropping them. Defaults to
2816 unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2817 </listitem>
2818 </varlistentry>
2819
2820 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2821 <term><varname>CEThresholdSec=</varname></term>
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2823 <para>Takes a timespan. This sets a threshold above which all packets are marked with ECN
2824 Congestion Experienced (CE). Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2825 </listitem>
2826 </varlistentry>
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2828 </refsect1>
2829
2830 <refsect1>
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2831 <title>[FairQueueing] Section Options</title>
2832 <para>The <literal>[FairQueueing]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
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2833 (qdisc) of fair queue traffic policing (FQ).</para>
2834
2835 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2836 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2837 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
d8b2396d 2838
7234b915 2839 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2840 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
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2841 <listitem>
2842 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the real queue size. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
2843 dropped. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2844 </listitem>
2845 </varlistentry>
2846
e83562e5 2847 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2848 <term><varname>FlowLimit=</varname></term>
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2849 <listitem>
2850 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the maximum number of packets queued per flow. Defaults to
2851 unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2852 </listitem>
2853 </varlistentry>
2854
2855 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2856 <term><varname>Quantum=</varname></term>
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2857 <listitem>
2858 <para>Specifies the credit per dequeue RR round, i.e. the amount of bytes a flow is allowed
2859 to dequeue at once. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes,
2860 Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and kernel's
2861 default is used.</para>
2862 </listitem>
2863 </varlistentry>
2864
2865 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2866 <term><varname>InitialQuantum=</varname></term>
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2867 <listitem>
2868 <para>Specifies the initial sending rate credit, i.e. the amount of bytes a new flow is
2869 allowed to dequeue initially. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as
2870 Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and
2871 kernel's default is used.</para>
2872 </listitem>
2873 </varlistentry>
2874
2875 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2876 <term><varname>MaximumRate=</varname></term>
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2877 <listitem>
2878 <para>Specifies the maximum sending rate of a flow. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the
6b8fe4c3 2879 specified size is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively, to the base of
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2880 1000. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2881 </listitem>
2882 </varlistentry>
2883
2884 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2885 <term><varname>Buckets=</varname></term>
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2886 <listitem>
2887 <para>Specifies the size of the hash table used for flow lookups. Defaults to unset and
2888 kernel's default is used.</para>
2889 </listitem>
2890 </varlistentry>
2891
2892 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2893 <term><varname>OrphanMask=</varname></term>
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2894 <listitem>
2895 <para>Takes an unsigned integer. For packets not owned by a socket, fq is able to mask a part
2896 of hash and reduce number of buckets associated with the traffic. Defaults to unset and
2897 kernel's default is used.</para>
2898 </listitem>
2899 </varlistentry>
2900
2901 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2902 <term><varname>Pacing=</varname></term>
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2903 <listitem>
2904 <para>Takes a boolean, and enables or disables flow pacing. Defaults to unset and kernel's
2905 default is used.</para>
2906 </listitem>
2907 </varlistentry>
2908
2909 <varlistentry>
18de0969 2910 <term><varname>CEThresholdSec=</varname></term>
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2911 <listitem>
2912 <para>Takes a timespan. This sets a threshold above which all packets are marked with ECN
2913 Congestion Experienced (CE). Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2914 </listitem>
2915 </varlistentry>
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2917 </refsect1>
2918
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2919 <refsect1>
2920 <title>[TrivialLinkEqualizer] Section Options</title>
2921 <para>The <literal>[TrivialLinkEqualizer]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2922 trivial link equalizer (teql).</para>
2923
2924 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2925 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2926 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
d8b2396d 2927
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2928 <varlistentry>
2929 <term><varname>Id=</varname></term>
2930 <listitem>
2931 <para>Specifies the interface ID <literal>N</literal> of teql. Defaults to <literal>0</literal>.
2932 Note that when teql is used, currently, the module <constant>sch_teql</constant> with
2933 <constant>max_equalizers=N+1</constant> option must be loaded before
2934 <command>systemd-networkd</command> is started.</para>
2935 </listitem>
2936 </varlistentry>
2937 </variablelist>
2938 </refsect1>
2939
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2940 <refsect1>
2941 <title>[HierarchyTokenBucket] Section Options</title>
2942 <para>The <literal>[HierarchyTokenBucket]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2943 hierarchy token bucket (htb).</para>
2944
2945 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2946 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2947 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
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2948
2949 <varlistentry>
2950 <term><varname>DefaultClass=</varname></term>
2951 <listitem>
2952 <para>Takes the minor id in hexadecimal of the default class. Unclassified traffic gets sent
2953 to the class. Defaults to unset.</para>
2954 </listitem>
2955 </varlistentry>
2956 </variablelist>
2957 </refsect1>
2958
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2959 <refsect1>
2960 <title>[HierarchyTokenBucketClass] Section Options</title>
2961 <para>The <literal>[HierarchyTokenBucketClass]</literal> section manages the traffic control class of
2962 hierarchy token bucket (htb).</para>
2963
2964 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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2965 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-parent" />
2966 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-classid" />
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2967
2968 <varlistentry>
2969 <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
2970 <listitem>
2971 <para>Specifies the priority of the class. In the round-robin process, classes with the lowest
2972 priority field are tried for packets first. This setting is mandatory.</para>
2973 </listitem>
2974 </varlistentry>
2975
2976 <varlistentry>
2977 <term><varname>Rate=</varname></term>
2978 <listitem>
2979 <para>Specifies the maximum rate this class and all its children are guaranteed. When suffixed
2980 with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively,
2981 to the base of 1000. This setting is mandatory.</para>
2982 </listitem>
2983 </varlistentry>
2984
2985 <varlistentry>
2986 <term><varname>CeilRate=</varname></term>
2987 <listitem>
2988 <para>Specifies the maximum rate at which a class can send, if its parent has bandwidth to spare.
2989 When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits,
2990 respectively, to the base of 1000. When unset, the value specified with <varname>Rate=</varname>
2991 is used.</para>
2992 </listitem>
2993 </varlistentry>
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2995 </refsect1>
2996
2997 <refsect1>
2998 <title>[HeavyHitterFilter] Section Options</title>
2999 <para>The <literal>[HeavyHitterFilter]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
3000 (qdisc) of Heavy Hitter Filter (hhf).</para>
3001
3002 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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3003 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3004 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
19f86a63 3005
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3006 <varlistentry>
3007 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
3008 <listitem>
3009 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
3010 dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 0 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3011 </listitem>
3012 </varlistentry>
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3014 </refsect1>
3015
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3017 <title>[BridgeVLAN] Section Options</title>
3018 <para>The <literal>[BridgeVLAN]</literal> section manages the VLAN ID configuration of a bridge port and accepts
3019 the following keys. Specify several <literal>[BridgeVLAN]</literal> sections to configure several VLAN entries.
3020 The <varname>VLANFiltering=</varname> option has to be enabled, see <literal>[Bridge]</literal> section in
3021 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
3022
3023 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3024 <varlistentry>
3025 <term><varname>VLAN=</varname></term>
3026 <listitem>
3027 <para>The VLAN ID allowed on the port. This can be either a single ID or a range M-N. VLAN IDs are valid
3028 from 1 to 4094.</para>
3029 </listitem>
3030 </varlistentry>
3031 <varlistentry>
3032 <term><varname>EgressUntagged=</varname></term>
3033 <listitem>
3034 <para>The VLAN ID specified here will be used to untag frames on egress. Configuring
3035 <varname>EgressUntagged=</varname> implicates the use of <varname>VLAN=</varname> above and will enable the
3036 VLAN ID for ingress as well. This can be either a single ID or a range M-N.</para>
3037 </listitem>
3038 </varlistentry>
3039 <varlistentry>
3040 <term><varname>PVID=</varname></term>
3041 <listitem>
3042 <para>The Port VLAN ID specified here is assigned to all untagged frames at ingress.
3043 <varname>PVID=</varname> can be used only once. Configuring <varname>PVID=</varname> implicates the use of
3044 <varname>VLAN=</varname> above and will enable the VLAN ID for ingress as well.</para>
3045 </listitem>
3046 </varlistentry>
3047 </variablelist>
3048 </refsect1>
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3049
3050 <refsect1>
9e35b3de 3051 <title>Examples</title>
798d3a52 3052 <example>
9e35b3de 3053 <title>Static network configuration</title>
798d3a52 3054
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3055 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/50-static.network
3056[Match]
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3057Name=enp2s0
3058
3059[Network]
3060Address=192.168.0.15/24
3061Gateway=192.168.0.1</programlisting>
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3062
3063 <para>This brings interface <literal>enp2s0</literal> up with a static address. The
3064 specified gateway will be used for a default route.</para>
798d3a52 3065 </example>
eac684ef 3066
798d3a52 3067 <example>
9e35b3de 3068 <title>DHCP on ethernet links</title>
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3070 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/80-dhcp.network
3071[Match]
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3072Name=en*
3073
3074[Network]
9c8ca3f7 3075DHCP=yes</programlisting>
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3076
3077 <para>This will enable DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 on all interfaces with names starting with
3078 <literal>en</literal> (i.e. ethernet interfaces).</para>
798d3a52 3079 </example>
eac684ef 3080
4c94a4c2 3081 <example>
3082 <title>IPv6 Prefix Delegation</title>
3083
3084 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/55-ipv6-pd-upstream.network
3085[Match]
3086Name=enp1s0
3087
3088[Network]
3089DHCP=ipv6</programlisting>
3090
3091 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/56-ipv6-pd-downstream.network
3092[Match]
3093Name=enp2s0
3094
3095[Network]
3096IPv6PrefixDelegation=dhcpv6</programlisting>
3097
3098 <para>This will enable IPv6 PD on the interface enp1s0 as an upstream interface where the
3099 DHCPv6 client is running and enp2s0 as a downstream interface where the prefix is delegated to.</para>
3100 </example>
3101
798d3a52 3102 <example>
9e35b3de 3103 <title>A bridge with two enslaved links</title>
f47c5c47 3104
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3105 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-static.network
3106[Match]
f47c5c47 3107Name=bridge0
3108
3109[Network]
3110Address=192.168.0.15/24
3111Gateway=192.168.0.1
3112DNS=192.168.0.1</programlisting>
f47c5c47 3113
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3114 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-slave-interface-1.network
3115[Match]
f47c5c47 3116Name=enp2s0
3117
3118[Network]
3119Bridge=bridge0</programlisting>
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3120
3121 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-slave-interface-2.network
3122[Match]
3123Name=wlp3s0
3124
3125[Network]
3126Bridge=bridge0</programlisting>
3127
3128 <para>This creates a bridge and attaches devices <literal>enp2s0</literal> and
3129 <literal>wlp3s0</literal> to it. The bridge will have the specified static address
3130 and network assigned, and a default route via the specified gateway will be
3131 added. The specified DNS server will be added to the global list of DNS resolvers.
3132 </para>
13b498f9 3133 </example>
9e35b3de 3134
13b498f9 3135 <example>
9e35b3de 3136 <title></title>
13b498f9 3137
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3138 <programlisting>
3139# /etc/systemd/network/20-bridge-slave-interface-vlan.network
3140[Match]
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3141Name=enp2s0
3142
3143[Network]
3144Bridge=bridge0
3145
3146[BridgeVLAN]
3147VLAN=1-32
3148PVID=42
3149EgressUntagged=42
3150
3151[BridgeVLAN]
3152VLAN=100-200
3153
3154[BridgeVLAN]
3155EgressUntagged=300-400</programlisting>
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3157 <para>This overrides the configuration specified in the previous example for the
3158 interface <literal>enp2s0</literal>, and enables VLAN on that bridge port. VLAN IDs
3159 1-32, 42, 100-400 will be allowed. Packets tagged with VLAN IDs 42, 300-400 will be
3160 untagged when they leave on this interface. Untagged packets which arrive on this
3161 interface will be assigned VLAN ID 42.</para>
798d3a52 3162 </example>
0a8a0fad 3163
798d3a52 3164 <example>
9e35b3de 3165 <title>Various tunnels</title>
0a8a0fad 3166
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3167 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnels.network
3168[Match]
3169Name=ens1
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3170
3171[Network]
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3172Tunnel=ipip-tun
3173Tunnel=sit-tun
3174Tunnel=gre-tun
3175Tunnel=vti-tun
3176 </programlisting>
3177
3178 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-ipip.netdev
3179[NetDev]
3180Name=ipip-tun
3181Kind=ipip
3182 </programlisting>
3183
3184 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-sit.netdev
3185[NetDev]
3186Name=sit-tun
3187Kind=sit
3188 </programlisting>
3189
3190 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-gre.netdev
3191[NetDev]
3192Name=gre-tun
3193Kind=gre
3194 </programlisting>
3195
3196 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-vti.netdev
3197[NetDev]
3198Name=vti-tun
3199Kind=vti
3200 </programlisting>
3201
3202 <para>This will bring interface <literal>ens1</literal> up and create an IPIP tunnel,
3203 a SIT tunnel, a GRE tunnel, and a VTI tunnel using it.</para>
798d3a52 3204 </example>
0a8a0fad 3205
798d3a52 3206 <example>
9e35b3de 3207 <title>A bond device</title>
0a8a0fad 3208
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3209 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1.network
3210[Match]
3211Name=bond1
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3213[Network]
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3214DHCP=ipv6
3215</programlisting>
0a8a0fad 3216
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3217 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1.netdev
3218[NetDev]
3219Name=bond1
3220Kind=bond
3221</programlisting>
0a8a0fad 3222
301a21a8 3223 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1-dev1.network
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3224[Match]
3225MACAddress=52:54:00:e9:64:41
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3226
3227[Network]
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3228Bond=bond1
3229</programlisting>
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301a21a8 3231 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1-dev2.network
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3232[Match]
3233MACAddress=52:54:00:e9:64:42
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3234
3235[Network]
9e35b3de 3236Bond=bond1
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3238
3239 <para>This will create a bond device <literal>bond1</literal> and enslave the two
3240 devices with MAC addresses 52:54:00:e9:64:41 and 52:54:00:e9:64:42 to it. IPv6 DHCP
3241 will be used to acquire an address.</para>
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3243
3244 <example>
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3245 <title>Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)</title>
3246 <para>Add the <literal>bond1</literal> interface to the VRF master interface
3247 <literal>vrf1</literal>. This will redirect routes generated on this interface to be
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3248 within the routing table defined during VRF creation. For kernels before 4.8 traffic
3249 won't be redirected towards the VRFs routing table unless specific ip-rules are added.
3250 </para>
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3251 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-vrf.network
3252[Match]
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3253Name=bond1
3254
3255[Network]
9e35b3de 3256VRF=vrf1
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3257</programlisting>
3258 </example>
3259
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3260 <example>
3261 <title>MacVTap</title>
3262 <para>This brings up a network interface <literal>macvtap-test</literal>
3263 and attaches it to <literal>enp0s25</literal>.</para>
83ddf5d3 3264 <programlisting># /usr/lib/systemd/network/25-macvtap.network
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3265[Match]
3266Name=enp0s25
3267
3268[Network]
3269MACVTAP=macvtap-test
3270</programlisting>
3271 </example>
98d20a17 3272
3273 <example>
3274 <title>A Xfrm interface with physical underlying device.</title>
3275
3276 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/27-xfrm.netdev
3277[NetDev]
3278Name=xfrm0
3279
3280[Xfrm]
3281InterfaceId=7</programlisting>
3282
3283 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/27-eth0.network
3284[Match]
3285Name=eth0
3286
3287[Network]
3288Xfrm=xfrm0</programlisting>
3289
3290 <para>This creates a <literal>xfrm0</literal> interface and binds it to the <literal>eth0</literal> device.
3291 This allows hardware based ipsec offloading to the <literal>eth0</literal> nic.
3292 If offloading is not needed, xfrm interfaces can be assigned to the <literal>lo</literal> device.
3293 </para>
3294 </example>
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3295 </refsect1>
3296
3297 <refsect1>
3298 <title>See Also</title>
3299 <para>
3300 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
f41b446a 3301 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
798d3a52 3302 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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3303 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
3304 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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3305 </para>
3306 </refsect1>
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3308</refentry>