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6 <refentry id="systemd.network" conditional='ENABLE_NETWORKD'
7 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
8
9 <refentryinfo>
10 <title>systemd.network</title>
11 <productname>systemd</productname>
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
31 <para>A plain ini-style text file that encodes network configuration for matching network interfaces,
32 used by
33 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
34 See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.syntax</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
35 for a general description of the syntax.</para>
36
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
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>
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
63 directories take precedence over the main network file wherever located.</para>
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>.
69 </para>
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
80 is applied, all later files are ignored, even if they match as
81 well.</para>
82
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>
90
91 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
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" />
98
99 <varlistentry>
100 <term><varname>Name=</varname></term>
101 <listitem>
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>
105 </listitem>
106 </varlistentry>
107
108 <varlistentry>
109 <term><varname>WLANInterfaceType=</varname></term>
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>
120
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>
129
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>
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" />
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>
159 <para>The hardware address to set for the device.</para>
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>
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>
170 </listitem>
171 </varlistentry>
172 <varlistentry>
173 <term><varname>ARP=</varname></term>
174 <listitem>
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>
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>
183 <varlistentry>
184 <term><varname>Multicast=</varname></term>
185 <listitem>
186 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, the multicast flag on the device is enabled.</para>
187 </listitem>
188 </varlistentry>
189 <varlistentry>
190 <term><varname>AllMulticast=</varname></term>
191 <listitem>
192 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, the driver retrieves all multicast packets from the network.
193 This happens when multicast routing is enabled.</para>
194 </listitem>
195 </varlistentry>
196 <varlistentry>
197 <term><varname>Unmanaged=</varname></term>
198 <listitem>
199 <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, no attempts are
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>
208 <varlistentry>
209 <term><varname>Group=</varname></term>
210 <listitem>
211 <para>Link groups are similar to port ranges found in managed switches.
212 When network interfaces are added to a numbered group, operations on
213 all the interfaces from that group can be performed at once. An unsigned
214 integer ranges 0 to 4294967294. Default to unset.</para>
215 </listitem>
216 </varlistentry>
217 <varlistentry>
218 <term><varname>RequiredForOnline=</varname></term>
219 <listitem>
220 <para>Takes a boolean or a minimum operational state and an optional maximum operational state.
221 Please see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
222 for possible operational states. When <literal>yes</literal>, the network is deemed required when
223 determining whether the system is online when running
224 <command>systemd-networkd-wait-online</command>. When <literal>no</literal>, the network is ignored
225 when checking for online state. When a minimum operational state and an optional maximum operational
226 state are set, <literal>yes</literal> is implied, and this controls the minimum and maximum
227 operational state required for the network interface to be considered online.
228 Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.</para>
229
230 <para>The network will be brought up normally in all cases, but in
231 the event that there is no address being assigned by DHCP or the
232 cable is not plugged in, the link will simply remain offline and be
233 skipped automatically by <command>systemd-networkd-wait-online</command>
234 if <literal>RequiredForOnline=no</literal>.</para>
235 </listitem>
236 </varlistentry>
237 </variablelist>
238 </refsect1>
239
240 <refsect1>
241 <title>[Network] Section Options</title>
242
243 <para>The <literal>[Network]</literal> section accepts the following keys:</para>
244
245 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
246 <varlistentry>
247 <term><varname>Description=</varname></term>
248 <listitem>
249 <para>A description of the device. This is only used for
250 presentation purposes.</para>
251 </listitem>
252 </varlistentry>
253 <varlistentry>
254 <term><varname>DHCP=</varname></term>
255 <listitem>
256 <para>Enables DHCPv4 and/or DHCPv6 client support. Accepts
257 <literal>yes</literal>, <literal>no</literal>,
258 <literal>ipv4</literal>, or <literal>ipv6</literal>. Defaults
259 to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
260
261 <para>Note that DHCPv6 will by default be triggered by Router
262 Advertisement, if that is enabled, regardless of this parameter.
263 By enabling DHCPv6 support explicitly, the DHCPv6 client will
264 be started regardless of the presence of routers on the link,
265 or what flags the routers pass. See
266 <literal>IPv6AcceptRA=</literal>.</para>
267
268 <para>Furthermore, note that by default the domain name
269 specified through DHCP is not used for name resolution.
270 See option <option>UseDomains=</option> below.</para>
271
272 <para>See the <literal>[DHCPv4]</literal> or <literal>[DHCPv6]</literal> section below for
273 further configuration options for the DHCP client support.</para>
274 </listitem>
275 </varlistentry>
276 <varlistentry>
277 <term><varname>DHCPServer=</varname></term>
278 <listitem>
279 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to <literal>yes</literal>, DHCPv4 server will be started. Defaults
280 to <literal>no</literal>. Further settings for the DHCP
281 server may be set in the <literal>[DHCPServer]</literal>
282 section described below.</para>
283 </listitem>
284 </varlistentry>
285 <varlistentry>
286 <term><varname>LinkLocalAddressing=</varname></term>
287 <listitem>
288 <para>Enables link-local address autoconfiguration. Accepts <literal>yes</literal>,
289 <literal>no</literal>, <literal>ipv4</literal>, <literal>ipv6</literal>,
290 <literal>fallback</literal>, or <literal>ipv4-fallback</literal>. If
291 <literal>fallback</literal> or <literal>ipv4-fallback</literal> is specified, then an IPv4
292 link-local address is configured only when DHCPv4 fails. If <literal>fallback</literal>,
293 an IPv6 link-local address is always configured, and if <literal>ipv4-fallback</literal>,
294 the address is not configured. Note that, the fallback mechanism works only when DHCPv4
295 client is enabled, that is, it requires <literal>DHCP=yes</literal> or
296 <literal>DHCP=ipv4</literal>. If <varname>Bridge=</varname> is set, defaults to
297 <literal>no</literal>, and if not, defaults to <literal>ipv6</literal>.
298 </para>
299 </listitem>
300 </varlistentry>
301 <varlistentry>
302 <term><varname>IPv4LLRoute=</varname></term>
303 <listitem>
304 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, sets up the route needed for
305 non-IPv4LL hosts to communicate with IPv4LL-only hosts. Defaults
306 to false.
307 </para>
308 </listitem>
309 </varlistentry>
310 <varlistentry>
311 <term><varname>DefaultRouteOnDevice=</varname></term>
312 <listitem>
313 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, sets up the default route bound to the interface.
314 Defaults to false. This is useful when creating routes on point-to-point interfaces.
315 This is equivalent to e.g. the following.
316 <programlisting>ip route add default dev veth99</programlisting></para>
317 </listitem>
318 </varlistentry>
319 <varlistentry>
320 <term><varname>IPv6Token=</varname></term>
321 <listitem>
322 <para>Specifies an optional address generation mode and a required IPv6 address. If
323 the mode is present, the two parts must be separated with a colon
324 <literal><replaceable>mode</replaceable>:<replaceable>address</replaceable></literal>. The
325 address generation mode may be either <constant>prefixstable</constant> or
326 <constant>static</constant>. If not specified, <constant>static</constant> is assumed.
327 </para>
328 <para>When the mode is set to <constant>static</constant>, or unspecified, the lower bits of
329 the supplied address are combined with the upper bits of a prefix received in a Router Advertisement
330 message to form a complete address. Note that if multiple prefixes are received in an RA message, or in
331 multiple RA messages, addresses will be formed from each of them using the supplied address. This
332 mode implements SLAAC but uses a static interface identifier instead of an identifier generated
333 using the EUI-64 algorithm. Because the interface identifier is static, if Duplicate Address Detection
334 detects that the computed address is a duplicate (in use by another node on the link), then this
335 mode will fail to provide an address for that prefix.
336 </para>
337 <para>When the mode is set to <literal>prefixstable</literal> the RFC 7217 algorithm for generating
338 interface identifiers will be used, but only when a prefix received in an RA message matches the supplied address.
339 See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7217">RFC 7217</ulink>. Prefix matching will be attempted
340 against each <constant>prefixstable</constant> IPv6Token variable provided in the configuration; if a received
341 prefix does not match any of the provided addresses, then the EUI-64 algorithm will be used to form
342 an interface identifier for that prefix. This mode is also SLAAC, but with a potentially stable interface
343 identifier which does not directly map to the interface's hardware address.
344
345 Note that the <constant>prefixstable</constant> algorithm includes both the interface's name and
346 MAC address in the hash used to compute the interface identifier, so if either of those are changed the resulting
347 interface identifier (and address) will change, even if the prefix received in the RA message has not changed.
348
349 Note that if multiple <constant>prefixstable</constant> IPv6Token variables are supplied with addresses that
350 match a prefix received in an RA message, only the first one will be used to generate addresses.
351 </para>
352 </listitem>
353 </varlistentry>
354 <varlistentry>
355 <term><varname>LLMNR=</varname></term>
356 <listitem>
357 <para>Takes a boolean or <literal>resolve</literal>. When true,
358 enables <ulink
359 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4795">Link-Local
360 Multicast Name Resolution</ulink> on the link. When set to
361 <literal>resolve</literal>, only resolution is enabled,
362 but not host registration and announcement. Defaults to
363 true. This setting is read by
364 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
365 </listitem>
366 </varlistentry>
367 <varlistentry>
368 <term><varname>MulticastDNS=</varname></term>
369 <listitem>
370 <para>Takes a boolean or <literal>resolve</literal>. When true,
371 enables <ulink
372 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762">Multicast
373 DNS</ulink> support on the link. When set to
374 <literal>resolve</literal>, only resolution is enabled,
375 but not host or service registration and
376 announcement. Defaults to false. This setting is read by
377 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
378 </listitem>
379 </varlistentry>
380 <varlistentry>
381 <term><varname>DNSOverTLS=</varname></term>
382 <listitem>
383 <para>Takes a boolean or <literal>opportunistic</literal>.
384 When true, enables
385 <ulink
386 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7858">DNS-over-TLS</ulink>
387 support on the link.
388 When set to <literal>opportunistic</literal>, compatibility with
389 non-DNS-over-TLS servers is increased, by automatically
390 turning off DNS-over-TLS servers in this case.
391 This option defines a per-interface setting for
392 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
393 global <varname>DNSOverTLS=</varname> option. Defaults to
394 false. This setting is read by
395 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
396 </listitem>
397 </varlistentry>
398 <varlistentry>
399 <term><varname>DNSSEC=</varname></term>
400 <listitem>
401 <para>Takes a boolean. or
402 <literal>allow-downgrade</literal>. When true, enables
403 <ulink
404 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4033">DNSSEC</ulink>
405 DNS validation support on the link. When set to
406 <literal>allow-downgrade</literal>, compatibility with
407 non-DNSSEC capable networks is increased, by automatically
408 turning off DNSSEC in this case. This option defines a
409 per-interface setting for
410 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
411 global <varname>DNSSEC=</varname> option. Defaults to
412 false. This setting is read by
413 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
414 </listitem>
415 </varlistentry>
416 <varlistentry>
417 <term><varname>DNSSECNegativeTrustAnchors=</varname></term>
418 <listitem><para>A space-separated list of DNSSEC negative
419 trust anchor domains. If specified and DNSSEC is enabled,
420 look-ups done via the interface's DNS server will be subject
421 to the list of negative trust anchors, and not require
422 authentication for the specified domains, or anything below
423 it. Use this to disable DNSSEC authentication for specific
424 private domains, that cannot be proven valid using the
425 Internet DNS hierarchy. Defaults to the empty list. This
426 setting is read by
427 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
428 </listitem>
429 </varlistentry>
430 <varlistentry>
431 <term><varname>LLDP=</varname></term>
432 <listitem>
433 <para>Controls support for Ethernet LLDP packet reception. LLDP is a link-layer protocol commonly
434 implemented on professional routers and bridges which announces which physical port a system is connected
435 to, as well as other related data. Accepts a boolean or the special value
436 <literal>routers-only</literal>. When true, incoming LLDP packets are accepted and a database of all LLDP
437 neighbors maintained. If <literal>routers-only</literal> is set only LLDP data of various types of routers
438 is collected and LLDP data about other types of devices ignored (such as stations, telephones and
439 others). If false, LLDP reception is disabled. Defaults to <literal>routers-only</literal>. Use
440 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> to query the
441 collected neighbor data. LLDP is only available on Ethernet links. See <varname>EmitLLDP=</varname> below
442 for enabling LLDP packet emission from the local system.
443 </para>
444 </listitem>
445 </varlistentry>
446 <varlistentry>
447 <term><varname>EmitLLDP=</varname></term>
448 <listitem>
449 <para>Controls support for Ethernet LLDP packet emission. Accepts a boolean parameter or the special values
450 <literal>nearest-bridge</literal>, <literal>non-tpmr-bridge</literal> and
451 <literal>customer-bridge</literal>. Defaults to false, which turns off LLDP packet emission. If not false,
452 a short LLDP packet with information about the local system is sent out in regular intervals on the
453 link. The LLDP packet will contain information about the local hostname, the local machine ID (as stored
454 in <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>) and the
455 local interface name, as well as the pretty hostname of the system (as set in
456 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>). LLDP
457 emission is only available on Ethernet links. Note that this setting passes data suitable for
458 identification of host to the network and should thus not be enabled on untrusted networks, where such
459 identification data should not be made available. Use this option to permit other systems to identify on
460 which interfaces they are connected to this system. The three special values control propagation of the
461 LLDP packets. The <literal>nearest-bridge</literal> setting permits propagation only to the nearest
462 connected bridge, <literal>non-tpmr-bridge</literal> permits propagation across Two-Port MAC Relays, but
463 not any other bridges, and <literal>customer-bridge</literal> permits propagation until a customer bridge
464 is reached. For details about these concepts, see <ulink
465 url="https://standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/802.1AB-2016.html">IEEE 802.1AB-2016</ulink>. Note that
466 configuring this setting to true is equivalent to <literal>nearest-bridge</literal>, the recommended and
467 most restricted level of propagation. See <varname>LLDP=</varname> above for an option to enable LLDP
468 reception.</para>
469 </listitem>
470 </varlistentry>
471
472 <varlistentry>
473 <term><varname>BindCarrier=</varname></term>
474 <listitem>
475 <para>A link name or a list of link names. When set, controls the behavior of the current
476 link. When all links in the list are in an operational down state, the current link is brought
477 down. When at least one link has carrier, the current interface is brought up.
478 </para>
479 </listitem>
480 </varlistentry>
481 <varlistentry>
482 <term><varname>Address=</varname></term>
483 <listitem>
484 <para>A static IPv4 or IPv6 address and its prefix length,
485 separated by a <literal>/</literal> character. Specify
486 this key more than once to configure several addresses.
487 The format of the address must be as described in
488 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
489 This is a short-hand for an [Address] section only
490 containing an Address key (see below). This option may be
491 specified more than once.
492 </para>
493
494 <para>If the specified address is <literal>0.0.0.0</literal> (for IPv4) or <literal>::</literal>
495 (for IPv6), a new address range of the requested size is automatically allocated from a
496 system-wide pool of unused ranges. Note that the prefix length must be equal or larger than 8 for
497 IPv4, and 64 for IPv6. The allocated range is checked against all current network interfaces and
498 all known network configuration files to avoid address range conflicts. The default system-wide
499 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.
500 This functionality is useful to manage a large number of dynamically created network interfaces
501 with the same network configuration and automatic address range assignment.</para>
502
503 </listitem>
504 </varlistentry>
505 <varlistentry>
506 <term><varname>Gateway=</varname></term>
507 <listitem>
508 <para>The gateway address, which must be in the format
509 described in
510 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
511 This is a short-hand for a [Route] section only containing
512 a Gateway key. This option may be specified more than
513 once.</para>
514 </listitem>
515 </varlistentry>
516 <varlistentry>
517 <term><varname>DNS=</varname></term>
518 <listitem>
519 <para>A DNS server address, which must be in the format
520 described in
521 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
522 This option may be specified more than once. This setting is read by
523 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
524 </listitem>
525 </varlistentry>
526 <varlistentry>
527 <term><varname>Domains=</varname></term>
528 <listitem>
529 <para>A whitespace-separated list of domains which should be resolved using the DNS servers on
530 this link. Each item in the list should be a domain name, optionally prefixed with a tilde
531 (<literal>~</literal>). The domains with the prefix are called "routing-only domains". The
532 domains without the prefix are called "search domains" and are first used as search suffixes for
533 extending single-label hostnames (hostnames containing no dots) to become fully qualified
534 domain names (FQDNs). If a single-label hostname is resolved on this interface, each of the
535 specified search domains are appended to it in turn, converting it into a fully qualified domain
536 name, until one of them may be successfully resolved.</para>
537
538 <para>Both "search" and "routing-only" domains are used for routing of DNS queries: look-ups for hostnames
539 ending in those domains (hence also single label names, if any "search domains" are listed), are routed to
540 the DNS servers configured for this interface. The domain routing logic is particularly useful on
541 multi-homed hosts with DNS servers serving particular private DNS zones on each interface.</para>
542
543 <para>The "routing-only" domain <literal>~.</literal> (the tilde indicating definition of a routing domain,
544 the dot referring to the DNS root domain which is the implied suffix of all valid DNS names) has special
545 effect. It causes all DNS traffic which does not match another configured domain routing entry to be routed
546 to DNS servers specified for this interface. This setting is useful to prefer a certain set of DNS servers
547 if a link on which they are connected is available.</para>
548
549 <para>This setting is read by
550 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
551 "Search domains" correspond to the <varname>domain</varname> and <varname>search</varname> entries in
552 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
553 Domain name routing has no equivalent in the traditional glibc API, which has no concept of domain
554 name servers limited to a specific link.</para>
555 </listitem>
556 </varlistentry>
557 <varlistentry>
558 <term><varname>DNSDefaultRoute=</varname></term>
559 <listitem>
560 <para>Takes a boolean argument. If true, this link's configured DNS servers are used for resolving domain
561 names that do not match any link's configured <varname>Domains=</varname> setting. If false, this link's
562 configured DNS servers are never used for such domains, and are exclusively used for resolving names that
563 match at least one of the domains configured on this link. If not specified defaults to an automatic mode:
564 queries not matching any link's configured domains will be routed to this link if it has no routing-only
565 domains configured.</para>
566 </listitem>
567 </varlistentry>
568 <varlistentry>
569 <term><varname>NTP=</varname></term>
570 <listitem>
571 <para>An NTP server address. This option may be specified more than once. This setting is read by
572 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
573 </listitem>
574 </varlistentry>
575 <varlistentry>
576 <term><varname>IPForward=</varname></term>
577 <listitem><para>Configures IP packet forwarding for the
578 system. If enabled, incoming packets on any network
579 interface will be forwarded to any other interfaces
580 according to the routing table. Takes a boolean,
581 or the values <literal>ipv4</literal> or
582 <literal>ipv6</literal>, which only enable IP packet
583 forwarding for the specified address family. This controls
584 the <filename>net.ipv4.ip_forward</filename> and
585 <filename>net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding</filename> sysctl
586 options of the network interface (see <ulink
587 url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt">ip-sysctl.txt</ulink>
588 for details about sysctl options). Defaults to
589 <literal>no</literal>.</para>
590
591 <para>Note: this setting controls a global kernel option,
592 and does so one way only: if a network that has this setting
593 enabled is set up the global setting is turned on. However,
594 it is never turned off again, even after all networks with
595 this setting enabled are shut down again.</para>
596
597 <para>To allow IP packet forwarding only between specific
598 network interfaces use a firewall.</para>
599 </listitem>
600 </varlistentry>
601 <varlistentry>
602 <term><varname>IPMasquerade=</varname></term>
603 <listitem><para>Configures IP masquerading for the network
604 interface. If enabled, packets forwarded from the network
605 interface will be appear as coming from the local host.
606 Takes a boolean argument. Implies
607 <varname>IPForward=ipv4</varname>. Defaults to
608 <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
609 </varlistentry>
610 <varlistentry>
611 <term><varname>IPv6PrivacyExtensions=</varname></term>
612 <listitem><para>Configures use of stateless temporary
613 addresses that change over time (see <ulink
614 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4941">RFC 4941</ulink>,
615 Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
616 in IPv6). Takes a boolean or the special values
617 <literal>prefer-public</literal> and
618 <literal>kernel</literal>. When true, enables the privacy
619 extensions and prefers temporary addresses over public
620 addresses. When <literal>prefer-public</literal>, enables the
621 privacy extensions, but prefers public addresses over
622 temporary addresses. When false, the privacy extensions
623 remain disabled. When <literal>kernel</literal>, the kernel's
624 default setting will be left in place. Defaults to
625 <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
626 </varlistentry>
627 <varlistentry>
628 <term><varname>IPv6AcceptRA=</varname></term>
629 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Controls IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) reception support for the
630 interface. If true, RAs are accepted; if false, RAs are ignored. When RAs are accepted, they may
631 trigger the start of the DHCPv6 client if the relevant flags are set in the RA data, or if no
632 routers are found on the link. The default is to disable RA reception for bridge devices or when IP
633 forwarding is enabled, and to enable it otherwise. Cannot be enabled on bond devices and when link
634 local addressing is disabled.</para>
635
636 <para>Further settings for the IPv6 RA support may be configured in the
637 <literal>[IPv6AcceptRA]</literal> section, see below.</para>
638
639 <para>Also see <ulink
640 url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt">ip-sysctl.txt</ulink> in the kernel
641 documentation regarding <literal>accept_ra</literal>, but note that systemd's setting of
642 <constant>1</constant> (i.e. true) corresponds to kernel's setting of <constant>2</constant>.</para>
643
644 <para>Note that kernel's implementation of the IPv6 RA protocol is always disabled,
645 regardless of this setting. If this option is enabled, a userspace implementation of the IPv6
646 RA protocol is used, and the kernel's own implementation remains disabled, since
647 <command>systemd-networkd</command> needs to know all details supplied in the advertisements,
648 and these are not available from the kernel if the kernel's own implementation is used.</para>
649 </listitem>
650 </varlistentry>
651 <varlistentry>
652 <term><varname>IPv6DuplicateAddressDetection=</varname></term>
653 <listitem><para>Configures the amount of IPv6 Duplicate
654 Address Detection (DAD) probes to send. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
655 </para></listitem>
656 </varlistentry>
657 <varlistentry>
658 <term><varname>IPv6HopLimit=</varname></term>
659 <listitem><para>Configures IPv6 Hop Limit. For each router that
660 forwards the packet, the hop limit is decremented by 1. When the
661 hop limit field reaches zero, the packet is discarded.
662 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
663 </para></listitem>
664 </varlistentry>
665 <varlistentry>
666 <term><varname>IPv4ProxyARP=</varname></term>
667 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Configures proxy ARP for IPv4. Proxy ARP is the technique in which one host,
668 usually a router, answers ARP requests intended for another machine. By "faking" its identity,
669 the router accepts responsibility for routing packets to the "real" destination. (see <ulink
670 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1027">RFC 1027</ulink>.
671 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
672 </para></listitem>
673 </varlistentry>
674 <varlistentry>
675 <term><varname>IPv6ProxyNDP=</varname></term>
676 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Configures proxy NDP for IPv6. Proxy NDP (Neighbor Discovery
677 Protocol) is a technique for IPv6 to allow routing of addresses to a different
678 destination when peers expect them to be present on a certain physical link.
679 In this case a router answers Neighbour Advertisement messages intended for
680 another machine by offering its own MAC address as destination.
681 Unlike proxy ARP for IPv4, it is not enabled globally, but will only send Neighbour
682 Advertisement messages for addresses in the IPv6 neighbor proxy table,
683 which can also be shown by <command>ip -6 neighbour show proxy</command>.
684 systemd-networkd will control the per-interface `proxy_ndp` switch for each configured
685 interface depending on this option.
686 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
687 </para></listitem>
688 </varlistentry>
689 <varlistentry>
690 <term><varname>IPv6ProxyNDPAddress=</varname></term>
691 <listitem><para>An IPv6 address, for which Neighbour Advertisement messages will be
692 proxied. This option may be specified more than once. systemd-networkd will add the
693 <option>IPv6ProxyNDPAddress=</option> entries to the kernel's IPv6 neighbor proxy table.
694 This option implies <option>IPv6ProxyNDP=yes</option> but has no effect if
695 <option>IPv6ProxyNDP</option> has been set to false. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
696 </para></listitem>
697 </varlistentry>
698 <varlistentry>
699 <term><varname>IPv6PrefixDelegation=</varname></term>
700 <listitem><para>Whether to enable or disable Router Advertisement sending on a link.
701 Allowed values are <literal>static</literal> which distributes prefixes as defined in
702 the <literal>[IPv6PrefixDelegation]</literal> and any <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal>
703 sections, <literal>dhcpv6</literal> which requests prefixes using a DHCPv6 client
704 configured for another link and any values configured in the
705 <literal>[IPv6PrefixDelegation]</literal> section while ignoring all static prefix
706 configuration sections, <literal>yes</literal> which uses both static configuration
707 and DHCPv6, and <literal>false</literal> which turns off IPv6 prefix delegation
708 altogether. Defaults to <literal>false</literal>. See the
709 <literal>[IPv6PrefixDelegation]</literal> and the <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal>
710 sections for more configuration options.
711 </para></listitem>
712 </varlistentry>
713 <varlistentry>
714 <term><varname>IPv6MTUBytes=</varname></term>
715 <listitem><para>Configures IPv6 maximum transmission unit (MTU).
716 An integer greater than or equal to 1280 bytes. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
717 </para></listitem>
718 </varlistentry>
719 <varlistentry>
720 <term><varname>Bridge=</varname></term>
721 <listitem>
722 <para>The name of the bridge to add the link to. See
723 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
724 </para>
725 </listitem>
726 </varlistentry>
727 <varlistentry>
728 <term><varname>Bond=</varname></term>
729 <listitem>
730 <para>The name of the bond to add the link to. See
731 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
732 </para>
733 </listitem>
734 </varlistentry>
735 <varlistentry>
736 <term><varname>VRF=</varname></term>
737 <listitem>
738 <para>The name of the VRF to add the link to. See
739 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
740 </para>
741 </listitem>
742 </varlistentry>
743 <varlistentry>
744 <term><varname>VLAN=</varname></term>
745 <listitem>
746 <para>The name of a VLAN to create on the link. See
747 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
748 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
749 </listitem>
750 </varlistentry>
751 <varlistentry>
752 <term><varname>IPVLAN=</varname></term>
753 <listitem>
754 <para>The name of a IPVLAN to create on the link. See
755 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
756 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
757 </listitem>
758 </varlistentry>
759 <varlistentry>
760 <term><varname>MACVLAN=</varname></term>
761 <listitem>
762 <para>The name of a MACVLAN to create on the link. See
763 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
764 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
765 </listitem>
766 </varlistentry>
767 <varlistentry>
768 <term><varname>VXLAN=</varname></term>
769 <listitem>
770 <para>The name of a VXLAN to create on the link. See
771 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
772 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
773 </listitem>
774 </varlistentry>
775 <varlistentry>
776 <term><varname>Tunnel=</varname></term>
777 <listitem>
778 <para>The name of a Tunnel to create on the link. See
779 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
780 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
781 </listitem>
782 </varlistentry>
783 <varlistentry>
784 <term><varname>MACsec=</varname></term>
785 <listitem>
786 <para>The name of a MACsec device to create on the link. See
787 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
788 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
789 </listitem>
790 </varlistentry>
791 <varlistentry>
792 <term><varname>ActiveSlave=</varname></term>
793 <listitem>
794 <para>Takes a boolean. Specifies the new active slave. The <literal>ActiveSlave=</literal>
795 option is only valid for following modes:
796 <literal>active-backup</literal>,
797 <literal>balance-alb</literal> and
798 <literal>balance-tlb</literal>. Defaults to false.
799 </para>
800 </listitem>
801 </varlistentry>
802 <varlistentry>
803 <term><varname>PrimarySlave=</varname></term>
804 <listitem>
805 <para>Takes a boolean. Specifies which slave is the primary device. The specified
806 device will always be the active slave while it is available. Only when the
807 primary is off-line will alternate devices be used. This is useful when
808 one slave is preferred over another, e.g. when one slave has higher throughput
809 than another. The <literal>PrimarySlave=</literal> option is only valid for
810 following modes:
811 <literal>active-backup</literal>,
812 <literal>balance-alb</literal> and
813 <literal>balance-tlb</literal>. Defaults to false.
814 </para>
815 </listitem>
816 </varlistentry>
817 <varlistentry>
818 <term><varname>ConfigureWithoutCarrier=</varname></term>
819 <listitem>
820 <para>Takes a boolean. Allows networkd to configure a specific link even if it has no carrier.
821 Defaults to false.
822 </para>
823 </listitem>
824 </varlistentry>
825 <varlistentry>
826 <term><varname>IgnoreCarrierLoss=</varname></term>
827 <listitem>
828 <para>A boolean. Allows networkd to retain both the static and dynamic configuration of the
829 interface even if its carrier is lost. Defaults to false.
830 </para>
831 </listitem>
832 </varlistentry>
833 <varlistentry>
834 <term><varname>Xfrm=</varname></term>
835 <listitem>
836 <para>The name of the xfrm to create on the link. See
837 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
838 This option may be specified more than once.</para>
839 </listitem>
840 </varlistentry>
841 <varlistentry>
842 <term><varname>KeepConfiguration=</varname></term>
843 <listitem>
844 <para>Takes a boolean or one of <literal>static</literal>, <literal>dhcp-on-stop</literal>,
845 <literal>dhcp</literal>. When <literal>static</literal>, <command>systemd-networkd</command>
846 will not drop static addresses and routes on starting up process. When set to
847 <literal>dhcp-on-stop</literal>, <command>systemd-networkd</command> will not drop addresses
848 and routes on stopping the daemon. When <literal>dhcp</literal>,
849 the addresses and routes provided by a DHCP server will never be dropped even if the DHCP
850 lease expires. This is contrary to the DHCP specification, but may be the best choice if,
851 e.g., the root filesystem relies on this connection. The setting <literal>dhcp</literal>
852 implies <literal>dhcp-on-stop</literal>, and <literal>yes</literal> implies
853 <literal>dhcp</literal> and <literal>static</literal>. Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.
854 </para>
855 </listitem>
856 </varlistentry>
857
858 </variablelist>
859
860 </refsect1>
861
862 <refsect1>
863 <title>[Address] Section Options</title>
864
865 <para>An <literal>[Address]</literal> section accepts the
866 following keys. Specify several <literal>[Address]</literal>
867 sections to configure several addresses.</para>
868
869 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
870 <varlistentry>
871 <term><varname>Address=</varname></term>
872 <listitem>
873 <para>As in the <literal>[Network]</literal> section. This key is mandatory. Each
874 <literal>[Address]</literal> section can contain one <varname>Address=</varname> setting.</para>
875 </listitem>
876 </varlistentry>
877 <varlistentry>
878 <term><varname>Peer=</varname></term>
879 <listitem>
880 <para>The peer address in a point-to-point connection.
881 Accepts the same format as the <varname>Address=</varname>
882 key.</para>
883 </listitem>
884 </varlistentry>
885 <varlistentry>
886 <term><varname>Broadcast=</varname></term>
887 <listitem>
888 <para>The broadcast address, which must be in the format
889 described in
890 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
891 This key only applies to IPv4 addresses. If it is not
892 given, it is derived from the <varname>Address=</varname>
893 key.</para>
894 </listitem>
895 </varlistentry>
896 <varlistentry>
897 <term><varname>Label=</varname></term>
898 <listitem>
899 <para>An address label.</para>
900 </listitem>
901 </varlistentry>
902 <varlistentry>
903 <term><varname>PreferredLifetime=</varname></term>
904 <listitem>
905 <para>Allows the default "preferred lifetime" of the address to be overridden.
906 Only three settings are accepted: <literal>forever</literal> or <literal>infinity</literal>
907 which is the default and means that the address never expires, and <literal>0</literal> which means
908 that the address is considered immediately "expired" and will not be used,
909 unless explicitly requested. A setting of PreferredLifetime=0 is useful for
910 addresses which are added to be used only by a specific application,
911 which is then configured to use them explicitly.</para>
912 </listitem>
913 </varlistentry>
914 <varlistentry>
915 <term><varname>Scope=</varname></term>
916 <listitem>
917 <para>The scope of the address, which can be <literal>global</literal>,
918 <literal>link</literal> or <literal>host</literal> or an unsigned integer ranges 0 to 255.
919 Defaults to <literal>global</literal>.</para>
920 </listitem>
921 </varlistentry>
922 <varlistentry>
923 <term><varname>HomeAddress=</varname></term>
924 <listitem>
925 <para>Takes a boolean. Designates this address the "home address" as defined in
926 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6275">RFC 6275</ulink>.
927 Supported only on IPv6. Defaults to false.</para>
928 </listitem>
929 </varlistentry>
930 <varlistentry>
931 <term><varname>DuplicateAddressDetection=</varname></term>
932 <listitem>
933 <para>Takes one of <literal>ipv4</literal>, <literal>ipv6</literal>,
934 <literal>both</literal>, <literal>none</literal>. When <literal>ipv4</literal>,
935 performs IPv4 Duplicate Address Detection. See
936 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5227">RFC 5224</ulink>.
937 When <literal>ipv6</literal>, performs IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection. See
938 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4862">RFC 4862</ulink>.
939 Defaults to <literal>ipv6</literal>.</para>
940 </listitem>
941 </varlistentry>
942 <varlistentry>
943 <term><varname>ManageTemporaryAddress=</varname></term>
944 <listitem>
945 <para>Takes a boolean. If true the kernel manage temporary addresses created
946 from this one as template on behalf of Privacy Extensions
947 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3041">RFC 3041</ulink>. For this to become
948 active, the use_tempaddr sysctl setting has to be set to a value greater than zero.
949 The given address needs to have a prefix length of 64. This flag allows using privacy
950 extensions in a manually configured network, just like if stateless auto-configuration
951 was active. Defaults to false. </para>
952 </listitem>
953 </varlistentry>
954 <varlistentry>
955 <term><varname>AddPrefixRoute=</varname></term>
956 <listitem>
957 <para>Takes a boolean. When true, the prefix route for the address is automatically added.
958 Defaults to true.</para>
959 </listitem>
960 </varlistentry>
961 <varlistentry>
962 <term><varname>AutoJoin=</varname></term>
963 <listitem>
964 <para>Takes a boolean. Joining multicast group on ethernet level via
965 <command>ip maddr</command> command would not work if we have an Ethernet switch that does
966 IGMP snooping since the switch would not replicate multicast packets on ports that did not
967 have IGMP reports for the multicast addresses. Linux vxlan interfaces created via
968 <command>ip link add vxlan</command> or networkd's netdev kind vxlan have the group option
969 that enables then to do the required join. By extending ip address command with option
970 <literal>autojoin</literal> we can get similar functionality for openvswitch (OVS) vxlan
971 interfaces as well as other tunneling mechanisms that need to receive multicast traffic.
972 Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
973 </listitem>
974 </varlistentry>
975 </variablelist>
976 </refsect1>
977
978 <refsect1>
979 <title>[Neighbor] Section Options</title>
980 <para>A <literal>[Neighbor]</literal> section accepts the
981 following keys. The neighbor section adds a permanent, static
982 entry to the neighbor table (IPv6) or ARP table (IPv4) for
983 the given hardware address on the links matched for the network.
984 Specify several <literal>[Neighbor]</literal> sections to configure
985 several static neighbors.</para>
986
987 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
988 <varlistentry>
989 <term><varname>Address=</varname></term>
990 <listitem>
991 <para>The IP address of the neighbor.</para>
992 </listitem>
993 </varlistentry>
994 <varlistentry>
995 <term><varname>LinkLayerAddress=</varname></term>
996 <listitem>
997 <para>The link layer address (MAC address or IP address) of the neighbor.</para>
998 </listitem>
999 </varlistentry>
1000 </variablelist>
1001 </refsect1>
1002
1003 <refsect1>
1004 <title>[IPv6AddressLabel] Section Options</title>
1005
1006 <para>An <literal>[IPv6AddressLabel]</literal> section accepts the
1007 following keys. Specify several <literal>[IPv6AddressLabel]</literal>
1008 sections to configure several address labels. IPv6 address labels are
1009 used for address selection. See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3484">RFC 3484</ulink>.
1010 Precedence is managed by userspace, and only the label itself is stored in the kernel</para>
1011
1012 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1013 <varlistentry>
1014 <term><varname>Label=</varname></term>
1015 <listitem>
1016 <para> The label for the prefix (an unsigned integer) ranges 0 to 4294967294.
1017 0xffffffff is reserved. This key is mandatory.</para>
1018 </listitem>
1019 </varlistentry>
1020 <varlistentry>
1021 <term><varname>Prefix=</varname></term>
1022 <listitem>
1023 <para>IPv6 prefix is an address with a prefix length, separated by a slash <literal>/</literal> character.
1024 This key is mandatory. </para>
1025 </listitem>
1026 </varlistentry>
1027 </variablelist>
1028 </refsect1>
1029
1030 <refsect1>
1031 <title>[RoutingPolicyRule] Section Options</title>
1032
1033 <para>An <literal>[RoutingPolicyRule]</literal> section accepts the
1034 following keys. Specify several <literal>[RoutingPolicyRule]</literal>
1035 sections to configure several rules.</para>
1036
1037 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1038 <varlistentry>
1039 <term><varname>TypeOfService=</varname></term>
1040 <listitem>
1041 <para>Specifies the type of service to match a number between 0 to 255.</para>
1042 </listitem>
1043 </varlistentry>
1044 <varlistentry>
1045 <term><varname>From=</varname></term>
1046 <listitem>
1047 <para>Specifies the source address prefix to match. Possibly followed by a slash and the prefix length.</para>
1048 </listitem>
1049 </varlistentry>
1050 <varlistentry>
1051 <term><varname>To=</varname></term>
1052 <listitem>
1053 <para>Specifies the destination address prefix to match. Possibly followed by a slash and the prefix length.</para>
1054 </listitem>
1055 </varlistentry>
1056 <varlistentry>
1057 <term><varname>FirewallMark=</varname></term>
1058 <listitem>
1059 <para>Specifies the iptables firewall mark value to match (a number between 1 and 4294967295).</para>
1060 </listitem>
1061 </varlistentry>
1062 <varlistentry>
1063 <term><varname>Table=</varname></term>
1064 <listitem>
1065 <para>Specifies the routing table identifier to lookup if the rule selector matches. Takes
1066 one of <literal>default</literal>, <literal>main</literal>, and <literal>local</literal>,
1067 or a number between 1 and 4294967295. Defaults to <literal>main</literal>.</para>
1068 </listitem>
1069 </varlistentry>
1070 <varlistentry>
1071 <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
1072 <listitem>
1073 <para>Specifies the priority of this rule. <varname>Priority=</varname> is an unsigned
1074 integer. Higher number means lower priority, and rules get processed in order of increasing number.</para>
1075 </listitem>
1076 </varlistentry>
1077 <varlistentry>
1078 <term><varname>IncomingInterface=</varname></term>
1079 <listitem>
1080 <para>Specifies incoming device to match. If the interface is loopback, the rule only matches packets originating from this host.</para>
1081 </listitem>
1082 </varlistentry>
1083 <varlistentry>
1084 <term><varname>OutgoingInterface=</varname></term>
1085 <listitem>
1086 <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>
1087 </listitem>
1088 </varlistentry>
1089 <varlistentry>
1090 <term><varname>SourcePort=</varname></term>
1091 <listitem>
1092 <para>Specifies the source IP port or IP port range match in forwarding information base (FIB) rules.
1093 A port range is specified by the lower and upper port separated by a dash. Defaults to unset.</para>
1094 </listitem>
1095 </varlistentry>
1096 <varlistentry>
1097 <term><varname>DestinationPort=</varname></term>
1098 <listitem>
1099 <para>Specifies the destination IP port or IP port range match in forwarding information base (FIB) rules.
1100 A port range is specified by the lower and upper port separated by a dash. Defaults to unset.</para>
1101 </listitem>
1102 </varlistentry>
1103 <varlistentry>
1104 <term><varname>IPProtocol=</varname></term>
1105 <listitem>
1106 <para>Specifies the IP protocol to match in forwarding information base (FIB) rules. Takes IP protocol name such as <literal>tcp</literal>,
1107 <literal>udp</literal> or <literal>sctp</literal>, or IP protocol number such as <literal>6</literal> for <literal>tcp</literal> or
1108 <literal>17</literal> for <literal>udp</literal>.
1109 Defaults to unset.</para>
1110 </listitem>
1111 </varlistentry>
1112 <varlistentry>
1113 <term><varname>InvertRule=</varname></term>
1114 <listitem>
1115 <para>A boolean. Specifies whether the rule is to be inverted. Defaults to false.</para>
1116 </listitem>
1117 </varlistentry>
1118 <varlistentry>
1119 <term><varname>Family=</varname></term>
1120 <listitem>
1121 <para>Takes a special value <literal>ipv4</literal>, <literal>ipv6</literal>, or
1122 <literal>both</literal>. By default, the address family is determined by the address
1123 specified in <varname>To=</varname> or <varname>From=</varname>. If neither
1124 <varname>To=</varname> nor <varname>From=</varname> are specified, then defaults to
1125 <literal>ipv4</literal>.</para>
1126 </listitem>
1127 </varlistentry>
1128 <varlistentry>
1129 <term><varname>User=</varname></term>
1130 <listitem>
1131 <para>Takes a username, a user ID, or a range of user IDs separated by a dash. Defaults to
1132 unset.</para>
1133 </listitem>
1134 </varlistentry>
1135 <varlistentry>
1136 <term><varname>SuppressPrefixLength=</varname></term>
1137 <listitem>
1138 <para>Takes a number <replaceable>N</replaceable> in the range 0-128 and rejects routing
1139 decisions that have a prefix length of <replaceable>N</replaceable> or less. Defaults to
1140 unset.</para>
1141 </listitem>
1142 </varlistentry>
1143 </variablelist>
1144 </refsect1>
1145
1146 <refsect1>
1147 <title>[NextHop] Section Options</title>
1148 <para>The <literal>[NextHop]</literal> section accepts the
1149 following keys. Specify several <literal>[NextHop]</literal>
1150 sections to configure several nexthop. Nexthop is used to manipulate entries in the kernel's nexthop
1151 tables.</para>
1152
1153 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1154 <varlistentry>
1155 <term><varname>Gateway=</varname></term>
1156 <listitem>
1157 <para>As in the <literal>[Network]</literal> section. This is mandatory.</para>
1158 </listitem>
1159 </varlistentry>
1160 <varlistentry>
1161 <term><varname>Id=</varname></term>
1162 <listitem>
1163 <para>The id of the nexthop (an unsigned integer). If unspecified or '0' then automatically chosen by kernel.</para>
1164 </listitem>
1165 </varlistentry>
1166 </variablelist>
1167 </refsect1>
1168
1169 <refsect1>
1170 <title>[Route] Section Options</title>
1171 <para>The <literal>[Route]</literal> section accepts the
1172 following keys. Specify several <literal>[Route]</literal>
1173 sections to configure several routes.</para>
1174
1175 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1176 <varlistentry>
1177 <term><varname>Gateway=</varname></term>
1178 <listitem>
1179 <para>Takes the gateway address or special value <literal>_dhcp</literal>. If
1180 <literal>_dhcp</literal>, then the gateway address provided by DHCP (or in the IPv6 case,
1181 provided by IPv6 RA) is used.</para>
1182 </listitem>
1183 </varlistentry>
1184 <varlistentry>
1185 <term><varname>GatewayOnLink=</varname></term>
1186 <listitem>
1187 <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, the kernel does not have
1188 to check if the gateway is reachable directly by the current machine (i.e., the kernel does
1189 not need to check if the gateway is attached to the local network), so that we can insert the
1190 route in the kernel table without it being complained about. Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.
1191 </para>
1192 </listitem>
1193 </varlistentry>
1194 <varlistentry>
1195 <term><varname>Destination=</varname></term>
1196 <listitem>
1197 <para>The destination prefix of the route. Possibly
1198 followed by a slash and the prefix length. If omitted, a
1199 full-length host route is assumed.</para>
1200 </listitem>
1201 </varlistentry>
1202 <varlistentry>
1203 <term><varname>Source=</varname></term>
1204 <listitem>
1205 <para>The source prefix of the route. Possibly followed by
1206 a slash and the prefix length. If omitted, a full-length
1207 host route is assumed.</para>
1208 </listitem>
1209 </varlistentry>
1210 <varlistentry>
1211 <term><varname>Metric=</varname></term>
1212 <listitem>
1213 <para>The metric of the route (an unsigned integer).</para>
1214 </listitem>
1215 </varlistentry>
1216 <varlistentry>
1217 <term><varname>IPv6Preference=</varname></term>
1218 <listitem>
1219 <para>Specifies the route preference as defined in <ulink
1220 url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4191">RFC4191</ulink> for Router Discovery messages.
1221 Which can be one of <literal>low</literal> the route has a lowest priority,
1222 <literal>medium</literal> the route has a default priority or
1223 <literal>high</literal> the route has a highest priority.</para>
1224 </listitem>
1225 </varlistentry>
1226 <varlistentry>
1227 <term><varname>Scope=</varname></term>
1228 <listitem>
1229 <para>The scope of the route, which can be <literal>global</literal>, <literal>site</literal>,
1230 <literal>link</literal>, <literal>host</literal>, or <literal>nowhere</literal>. For IPv4 route,
1231 defaults to <literal>host</literal> if <varname>Type=</varname> is <literal>local</literal>
1232 or <literal>nat</literal>, and <literal>link</literal> if <varname>Type=</varname> is
1233 <literal>broadcast</literal>, <literal>multicast</literal>, or <literal>anycast</literal>.
1234 In other cases, defaults to <literal>global</literal>.</para>
1235 </listitem>
1236 </varlistentry>
1237 <varlistentry>
1238 <term><varname>PreferredSource=</varname></term>
1239 <listitem>
1240 <para>The preferred source address of the route. The address
1241 must be in the format described in
1242 <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1243 </listitem>
1244 </varlistentry>
1245 <varlistentry>
1246 <term><varname>Table=</varname></term>
1247 <listitem>
1248 <para>The table identifier for the route. Takes <literal>default</literal>,
1249 <literal>main</literal>, <literal>local</literal> or a number between 1 and 4294967295.
1250 The table can be retrieved using <command>ip route show table <replaceable>num</replaceable></command>.
1251 If unset and <varname>Type=</varname> is <literal>local</literal>, <literal>broadcast</literal>,
1252 <literal>anycast</literal>, or <literal>nat</literal>, then <literal>local</literal> is used.
1253 In other cases, defaults to <literal>main</literal>.
1254 </para>
1255 </listitem>
1256 </varlistentry>
1257 <varlistentry>
1258 <term><varname>Protocol=</varname></term>
1259 <listitem>
1260 <para>The protocol identifier for the route. Takes a number between 0 and 255 or the special values
1261 <literal>kernel</literal>, <literal>boot</literal>, <literal>static</literal>,
1262 <literal>ra</literal> and <literal>dhcp</literal>. Defaults to <literal>static</literal>.
1263 </para>
1264 </listitem>
1265 </varlistentry>
1266 <varlistentry>
1267 <term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
1268 <listitem>
1269 <para>Specifies the type for the route. Takes one of <literal>unicast</literal>,
1270 <literal>local</literal>, <literal>broadcast</literal>, <literal>anycast</literal>,
1271 <literal>multicast</literal>, <literal>blackhole</literal>, <literal>unreachable</literal>,
1272 <literal>prohibit</literal>, <literal>throw</literal>, <literal>nat</literal>, and
1273 <literal>xresolve</literal>. If <literal>unicast</literal>, a regular route is defined, i.e. a
1274 route indicating the path to take to a destination network address. If <literal>blackhole</literal>, packets
1275 to the defined route are discarded silently. If <literal>unreachable</literal>, packets to the defined route
1276 are discarded and the ICMP message "Host Unreachable" is generated. If <literal>prohibit</literal>, packets
1277 to the defined route are discarded and the ICMP message "Communication Administratively Prohibited" is
1278 generated. If <literal>throw</literal>, route lookup in the current routing table will fail and the route
1279 selection process will return to Routing Policy Database (RPDB). Defaults to <literal>unicast</literal>.
1280 </para>
1281 </listitem>
1282 </varlistentry>
1283 <varlistentry>
1284 <term><varname>InitialCongestionWindow=</varname></term>
1285 <listitem>
1286 <para>The TCP initial congestion window is used during the start of a TCP connection. During the start of a TCP
1287 session, when a client requests a resource, the server's initial congestion window determines how many data bytes
1288 will be sent during the initial burst of data. Takes a size in bytes between 1 and 4294967295 (2^32 - 1). The usual
1289 suffixes K, M, G are supported and are understood to the base of 1024. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
1290 </para>
1291 </listitem>
1292 </varlistentry>
1293 <varlistentry>
1294 <term><varname>InitialAdvertisedReceiveWindow=</varname></term>
1295 <listitem>
1296 <para>The TCP initial advertised receive window is the amount of receive data (in bytes) that can initially be buffered at one time
1297 on a connection. The sending host can send only that amount of data before waiting for an acknowledgment and window update
1298 from the receiving host. Takes a size in bytes between 1 and 4294967295 (2^32 - 1). The usual suffixes K, M, G are supported
1299 and are understood to the base of 1024. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
1300 </para>
1301 </listitem>
1302 </varlistentry>
1303 <varlistentry>
1304 <term><varname>QuickAck=</varname></term>
1305 <listitem>
1306 <para>Takes a boolean. When true enables TCP quick ack mode for the route. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
1307 </para>
1308 </listitem>
1309 </varlistentry>
1310 <varlistentry>
1311 <term><varname>FastOpenNoCookie=</varname></term>
1312 <listitem>
1313 <para>Takes a boolean. When true enables TCP fastopen without a cookie on a per-route basis.
1314 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
1315 </para>
1316 </listitem>
1317 </varlistentry>
1318 <varlistentry>
1319 <term><varname>TTLPropagate=</varname></term>
1320 <listitem>
1321 <para>Takes a boolean. When true enables TTL propagation at Label Switched Path (LSP) egress.
1322 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
1323 </para>
1324 </listitem>
1325 </varlistentry>
1326 <varlistentry>
1327 <term><varname>MTUBytes=</varname></term>
1328 <listitem>
1329 <para>The maximum transmission unit in bytes to set for the
1330 route. The usual suffixes K, M, G, are supported and are
1331 understood to the base of 1024.</para>
1332 <para>Note that if IPv6 is enabled on the interface, and the MTU is chosen
1333 below 1280 (the minimum MTU for IPv6) it will automatically be increased to this value.</para>
1334 </listitem>
1335 </varlistentry>
1336 <varlistentry>
1337 <term><varname>IPServiceType=</varname></term>
1338 <listitem>
1339 <para>Takes string; <literal>CS6</literal> or <literal>CS4</literal>. Used to set IP
1340 service type to CS6 (network control) or CS4 (Realtime). Defaults to CS6.</para>
1341 </listitem>
1342 </varlistentry>
1343 <varlistentry>
1344 <term><varname>MultiPathRoute=<replaceable>address</replaceable>[@<replaceable>name</replaceable>] [<replaceable>weight</replaceable>]</varname></term>
1345 <listitem>
1346 <para>Configures multipath route. Multipath routing is the technique of using multiple
1347 alternative paths through a network. Takes gateway address. Optionally, takes a network
1348 interface name or index separated with <literal>@</literal>, and a weight in 1..256 for
1349 this multipath route separated with whitespace. This setting can be specified multiple
1350 times. If an empty string is assigned, then the all previous assignments are cleared.</para>
1351 </listitem>
1352 </varlistentry>
1353 </variablelist>
1354 </refsect1>
1355
1356 <refsect1>
1357 <title>[DHCPv4] Section Options</title>
1358 <para>The <literal>[DHCPv4]</literal> section configures the
1359 DHCPv4 client, if it is enabled with the
1360 <varname>DHCP=</varname> setting described above:</para>
1361
1362 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1363 <varlistentry>
1364 <term><varname>UseDNS=</varname></term>
1365 <listitem>
1366 <para>When true (the default), the DNS servers received
1367 from the DHCP server will be used and take precedence over
1368 any statically configured ones.</para>
1369
1370 <para>This corresponds to the <option>nameserver</option>
1371 option in <citerefentry
1372 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1373 </listitem>
1374 </varlistentry>
1375 <varlistentry>
1376 <term><varname>RoutesToDNS=</varname></term>
1377 <listitem>
1378 <para>When true, the routes to the DNS servers received from the DHCP server will be
1379 configured. When <varname>UseDNS=</varname> is disabled, this setting is ignored.
1380 Defaults to false.</para>
1381 </listitem>
1382 </varlistentry>
1383 <varlistentry>
1384 <term><varname>UseNTP=</varname></term>
1385 <listitem>
1386 <para>When true (the default), the NTP servers received
1387 from the DHCP server will be used by systemd-timesyncd
1388 and take precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
1389 </listitem>
1390 </varlistentry>
1391 <varlistentry>
1392 <term><varname>UseSIP=</varname></term>
1393 <listitem>
1394 <para>When true (the default), the SIP servers received
1395 from the DHCP server will be saved at the state files and can be
1396 read via <function>sd_network_link_get_sip_servers()</function> function.</para>
1397 </listitem>
1398 </varlistentry>
1399
1400 <varlistentry>
1401 <term><varname>UseMTU=</varname></term>
1402 <listitem>
1403 <para>When true, the interface maximum transmission unit
1404 from the DHCP server will be used on the current link.
1405 If <varname>MTUBytes=</varname> is set, then this setting is ignored.
1406 Defaults to false.</para>
1407 </listitem>
1408 </varlistentry>
1409 <varlistentry>
1410 <term><varname>Anonymize=</varname></term>
1411 <listitem>
1412 <para>Takes a boolean. When true, the options sent to the DHCP server will
1413 follow the <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7844">RFC 7844</ulink>
1414 (Anonymity Profiles for DHCP Clients) to minimize disclosure of identifying information.
1415 Defaults to false.</para>
1416
1417 <para>This option should only be set to true when
1418 <varname>MACAddressPolicy=</varname> is set to <literal>random</literal>
1419 (see <citerefentry
1420 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).</para>
1421
1422 <para>Note that this configuration will overwrite others.
1423 In concrete, the following variables will be ignored:
1424 <varname>SendHostname=</varname>, <varname>ClientIdentifier=</varname>,
1425 <varname>UseRoutes=</varname>, <varname>UseMTU=</varname>,
1426 <varname>VendorClassIdentifier=</varname>, <varname>UseTimezone=</varname>.</para>
1427
1428 <para>With this option enabled DHCP requests will mimic those generated by Microsoft Windows, in
1429 order to reduce the ability to fingerprint and recognize installations. This means DHCP request
1430 sizes will grow and lease data will be more comprehensive than normally, though most of the
1431 requested data is not actually used.</para>
1432 </listitem>
1433 </varlistentry>
1434 <varlistentry>
1435 <term><varname>SendHostname=</varname></term>
1436 <listitem>
1437 <para>When true (the default), the machine's hostname will be sent to the DHCP server.
1438 Note that the machine's hostname must consist only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and
1439 no spaces or dots, and be formatted as a valid DNS domain name. Otherwise, the hostname is not
1440 sent even if this is set to true.</para>
1441 </listitem>
1442 </varlistentry>
1443
1444 <varlistentry>
1445 <term><varname>MUDURL=</varname></term>
1446 <listitem>
1447 <para>When configured, the Manufacturer Usage Descriptions (MUD) URL will be sent to the
1448 DHCPv4 server. Takes an URL of length up to 255 characters. A superficial verification that
1449 the string is a valid URL will be performed. DHCPv4 clients are intended to have at most one
1450 MUD URL associated with them. See
1451 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8520">RFC 8520</ulink>.</para>
1452 </listitem>
1453 </varlistentry>
1454
1455 <varlistentry>
1456 <term><varname>UseHostname=</varname></term>
1457 <listitem>
1458 <para>When true (the default), the hostname received from
1459 the DHCP server will be set as the transient hostname of the system.
1460 </para>
1461 </listitem>
1462 </varlistentry>
1463 <varlistentry>
1464 <term><varname>Hostname=</varname></term>
1465 <listitem>
1466 <para>Use this value for the hostname which is sent to the DHCP server, instead of machine's hostname.
1467 Note that the specified hostname must consist only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and
1468 no spaces or dots, and be formatted as a valid DNS domain name.</para>
1469 </listitem>
1470 </varlistentry>
1471 <varlistentry>
1472 <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
1473 <listitem>
1474 <para>Takes a boolean, or the special value <literal>route</literal>. When true, the domain name
1475 received from the DHCP server will be used as DNS search domain over this link, similar to the effect of
1476 the <option>Domains=</option> setting. If set to <literal>route</literal>, the domain name received from
1477 the DHCP server will be used for routing DNS queries only, but not for searching, similar to the effect of
1478 the <option>Domains=</option> setting when the argument is prefixed with <literal>~</literal>. Defaults to
1479 false.</para>
1480
1481 <para>It is recommended to enable this option only on trusted networks, as setting this affects resolution
1482 of all hostnames, in particular of single-label names. It is generally safer to use the supplied domain
1483 only as routing domain, rather than as search domain, in order to not have it affect local resolution of
1484 single-label names.</para>
1485
1486 <para>When set to true, this setting corresponds to the <option>domain</option> option in <citerefentry
1487 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1488 </listitem>
1489 </varlistentry>
1490 <varlistentry>
1491 <term><varname>UseRoutes=</varname></term>
1492 <listitem>
1493 <para>When true (the default), the static routes will be requested from the DHCP server and added to the
1494 routing table with a metric of 1024, and a scope of "global", "link" or "host", depending on the route's
1495 destination and gateway. If the destination is on the local host, e.g., 127.x.x.x, or the same as the
1496 link's own address, the scope will be set to "host". Otherwise if the gateway is null (a direct route), a
1497 "link" scope will be used. For anything else, scope defaults to "global".</para>
1498 </listitem>
1499 </varlistentry>
1500 <varlistentry>
1501 <term><varname>UseGateway=</varname></term>
1502 <listitem>
1503 <para>When true, the gateway will be requested from the DHCP server and added to the routing table with a
1504 metric of 1024, and a scope of "link". When unset, the value specified with <option>UseRoutes=</option>
1505 is used.</para>
1506 </listitem>
1507 </varlistentry>
1508 <varlistentry>
1509 <term><varname>UseTimezone=</varname></term>
1510
1511 <listitem><para>When true, the timezone received from the
1512 DHCP server will be set as timezone of the local
1513 system. Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para></listitem>
1514 </varlistentry>
1515
1516 <varlistentry>
1517 <term><varname>ClientIdentifier=</varname></term>
1518 <listitem>
1519 <para>The DHCPv4 client identifier to use. Takes one of <literal>mac</literal>, <literal>duid</literal> or <literal>duid-only</literal>.
1520 If set to <literal>mac</literal>, the MAC address of the link is used.
1521 If set to <literal>duid</literal>, an RFC4361-compliant Client ID, which is the combination of IAID and DUID (see below), is used.
1522 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.
1523 Defaults to <literal>duid</literal>.</para>
1524 </listitem>
1525 </varlistentry>
1526
1527 <varlistentry>
1528 <term><varname>VendorClassIdentifier=</varname></term>
1529 <listitem>
1530 <para>The vendor class identifier used to identify vendor
1531 type and configuration.</para>
1532 </listitem>
1533 </varlistentry>
1534
1535 <varlistentry>
1536 <term><varname>UserClass=</varname></term>
1537 <listitem>
1538 <para>A DHCPv4 client can use UserClass option to identify the type or category of user or applications
1539 it represents. The information contained in this option is a string that represents the user class of which
1540 the client is a member. Each class sets an identifying string of information to be used by the DHCP
1541 service to classify clients. Takes a whitespace-separated list of strings.</para>
1542 </listitem>
1543 </varlistentry>
1544
1545 <varlistentry>
1546 <term><varname>MaxAttempts=</varname></term>
1547 <listitem>
1548 <para>Specifies how many times the DHCPv4 client configuration should be attempted. Takes a
1549 number or <literal>infinity</literal>. Defaults to <literal>infinity</literal>.
1550 Note that the time between retries is increased exponentially, so the network will not be
1551 overloaded even if this number is high.</para>
1552 </listitem>
1553 </varlistentry>
1554
1555 <varlistentry>
1556 <term><varname>DUIDType=</varname></term>
1557 <listitem>
1558 <para>Override the global <varname>DUIDType</varname> setting for this network. See
1559 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1560 for a description of possible values.</para>
1561 </listitem>
1562 </varlistentry>
1563
1564 <varlistentry>
1565 <term><varname>DUIDRawData=</varname></term>
1566 <listitem>
1567 <para>Override the global <varname>DUIDRawData</varname> setting for this network. See
1568 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1569 for a description of possible values.</para>
1570 </listitem>
1571 </varlistentry>
1572
1573 <varlistentry>
1574 <term><varname>IAID=</varname></term>
1575 <listitem>
1576 <para>The DHCP Identity Association Identifier (IAID) for the interface, a 32-bit unsigned integer.</para>
1577 </listitem>
1578 </varlistentry>
1579
1580 <varlistentry>
1581 <term><varname>RequestBroadcast=</varname></term>
1582 <listitem>
1583 <para>Request the server to use broadcast messages before
1584 the IP address has been configured. This is necessary for
1585 devices that cannot receive RAW packets, or that cannot
1586 receive packets at all before an IP address has been
1587 configured. On the other hand, this must not be enabled on
1588 networks where broadcasts are filtered out.</para>
1589 </listitem>
1590 </varlistentry>
1591
1592 <varlistentry>
1593 <term><varname>RouteMetric=</varname></term>
1594 <listitem>
1595 <para>Set the routing metric for routes specified by the
1596 DHCP server.</para>
1597 </listitem>
1598 </varlistentry>
1599
1600 <varlistentry>
1601 <term><varname>RouteTable=<replaceable>num</replaceable></varname></term>
1602 <listitem>
1603 <para>The table identifier for DHCP routes (a number between 1 and 4294967295, or 0 to unset).
1604 The table can be retrieved using <command>ip route show table <replaceable>num</replaceable></command>.
1605 </para>
1606 <para>When used in combination with <varname>VRF=</varname> the
1607 VRF's routing table is used unless this parameter is specified.
1608 </para>
1609 </listitem>
1610 </varlistentry>
1611
1612 <varlistentry>
1613 <term><varname>RouteMTUBytes=</varname></term>
1614 <listitem>
1615 <para>Specifies the MTU for the DHCP routes. Please see the [Route] section for further details.</para>
1616 </listitem>
1617 </varlistentry>
1618
1619 <varlistentry>
1620 <term><varname>ListenPort=</varname></term>
1621 <listitem>
1622 <para>Allow setting custom port for the DHCP client to listen on.</para>
1623 </listitem>
1624 </varlistentry>
1625
1626 <varlistentry>
1627 <term><varname>FallbackLeaseLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
1628 <listitem>
1629 <para>Allows to set DHCPv4 lease lifetime when DHCPv4 server does not send the lease lifetime.
1630 Takes one of <literal>forever</literal> or <literal>infinity</literal> means that the address
1631 never expires. Defaults to unset.</para>
1632 </listitem>
1633 </varlistentry>
1634
1635 <varlistentry>
1636 <term><varname>SendRelease=</varname></term>
1637 <listitem>
1638 <para>When true, the DHCPv4 client sends a DHCP release packet when it stops.
1639 Defaults to true.</para>
1640 </listitem>
1641 </varlistentry>
1642
1643 <varlistentry>
1644 <term><varname>SendDecline=</varname></term>
1645 <listitem>
1646 <para>A boolean. When <literal>true</literal>, DHCPv4 clients receives IP address from DHCP server.
1647 After new IP is received, DHCPv4 performs IPv4 Duplicate Address Detection. If duplicate use of IP is detected
1648 the DHCPv4 client rejects the IP by sending a DHCPDECLINE packet DHCP clients try to obtain an IP address again.
1649 See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5227">RFC 5224</ulink>.
1650 Defaults to <literal>unset</literal>.</para>
1651 </listitem>
1652 </varlistentry>
1653
1654 <varlistentry>
1655 <term><varname>BlackList=</varname></term>
1656 <listitem>
1657 <para>A whitespace-separated list of IPv4 addresses. DHCP offers from servers in the list are rejected.</para>
1658 </listitem>
1659 </varlistentry>
1660
1661 <varlistentry>
1662 <term><varname>RequestOptions=</varname></term>
1663 <listitem>
1664 <para>When configured, allows to set arbitrary request options in the DHCPv4 request options list and will be
1665 sent to the DHCPV4 server. A whitespace-separated list of integers in the range 1..254. Defaults to unset.</para>
1666 </listitem>
1667 </varlistentry>
1668
1669 <varlistentry>
1670 <term><varname>SendOption=</varname></term>
1671 <listitem>
1672 <para>Send an arbitrary raw option in the DHCPv4 request. Takes a DHCP option number, data type
1673 and data separated with a colon
1674 (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
1675 The option number must be an integer in the range 1..254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
1676 <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>ipv4address</literal>, or
1677 <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
1678 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
1679 escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
1680 then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
1681 </listitem>
1682 </varlistentry>
1683
1684 <varlistentry>
1685 <term><varname>SendVendorOption=</varname></term>
1686 <listitem>
1687 <para>Send an arbitrary vendor option in the DHCPv4 request. Takes a DHCP option number, data type
1688 and data separated with a colon
1689 (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
1690 The option number must be an integer in the range 1..254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
1691 <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>ipv4address</literal>, or
1692 <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
1693 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
1694 escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
1695 then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
1696 </listitem>
1697 </varlistentry>
1698 </variablelist>
1699 </refsect1>
1700
1701 <refsect1>
1702 <title>[DHCPv6] Section Options</title>
1703 <para>The <literal>[DHCPv6]</literal> section configures the DHCPv6 client, if it is enabled with the
1704 <varname>DHCP=</varname> setting described above, or invoked by the IPv6 Router Advertisement:</para>
1705
1706 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1707 <varlistentry>
1708 <term><varname>UseDNS=</varname></term>
1709 <term><varname>UseNTP=</varname></term>
1710 <listitem>
1711 <para>As in the <literal>[DHCPv4]</literal> section.</para>
1712 </listitem>
1713 </varlistentry>
1714
1715 <varlistentry>
1716 <term><varname>RapidCommit=</varname></term>
1717 <listitem>
1718 <para>Takes a boolean. The DHCPv6 client can obtain configuration parameters from a DHCPv6 server through
1719 a rapid two-message exchange (solicit and reply). When the rapid commit option is enabled by both
1720 the DHCPv6 client and the DHCPv6 server, the two-message exchange is used, rather than the default
1721 four-method exchange (solicit, advertise, request, and reply). The two-message exchange provides
1722 faster client configuration and is beneficial in environments in which networks are under a heavy load.
1723 See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3315#section-17.2.1">RFC 3315</ulink> for details.
1724 Defaults to true.</para>
1725 </listitem>
1726 </varlistentry>
1727
1728 <varlistentry>
1729 <term><varname>MUDURL=</varname></term>
1730 <listitem>
1731 <para>When configured, the Manufacturer Usage Descriptions (MUD) URL will be sent to the DHCPV6 server.
1732 Takes an URL of length up to 255 characters. A superficial verification that the string is a valid URL
1733 will be performed. DHCPv6 clients are intended to have at most one MUD URL associated with them. See
1734 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8520">RFC 8520</ulink>.</para>
1735 </listitem>
1736 </varlistentry>
1737
1738 <varlistentry>
1739 <term><varname>RequestOptions=</varname></term>
1740 <listitem>
1741 <para>When configured, allows to set arbitrary request options in the DHCPv6 request options list and will
1742 sent to the DHCPV6 server. A whitespace-separated list of integers in the range 1..254. Defaults to unset.</para>
1743 </listitem>
1744 </varlistentry>
1745
1746 <varlistentry>
1747 <term><varname>ForceDHCPv6PDOtherInformation=</varname></term>
1748 <listitem>
1749 <para>Takes a boolean that enforces DHCPv6 stateful mode when the 'Other information' bit is set in
1750 Router Advertisement messages. By default setting only the 'O' bit in Router Advertisements
1751 makes DHCPv6 request network information in a stateless manner using a two-message Information
1752 Request and Information Reply message exchange.
1753 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7084">RFC 7084</ulink>, requirement WPD-4, updates
1754 this behavior for a Customer Edge router so that stateful DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation is also
1755 requested when only the 'O' bit is set in Router Advertisements. This option enables such a CE
1756 behavior as it is impossible to automatically distinguish the intention of the 'O' bit otherwise.
1757 By default this option is set to 'false', enable it if no prefixes are delegated when the device
1758 should be acting as a CE router.</para>
1759 </listitem>
1760 </varlistentry>
1761
1762 <varlistentry>
1763 <term><varname>PrefixDelegationHint=</varname></term>
1764 <listitem>
1765 <para>Takes an IPv6 address with prefix length as <varname>Address=</varname> in
1766 the "[Network]" section. Specifies the DHCPv6 client for the requesting router to include
1767 a prefix-hint in the DHCPv6 solicitation. Prefix ranges 1..128. Defaults to unset.</para>
1768 </listitem>
1769 </varlistentry>
1770
1771 <varlistentry>
1772 <term><varname>WithoutRA=</varname></term>
1773 <listitem>
1774 <para>When true, DHCPv6 client starts without router advertisements's managed or other address configuration flag.
1775 Defaults to false.</para>
1776 </listitem>
1777 </varlistentry>
1778
1779 <varlistentry>
1780 <term><varname>SendOption=</varname></term>
1781 <listitem>
1782 <para>As in the <literal>[DHCPv4]</literal> section, however because DHCPv6 uses 16-bit fields to store
1783 option numbers, the option number is an integer in the range 1..65536.</para>
1784 </listitem>
1785 </varlistentry>
1786
1787 <varlistentry>
1788 <term><varname>UserClass=</varname></term>
1789 <listitem>
1790 <para>A DHCPv6 client can use User Class option to identify the type or category of user or applications
1791 it represents. The information contained in this option is a string that represents the user class of which
1792 the client is a member. Each class sets an identifying string of information to be used by the DHCP
1793 service to classify clients. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
1794 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
1795 escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
1796 then all options specified earlier are cleared. Takes a whitespace-separated list of strings. Note that
1797 currently NUL bytes are not allowed.</para>
1798 </listitem>
1799 </varlistentry>
1800 </variablelist>
1801 </refsect1>
1802
1803 <refsect1>
1804 <title>[IPv6AcceptRA] Section Options</title>
1805 <para>The <literal>[IPv6AcceptRA]</literal> section configures the IPv6 Router Advertisement
1806 (RA) client, if it is enabled with the <varname>IPv6AcceptRA=</varname> setting described
1807 above:</para>
1808
1809 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1810 <varlistentry>
1811 <term><varname>UseDNS=</varname></term>
1812 <listitem>
1813 <para>When true (the default), the DNS servers received in the Router Advertisement will be used and take
1814 precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
1815
1816 <para>This corresponds to the <option>nameserver</option> option in <citerefentry
1817 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1818 </listitem>
1819 </varlistentry>
1820
1821 <varlistentry>
1822 <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
1823 <listitem>
1824 <para>Takes a boolean, or the special value <literal>route</literal>. When true, the domain name
1825 received via IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) will be used as DNS search domain over this link, similar to
1826 the effect of the <option>Domains=</option> setting. If set to <literal>route</literal>, the domain name
1827 received via IPv6 RA will be used for routing DNS queries only, but not for searching, similar to the
1828 effect of the <option>Domains=</option> setting when the argument is prefixed with
1829 <literal>~</literal>. Defaults to false.</para>
1830
1831 <para>It is recommended to enable this option only on trusted networks, as setting this affects resolution
1832 of all hostnames, in particular of single-label names. It is generally safer to use the supplied domain
1833 only as routing domain, rather than as search domain, in order to not have it affect local resolution of
1834 single-label names.</para>
1835
1836 <para>When set to true, this setting corresponds to the <option>domain</option> option in <citerefentry
1837 project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
1838 </listitem>
1839 </varlistentry>
1840
1841 <varlistentry>
1842 <term><varname>RouteTable=<replaceable>num</replaceable></varname></term>
1843 <listitem>
1844 <para>The table identifier for the routes received in the Router Advertisement
1845 (a number between 1 and 4294967295, or 0 to unset).
1846 The table can be retrieved using <command>ip route show table <replaceable>num</replaceable></command>.
1847 </para>
1848 </listitem>
1849 </varlistentry>
1850
1851 <varlistentry>
1852 <term><varname>UseAutonomousPrefix=</varname></term>
1853 <listitem>
1854 <para>When true (the default), the autonomous prefix received in the Router Advertisement will be used and take
1855 precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
1856 </listitem>
1857 </varlistentry>
1858
1859 <varlistentry>
1860 <term><varname>UseOnLinkPrefix=</varname></term>
1861 <listitem>
1862 <para>When true (the default), the onlink prefix received in the Router Advertisement will be used and take
1863 precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
1864 </listitem>
1865 </varlistentry>
1866
1867 <varlistentry>
1868 <term><varname>BlackList=</varname></term>
1869 <listitem>
1870 <para>A whitespace-separated list of IPv6 prefixes. IPv6 prefixes supplied via router advertisements in the list are ignored.</para>
1871 </listitem>
1872 </varlistentry>
1873
1874 <varlistentry>
1875 <term><varname>DHCPv6Client=</varname></term>
1876 <listitem>
1877 <para>Takes a boolean, or the special value <literal>always</literal>. When true (the default), the DHCPv6 client will be started when the
1878 RA has the managed or other information flag. If set to <literal>always</literal>, the DHCPv6 client will be started even if there is no
1879 managed or other information flag in the RA.</para>
1880 </listitem>
1881 </varlistentry>
1882 </variablelist>
1883 </refsect1>
1884
1885 <refsect1>
1886 <title>[DHCPServer] Section Options</title>
1887 <para>The <literal>[DHCPServer]</literal> section contains
1888 settings for the DHCP server, if enabled via the
1889 <varname>DHCPServer=</varname> option described above:</para>
1890
1891 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1892
1893 <varlistentry>
1894 <term><varname>PoolOffset=</varname></term>
1895 <term><varname>PoolSize=</varname></term>
1896
1897 <listitem><para>Configures the pool of addresses to hand out. The pool
1898 is a contiguous sequence of IP addresses in the subnet configured for
1899 the server address, which does not include the subnet nor the broadcast
1900 address. <varname>PoolOffset=</varname> takes the offset of the pool
1901 from the start of subnet, or zero to use the default value.
1902 <varname>PoolSize=</varname> takes the number of IP addresses in the
1903 pool or zero to use the default value. By default, the pool starts at
1904 the first address after the subnet address and takes up the rest of
1905 the subnet, excluding the broadcast address. If the pool includes
1906 the server address (the default), this is reserved and not handed
1907 out to clients.</para></listitem>
1908 </varlistentry>
1909
1910 <varlistentry>
1911 <term><varname>DefaultLeaseTimeSec=</varname></term>
1912 <term><varname>MaxLeaseTimeSec=</varname></term>
1913
1914 <listitem><para>Control the default and maximum DHCP lease
1915 time to pass to clients. These settings take time values in seconds or
1916 another common time unit, depending on the suffix. The default
1917 lease time is used for clients that did not ask for a specific
1918 lease time. If a client asks for a lease time longer than the
1919 maximum lease time, it is automatically shortened to the
1920 specified time. The default lease time defaults to 1h, the
1921 maximum lease time to 12h. Shorter lease times are beneficial
1922 if the configuration data in DHCP leases changes frequently
1923 and clients shall learn the new settings with shorter
1924 latencies. Longer lease times reduce the generated DHCP
1925 network traffic.</para></listitem>
1926 </varlistentry>
1927
1928 <varlistentry>
1929 <term><varname>EmitDNS=</varname></term>
1930 <term><varname>DNS=</varname></term>
1931
1932 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether the DHCP leases handed out
1933 to clients shall contain DNS server information. Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.
1934 The DNS servers to pass to clients may be configured with the
1935 <varname>DNS=</varname> option, which takes a list of IPv4
1936 addresses. If the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> option is
1937 enabled but no servers configured, the servers are
1938 automatically propagated from an "uplink" interface that has
1939 appropriate servers set. The "uplink" interface is determined
1940 by the default route of the system with the highest
1941 priority. Note that this information is acquired at the time
1942 the lease is handed out, and does not take uplink interfaces
1943 into account that acquire DNS or NTP server information at a
1944 later point. DNS server propagation does not take
1945 <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> into account. Also, note
1946 that the leases are not refreshed if the uplink network
1947 configuration changes. To ensure clients regularly acquire the
1948 most current uplink DNS server information, it is thus
1949 advisable to shorten the DHCP lease time via
1950 <varname>MaxLeaseTimeSec=</varname> described
1951 above.</para></listitem>
1952 </varlistentry>
1953
1954 <varlistentry>
1955 <term><varname>EmitNTP=</varname></term>
1956 <term><varname>NTP=</varname></term>
1957
1958 <listitem><para>Similar to the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> and
1959 <varname>DNS=</varname> settings described above, these
1960 settings configure whether and what NTP server information
1961 shall be emitted as part of the DHCP lease. The same syntax,
1962 propagation semantics and defaults apply as for
1963 <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> and
1964 <varname>DNS=</varname>.</para></listitem>
1965 </varlistentry>
1966
1967 <varlistentry>
1968 <term><varname>EmitSIP=</varname></term>
1969 <term><varname>SIP=</varname></term>
1970
1971 <listitem><para>Similar to the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> and
1972 <varname>DNS=</varname> settings described above, these
1973 settings configure whether and what SIP server information
1974 shall be emitted as part of the DHCP lease. The same syntax,
1975 propagation semantics and defaults apply as for
1976 <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> and
1977 <varname>DNS=</varname>.</para></listitem>
1978 </varlistentry>
1979
1980 <varlistentry>
1981 <term><varname>POP3Servers=</varname></term>
1982
1983 <listitem><para>Similar to the <varname>DNS=</varname> setting described above, this setting
1984 configures whether and what POP3 server information shall be emitted as part of the DHCP lease. The
1985 same syntax, propagation semantics and defaults apply as for
1986 <varname>DNS=</varname>.</para></listitem>
1987 </varlistentry>
1988
1989 <varlistentry>
1990 <term><varname>SMTPServers=</varname></term>
1991
1992 <listitem><para>Similar to the <varname>DNS=</varname> setting described above, this
1993 setting configures whether and what SMTP server information shall be emitted as part of
1994 the DHCP lease. The same syntax, propagation semantics and defaults apply as for
1995 <varname>DNS=</varname>.</para></listitem>
1996 </varlistentry>
1997
1998 <varlistentry>
1999 <term><varname>LPRServers=</varname></term>
2000
2001 <listitem><para>Similar to the <varname>DNS=</varname> setting described above, this
2002 setting configures whether and what LPR (line printer) server information shall be emitted
2003 as part of the DHCP lease. The same syntax, propagation semantics and defaults apply as for
2004 <varname>DNS=</varname>.</para></listitem>
2005 </varlistentry>
2006
2007 <varlistentry>
2008 <term><varname>EmitRouter=</varname></term>
2009
2010 <listitem><para>Similar to the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname>
2011 setting described above, this setting configures whether the
2012 DHCP lease should contain the router option. The same syntax,
2013 propagation semantics and defaults apply as for
2014 <varname>EmitDNS=</varname>.</para></listitem>
2015 </varlistentry>
2016
2017 <varlistentry>
2018 <term><varname>EmitTimezone=</varname></term>
2019 <term><varname>Timezone=</varname></term>
2020
2021 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether the DHCP leases handed out
2022 to clients shall contain timezone information. Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>. The
2023 <varname>Timezone=</varname> setting takes a timezone string
2024 (such as <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or
2025 <literal>UTC</literal>) to pass to clients. If no explicit
2026 timezone is set, the system timezone of the local host is
2027 propagated, as determined by the
2028 <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> symlink.</para></listitem>
2029 </varlistentry>
2030
2031 <varlistentry>
2032 <term><varname>SendOption=</varname></term>
2033 <listitem>
2034 <para>Send a raw option with value via DHCPv4 server. Takes a DHCP option number, data type
2035 and data (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
2036 The option number is an integer in the range 1..254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
2037 <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>ipv4address</literal>, <literal>ipv6address</literal>, or
2038 <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
2039 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
2040 escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
2041 then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
2042 </listitem>
2043 </varlistentry>
2044
2045 <varlistentry>
2046 <term><varname>SendVendorOption=</varname></term>
2047 <listitem>
2048 <para>Send a vendor option with value via DHCPv4 server. Takes a DHCP option number, data type
2049 and data (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
2050 The option number is an integer in the range 1..254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
2051 <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>ipv4address</literal>, or
2052 <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
2053 <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
2054 escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
2055 then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
2056 </listitem>
2057 </varlistentry>
2058
2059 </variablelist>
2060 </refsect1>
2061
2062 <refsect1>
2063 <title>[IPv6PrefixDelegation] Section Options</title>
2064 <para>The <literal>[IPv6PrefixDelegation]</literal> section contains
2065 settings for sending IPv6 Router Advertisements and whether to act as
2066 a router, if enabled via the <varname>IPv6PrefixDelegation=</varname>
2067 option described above. IPv6 network prefixes are defined with one or
2068 more <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal> sections.</para>
2069
2070 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2071
2072 <varlistentry>
2073 <term><varname>Managed=</varname></term>
2074 <term><varname>OtherInformation=</varname></term>
2075
2076 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Controls whether a DHCPv6 server is used to acquire IPv6
2077 addresses on the network link when <varname>Managed=</varname>
2078 is set to <literal>true</literal> or if only additional network
2079 information can be obtained via DHCPv6 for the network link when
2080 <varname>OtherInformation=</varname> is set to
2081 <literal>true</literal>. Both settings default to
2082 <literal>false</literal>, which means that a DHCPv6 server is not being
2083 used.</para></listitem>
2084 </varlistentry>
2085
2086 <varlistentry>
2087 <term><varname>RouterLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2088
2089 <listitem><para>Takes a timespan. Configures the IPv6 router lifetime in seconds. If set,
2090 this host also announces itself in Router Advertisements as an IPv6
2091 router for the network link. When unset, the host is not acting as a router.</para>
2092 </listitem>
2093 </varlistentry>
2094
2095 <varlistentry>
2096 <term><varname>RouterPreference=</varname></term>
2097
2098 <listitem><para>Configures IPv6 router preference if
2099 <varname>RouterLifetimeSec=</varname> is non-zero. Valid values are
2100 <literal>high</literal>, <literal>medium</literal> and
2101 <literal>low</literal>, with <literal>normal</literal> and
2102 <literal>default</literal> added as synonyms for
2103 <literal>medium</literal> just to make configuration easier. See
2104 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4191">RFC 4191</ulink>
2105 for details. Defaults to <literal>medium</literal>.</para></listitem>
2106 </varlistentry>
2107
2108 <varlistentry>
2109 <term><varname>EmitDNS=</varname></term>
2110 <term><varname>DNS=</varname></term>
2111
2112 <listitem><para><varname>DNS=</varname> specifies a list of recursive DNS server IPv6 addresses
2113 that are distributed via Router Advertisement messages when <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> is
2114 true. <varname>DNS=</varname> also takes special value <literal>_link_local</literal>; in that
2115 case the IPv6 link local address is distributed. If <varname>DNS=</varname> is empty, DNS
2116 servers are read from the <literal>[Network]</literal> section. If the
2117 <literal>[Network]</literal> section does not contain any DNS servers either, DNS servers from
2118 the uplink with the highest priority default route are used. When <varname>EmitDNS=</varname>
2119 is false, no DNS server information is sent in Router Advertisement messages.
2120 <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> defaults to true.
2121 </para></listitem>
2122 </varlistentry>
2123
2124 <varlistentry>
2125 <term><varname>EmitDomains=</varname></term>
2126 <term><varname>Domains=</varname></term>
2127
2128 <listitem><para>A list of DNS search domains distributed via Router
2129 Advertisement messages when <varname>EmitDomains=</varname> is true. If
2130 <varname>Domains=</varname> is empty, DNS search domains are read from the
2131 <literal>[Network]</literal> section. If the <literal>[Network]</literal>
2132 section does not contain any DNS search domains either, DNS search
2133 domains from the uplink with the highest priority default route are
2134 used. When <varname>EmitDomains=</varname> is false, no DNS search domain
2135 information is sent in Router Advertisement messages.
2136 <varname>EmitDomains=</varname> defaults to true.
2137 </para></listitem>
2138 </varlistentry>
2139
2140 <varlistentry>
2141 <term><varname>DNSLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2142
2143 <listitem><para>Lifetime in seconds for the DNS server addresses listed
2144 in <varname>DNS=</varname> and search domains listed in
2145 <varname>Domains=</varname>.</para></listitem>
2146 </varlistentry>
2147
2148 </variablelist>
2149 </refsect1>
2150
2151 <refsect1>
2152 <title>[IPv6Prefix] Section Options</title>
2153 <para>One or more <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal> sections contain the IPv6
2154 prefixes that are announced via Router Advertisements. See
2155 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4861">RFC 4861</ulink>
2156 for further details.</para>
2157
2158 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2159
2160 <varlistentry>
2161 <term><varname>AddressAutoconfiguration=</varname></term>
2162 <term><varname>OnLink=</varname></term>
2163
2164 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean to specify whether IPv6 addresses can be
2165 autoconfigured with this prefix and whether the prefix can be used for
2166 onlink determination. Both settings default to <literal>true</literal>
2167 in order to ease configuration.
2168 </para></listitem>
2169 </varlistentry>
2170
2171 <varlistentry>
2172 <term><varname>Prefix=</varname></term>
2173
2174 <listitem><para>The IPv6 prefix that is to be distributed to hosts.
2175 Similarly to configuring static IPv6 addresses, the setting is
2176 configured as an IPv6 prefix and its prefix length, separated by a
2177 <literal>/</literal> character. Use multiple
2178 <literal>[IPv6Prefix]</literal> sections to configure multiple IPv6
2179 prefixes since prefix lifetimes, address autoconfiguration and onlink
2180 status may differ from one prefix to another.</para></listitem>
2181 </varlistentry>
2182
2183 <varlistentry>
2184 <term><varname>PreferredLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2185 <term><varname>ValidLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2186
2187 <listitem><para>Preferred and valid lifetimes for the prefix measured in
2188 seconds. <varname>PreferredLifetimeSec=</varname> defaults to 604800
2189 seconds (one week) and <varname>ValidLifetimeSec=</varname> defaults
2190 to 2592000 seconds (30 days).</para></listitem>
2191 </varlistentry>
2192
2193 <varlistentry>
2194 <term><varname>Assign=</varname></term>
2195 <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. When true, adds an address from the prefix. Default to false.
2196 </para></listitem>
2197 </varlistentry>
2198 </variablelist>
2199 </refsect1>
2200
2201 <refsect1>
2202 <title>[IPv6RoutePrefix] Section Options</title>
2203 <para>One or more <literal>[IPv6RoutePrefix]</literal> sections contain the IPv6
2204 prefix routes that are announced via Router Advertisements. See
2205 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4191">RFC 4191</ulink>
2206 for further details.</para>
2207
2208 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2209
2210 <varlistentry>
2211 <term><varname>Route=</varname></term>
2212
2213 <listitem><para>The IPv6 route that is to be distributed to hosts.
2214 Similarly to configuring static IPv6 routes, the setting is
2215 configured as an IPv6 prefix routes and its prefix route length,
2216 separated by a<literal>/</literal> character. Use multiple
2217 <literal>[IPv6PrefixRoutes]</literal> sections to configure multiple IPv6
2218 prefix routes.</para></listitem>
2219 </varlistentry>
2220
2221 <varlistentry>
2222 <term><varname>LifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2223
2224 <listitem><para>Lifetime for the route prefix measured in
2225 seconds. <varname>LifetimeSec=</varname> defaults to 604800 seconds (one week).
2226 </para></listitem>
2227 </varlistentry>
2228
2229 </variablelist>
2230 </refsect1>
2231
2232 <refsect1>
2233 <title>[Bridge] Section Options</title>
2234 <para>The <literal>[Bridge]</literal> section accepts the
2235 following keys.</para>
2236 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2237 <varlistentry>
2238 <term><varname>UnicastFlood=</varname></term>
2239 <listitem>
2240 <para>Takes a boolean. Controls whether the bridge should flood
2241 traffic for which an FDB entry is missing and the destination
2242 is unknown through this port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2243 </para>
2244 </listitem>
2245 </varlistentry>
2246 <varlistentry>
2247 <term><varname>MulticastFlood=</varname></term>
2248 <listitem>
2249 <para>Takes a boolean. Controls whether the bridge should flood
2250 traffic for which an MDB entry is missing and the destination
2251 is unknown through this port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2252 </para>
2253 </listitem>
2254 </varlistentry>
2255 <varlistentry>
2256 <term><varname>MulticastToUnicast=</varname></term>
2257 <listitem>
2258 <para>Takes a boolean. Multicast to unicast works on top of the multicast snooping feature of
2259 the bridge. Which means unicast copies are only delivered to hosts which are interested in it.
2260 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2261 </para>
2262 </listitem>
2263 </varlistentry>
2264 <varlistentry>
2265 <term><varname>NeighborSuppression=</varname></term>
2266 <listitem>
2267 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether ARP and ND neighbor suppression is enabled for
2268 this port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2269 </para>
2270 </listitem>
2271 </varlistentry>
2272 <varlistentry>
2273 <term><varname>Learning=</varname></term>
2274 <listitem>
2275 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether MAC address learning is enabled for
2276 this port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2277 </para>
2278 </listitem>
2279 </varlistentry>
2280 <varlistentry>
2281 <term><varname>HairPin=</varname></term>
2282 <listitem>
2283 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether traffic may be sent back
2284 out of the port on which it was received. When this flag is false, and the bridge
2285 will not forward traffic back out of the receiving port.
2286 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2287 </listitem>
2288 </varlistentry>
2289 <varlistentry>
2290 <term><varname>UseBPDU=</varname></term>
2291 <listitem>
2292 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether STP Bridge Protocol Data Units will be
2293 processed by the bridge port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2294 </listitem>
2295 </varlistentry>
2296 <varlistentry>
2297 <term><varname>FastLeave=</varname></term>
2298 <listitem>
2299 <para>Takes a boolean. This flag allows the bridge to immediately stop multicast
2300 traffic on a port that receives an IGMP Leave message. It is only used with
2301 IGMP snooping if enabled on the bridge. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2302 </listitem>
2303 </varlistentry>
2304 <varlistentry>
2305 <term><varname>AllowPortToBeRoot=</varname></term>
2306 <listitem>
2307 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether a given port is allowed to
2308 become a root port. Only used when STP is enabled on the bridge.
2309 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2310 </listitem>
2311 </varlistentry>
2312 <varlistentry>
2313 <term><varname>ProxyARP=</varname></term>
2314 <listitem>
2315 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether proxy ARP to be enabled on this port.
2316 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2317 </listitem>
2318 </varlistentry>
2319 <varlistentry>
2320 <term><varname>ProxyARPWiFi=</varname></term>
2321 <listitem>
2322 <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether proxy ARP to be enabled on this port
2323 which meets extended requirements by IEEE 802.11 and Hotspot 2.0 specifications.
2324 When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2325 </listitem>
2326 </varlistentry>
2327 <varlistentry>
2328 <term><varname>MulticastRouter=</varname></term>
2329 <listitem>
2330 <para>Configures this port for having multicast routers attached. A port with a multicast
2331 router will receive all multicast traffic. Takes one of <literal>no</literal>
2332 to disable multicast routers on this port, <literal>query</literal> to let the system detect
2333 the presence of routers, <literal>permanent</literal> to permanently enable multicast traffic
2334 forwarding on this port, or <literal>temporary</literal> to enable multicast routers temporarily
2335 on this port, not depending on incoming queries. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2336 </listitem>
2337 </varlistentry>
2338 <varlistentry>
2339 <term><varname>Cost=</varname></term>
2340 <listitem>
2341 <para>Sets the "cost" of sending packets of this interface.
2342 Each port in a bridge may have a different speed and the cost
2343 is used to decide which link to use. Faster interfaces
2344 should have lower costs. It is an integer value between 1 and
2345 65535.</para>
2346 </listitem>
2347 </varlistentry>
2348 <varlistentry>
2349 <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
2350 <listitem>
2351 <para>Sets the "priority" of sending packets on this interface.
2352 Each port in a bridge may have a different priority which is used
2353 to decide which link to use. Lower value means higher priority.
2354 It is an integer value between 0 to 63. Networkd does not set any
2355 default, meaning the kernel default value of 32 is used.</para>
2356 </listitem>
2357 </varlistentry>
2358 </variablelist>
2359 </refsect1>
2360 <refsect1>
2361 <title>[BridgeFDB] Section Options</title>
2362 <para>The <literal>[BridgeFDB]</literal> section manages the
2363 forwarding database table of a port and accepts the following
2364 keys. Specify several <literal>[BridgeFDB]</literal> sections to
2365 configure several static MAC table entries.</para>
2366
2367 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2368 <varlistentry>
2369 <term><varname>MACAddress=</varname></term>
2370 <listitem>
2371 <para>As in the <literal>[Network]</literal> section. This
2372 key is mandatory.</para>
2373 </listitem>
2374 </varlistentry>
2375 <varlistentry>
2376 <term><varname>Destination=</varname></term>
2377 <listitem>
2378 <para>Takes an IP address of the destination VXLAN tunnel endpoint.</para>
2379 </listitem>
2380 </varlistentry>
2381 <varlistentry>
2382 <term><varname>VLANId=</varname></term>
2383 <listitem>
2384 <para>The VLAN ID for the new static MAC table entry. If
2385 omitted, no VLAN ID information is appended to the new static MAC
2386 table entry.</para>
2387 </listitem>
2388 </varlistentry>
2389 <varlistentry>
2390 <term><varname>VNI=</varname></term>
2391 <listitem>
2392 <para>The VXLAN Network Identifier (or VXLAN Segment ID) to use to connect to
2393 the remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint. Takes a number in the range 1-16777215.
2394 Defaults to unset.</para>
2395 </listitem>
2396 </varlistentry>
2397 <varlistentry>
2398 <term><varname>AssociatedWith=</varname></term>
2399 <listitem>
2400 <para>Specifies where the address is associated with. Takes one of <literal>use</literal>,
2401 <literal>self</literal>, <literal>master</literal> or <literal>router</literal>.
2402 <literal>use</literal> means the address is in use. User space can use this option to
2403 indicate to the kernel that the fdb entry is in use. <literal>self</literal> means
2404 the address is associated with the port drivers fdb. Usually hardware. <literal>master</literal>
2405 means the address is associated with master devices fdb. <literal>router</literal> means
2406 the destination address is associated with a router. Note that it's valid if the referenced
2407 device is a VXLAN type device and has route shortcircuit enabled. Defaults to <literal>self</literal>.</para>
2408 </listitem>
2409 </varlistentry>
2410 </variablelist>
2411 </refsect1>
2412
2413 <refsect1>
2414 <title>[LLDP] Section Options</title>
2415 <para>The <literal>[LLDP]</literal> section manages the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and accepts the
2416 following keys.</para>
2417 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2418 <varlistentry>
2419 <term><varname>MUDURL=</varname></term>
2420 <listitem>
2421 <para>Controls support for Ethernet LLDP packet's Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD). MUD is an embedded software
2422 standard defined by the IETF that allows IoT Device makers to advertise device specifications, including the intended
2423 communication patterns for their device when it connects to the network. The network can then use this intent to author
2424 a context-specific access policy, so the device functions only within those parameters. Takes an URL of length up to 255
2425 characters. A superficial verification that the string is a valid URL
2426 will be performed. See
2427 <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8520">RFC 8520</ulink> for details. The MUD URL received
2428 from the LLDP packets will be saved at the state files and can be read via
2429 <function>sd_lldp_neighbor_get_mud_url()</function> function.</para>
2430 </listitem>
2431 </varlistentry>
2432 </variablelist>
2433 </refsect1>
2434
2435 <refsect1>
2436 <title>[CAN] Section Options</title>
2437 <para>The <literal>[CAN]</literal> section manages the Controller Area Network (CAN bus) and accepts the
2438 following keys.</para>
2439 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2440 <varlistentry>
2441 <term><varname>BitRate=</varname></term>
2442 <listitem>
2443 <para>The bitrate of CAN device in bits per second. The usual SI prefixes (K, M) with the base of 1000 can
2444 be used here. Takes a number in the range 1..4294967295.</para>
2445 </listitem>
2446 </varlistentry>
2447 <varlistentry>
2448 <term><varname>SamplePoint=</varname></term>
2449 <listitem>
2450 <para>Optional sample point in percent with one decimal (e.g. <literal>75%</literal>,
2451 <literal>87.5%</literal>) or permille (e.g. <literal>875‰</literal>).</para>
2452 </listitem>
2453 </varlistentry>
2454 <varlistentry>
2455 <term><varname>DataBitRate=</varname></term>
2456 <term><varname>DataSamplePoint=</varname></term>
2457 <listitem>
2458 <para>The bitrate and sample point for the data phase, if CAN-FD is used. These settings are
2459 analogous to the <varname>BitRate=</varname> and <varname>SamplePoint=</varname> keys.</para>
2460 </listitem>
2461 </varlistentry>
2462 <varlistentry>
2463 <term><varname>FDMode=</varname></term>
2464 <listitem>
2465 <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, CAN-FD mode is enabled for the interface.
2466 Note, that a bitrate and optional sample point should also be set for the CAN-FD data phase using
2467 the <varname>DataBitRate=</varname> and <varname>DataSamplePoint=</varname> keys.</para>
2468 </listitem>
2469 </varlistentry>
2470 <varlistentry>
2471 <term><varname>FDNonISO=</varname></term>
2472 <listitem>
2473 <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, non-ISO CAN-FD mode is enabled for the
2474 interface. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2475 </listitem>
2476 </varlistentry>
2477 <varlistentry>
2478 <term><varname>RestartSec=</varname></term>
2479 <listitem>
2480 <para>Automatic restart delay time. If set to a non-zero value, a restart of the CAN controller will be
2481 triggered automatically in case of a bus-off condition after the specified delay time. Subsecond delays can
2482 be specified using decimals (e.g. <literal>0.1s</literal>) or a <literal>ms</literal> or
2483 <literal>us</literal> postfix. Using <literal>infinity</literal> or <literal>0</literal> will turn the
2484 automatic restart off. By default automatic restart is disabled.</para>
2485 </listitem>
2486 </varlistentry>
2487 <varlistentry>
2488 <term><varname>Termination=</varname></term>
2489 <listitem>
2490 <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, the termination resistor will be selected for
2491 the bias network. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2492 </listitem>
2493 </varlistentry>
2494 <varlistentry>
2495 <term><varname>TripleSampling=</varname></term>
2496 <listitem>
2497 <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, three samples (instead of one) are used to determine
2498 the value of a received bit by majority rule. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
2499 </listitem>
2500 </varlistentry>
2501 <varlistentry>
2502 <term><varname>ListenOnly=</varname></term>
2503 <listitem>
2504 <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, listen-only mode is enabled. When the
2505 interface is in listen-only mode, the interface neither transmit CAN frames nor send ACK
2506 bit. Listen-only mode is important to debug CAN networks without interfering with the
2507 communication or acknowledge the CAN frame. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2508 </para>
2509 </listitem>
2510 </varlistentry>
2511 </variablelist>
2512 </refsect1>
2513
2514 <refsect1>
2515 <title>[QDisc] Section Options</title>
2516 <para>The <literal>[QDisc]</literal> section manages the traffic control queueing discipline (qdisc).</para>
2517
2518 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2519 <varlistentry>
2520 <term><varname>Parent=</varname></term>
2521 <listitem>
2522 <para>Specifies the parent Queueing Discipline (qdisc). Takes one of <literal>clsact</literal>
2523 or <literal>ingress</literal>. This is mandatory.</para>
2524 </listitem>
2525 </varlistentry>
2526
2527 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2528 </variablelist>
2529 </refsect1>
2530
2531 <refsect1>
2532 <title>[NetworkEmulator] Section Options</title>
2533 <para>The <literal>[NetworkEmulator]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2534 the network emulator. It can be used to configure the kernel packet scheduler and simulate packet
2535 delay and loss for UDP or TCP applications, or limit the bandwidth usage of a particular service to
2536 simulate internet connections.</para>
2537
2538 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2539 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2540 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2541
2542 <varlistentry>
2543 <term><varname>DelaySec=</varname></term>
2544 <listitem>
2545 <para>Specifies the fixed amount of delay to be added to all packets going out of the
2546 interface. Defaults to unset.</para>
2547 </listitem>
2548 </varlistentry>
2549
2550 <varlistentry>
2551 <term><varname>DelayJitterSec=</varname></term>
2552 <listitem>
2553 <para>Specifies the chosen delay to be added to the packets outgoing to the network
2554 interface. Defaults to unset.</para>
2555 </listitem>
2556 </varlistentry>
2557
2558 <varlistentry>
2559 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
2560 <listitem>
2561 <para>Specifies the maximum number of packets the qdisc may hold queued at a time.
2562 An unsigned integer ranges 0 to 4294967294. Defaults to 1000.</para>
2563 </listitem>
2564 </varlistentry>
2565
2566 <varlistentry>
2567 <term><varname>LossRate=</varname></term>
2568 <listitem>
2569 <para>Specifies an independent loss probability to be added to the packets outgoing from the
2570 network interface. Takes a percentage value, suffixed with "%". Defaults to unset.</para>
2571 </listitem>
2572 </varlistentry>
2573
2574 <varlistentry>
2575 <term><varname>DuplicateRate=</varname></term>
2576 <listitem>
2577 <para>Specifies that the chosen percent of packets is duplicated before queuing them.
2578 Takes a percentage value, suffixed with "%". Defaults to unset.</para>
2579 </listitem>
2580 </varlistentry>
2581 </variablelist>
2582 </refsect1>
2583
2584 <refsect1>
2585 <title>[TokenBucketFilter] Section Options</title>
2586 <para>The <literal>[TokenBucketFilter]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2587 token bucket filter (tbf).</para>
2588
2589 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2590 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2591 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2592
2593 <varlistentry>
2594 <term><varname>LatencySec=</varname></term>
2595 <listitem>
2596 <para>Specifies the latency parameter, which specifies the maximum amount of time a
2597 packet can sit in the Token Bucket Filter (TBF). Defaults to unset.</para>
2598 </listitem>
2599 </varlistentry>
2600
2601 <varlistentry>
2602 <term><varname>LimitSize=</varname></term>
2603 <listitem>
2604 <para>Takes the number of bytes that can be queued waiting for tokens to become available.
2605 When the size is suffixed with K, M, or G, it is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes,
2606 respectively, to the base of 1000. Defaults to unset.</para>
2607 </listitem>
2608 </varlistentry>
2609
2610 <varlistentry>
2611 <term><varname>Burst=</varname></term>
2612 <listitem>
2613 <para>Specifies the size of the bucket. This is the maximum amount of bytes that tokens
2614 can be available for instantaneous transfer. When the size is suffixed with K, M, or G, it is
2615 parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1000. Defaults to
2616 unset.</para>
2617 </listitem>
2618 </varlistentry>
2619
2620 <varlistentry>
2621 <term><varname>Rate=</varname></term>
2622 <listitem>
2623 <para>Specifies the device specific bandwidth. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified
2624 bandwidth is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively, to the base of 1000.
2625 Defaults to unset.</para>
2626 </listitem>
2627 </varlistentry>
2628
2629 <varlistentry>
2630 <term><varname>MPUBytes=</varname></term>
2631 <listitem>
2632 <para>The Minimum Packet Unit (MPU) determines the minimal token usage (specified in bytes)
2633 for a packet. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes,
2634 Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1000. Defaults to zero.</para>
2635 </listitem>
2636 </varlistentry>
2637
2638 <varlistentry>
2639 <term><varname>PeakRate=</varname></term>
2640 <listitem>
2641 <para>Takes the maximum depletion rate of the bucket. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the
2642 specified size is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively, to the base of
2643 1000. Defaults to unset.</para>
2644 </listitem>
2645 </varlistentry>
2646
2647 <varlistentry>
2648 <term><varname>MTUBytes=</varname></term>
2649 <listitem>
2650 <para>Specifies the size of the peakrate bucket. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified
2651 size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1000.
2652 Defaults to unset.</para>
2653 </listitem>
2654 </varlistentry>
2655 </variablelist>
2656 </refsect1>
2657
2658 <refsect1>
2659 <title>[PIE] Section Options</title>
2660 <para>The <literal>[PIE]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
2661 (qdisc) of Proportional Integral controller-Enhanced (PIE).</para>
2662
2663 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2664 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2665 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2666
2667 <varlistentry>
2668 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
2669 <listitem>
2670 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
2671 dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 1 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2672 </listitem>
2673 </varlistentry>
2674 </variablelist>
2675 </refsect1>
2676
2677 <refsect1>
2678 <title>[StochasticFairBlue] Section Options</title>
2679 <para>The <literal>[StochasticFairBlue]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
2680 (qdisc) of stochastic fair blue (sfb).</para>
2681
2682 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2683 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2684 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2685
2686 <varlistentry>
2687 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
2688 <listitem>
2689 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
2690 dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 0 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2691 </listitem>
2692 </varlistentry>
2693 </variablelist>
2694 </refsect1>
2695
2696 <refsect1>
2697 <title>[StochasticFairnessQueueing] Section Options</title>
2698 <para>The <literal>[StochasticFairnessQueueing]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
2699 (qdisc) of stochastic fairness queueing (sfq).</para>
2700
2701 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2702 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2703 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2704
2705 <varlistentry>
2706 <term><varname>PerturbPeriodSec=</varname></term>
2707 <listitem>
2708 <para>Specifies the interval in seconds for queue algorithm perturbation. Defaults to unset.</para>
2709 </listitem>
2710 </varlistentry>
2711 </variablelist>
2712 </refsect1>
2713
2714 <refsect1>
2715 <title>[BFIFO] Section Options</title>
2716 <para>The <literal>[BFIFO]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2717 Byte limited Packet First In First Out (bfifo).</para>
2718
2719 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2720 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2721 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2722
2723 <varlistentry>
2724 <term><varname>LimitSize=</varname></term>
2725 <listitem>
2726 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the FIFO size in bytes. The size limit (a buffer size) to prevent it
2727 from overflowing in case it is unable to dequeue packets as quickly as it receives them. When this limit
2728 is reached, incoming packets are dropped. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as
2729 Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2730 </listitem>
2731 </varlistentry>
2732 </variablelist>
2733 </refsect1>
2734
2735 <refsect1>
2736 <title>[PFIFO] Section Options</title>
2737 <para>The <literal>[PFIFO]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2738 Packet First In First Out (pfifo).</para>
2739
2740 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2741 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2742 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2743
2744 <varlistentry>
2745 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
2746 <listitem>
2747 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the FIFO size in number of packets. The size limit (a buffer size) to prevent it
2748 from overflowing in case it is unable to dequeue packets as quickly as it receives them. When this limit is reached,
2749 incoming packets are dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 0 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2750 </listitem>
2751 </varlistentry>
2752 </variablelist>
2753 </refsect1>
2754
2755 <refsect1>
2756 <title>[PFIFOHeadDrop] Section Options</title>
2757 <para>The <literal>[PFIFOHeadDrop]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2758 Packet First In First Out Head Drop (pfifo_head_drop).</para>
2759
2760 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2761 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2762 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2763
2764 <varlistentry>
2765 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
2766 <listitem>
2767 <para>As in <literal>[PFIFO]</literal> section.</para></listitem>
2768 </varlistentry>
2769 </variablelist>
2770 </refsect1>
2771
2772 <refsect1>
2773 <title>[PFIFOFast] Section Options</title>
2774 <para>The <literal>[PFIFOFast]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2775 Packet First In First Out Fast (pfifo_fast).</para>
2776
2777 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2778 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2779 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2780 </variablelist>
2781 </refsect1>
2782
2783 <refsect1>
2784 <title>[CAKE] Section Options</title>
2785 <para>The <literal>[CAKE]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2786 Common Applications Kept Enhanced (CAKE).</para>
2787
2788 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2789 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2790 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2791
2792 <varlistentry>
2793 <term><varname>Overhead=</varname></term>
2794 <listitem>
2795 <para>Specifies that bytes to be addeded to the size of each packet. Bytes may be negative.
2796 Takes an integer ranges -64 to 256. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2797 </listitem>
2798 </varlistentry>
2799
2800 <varlistentry>
2801 <term><varname>Bandwidth=</varname></term>
2802 <listitem>
2803 <para>Specifies the shaper bandwidth. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is
2804 parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively, to the base of 1000. Defaults to
2805 unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2806 </listitem>
2807 </varlistentry>
2808 </variablelist>
2809 </refsect1>
2810
2811 <refsect1>
2812 <title>[ControlledDelay] Section Options</title>
2813 <para>The <literal>[ControlledDelay]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2814 controlled delay (CoDel).</para>
2815
2816 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2817 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2818 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2819
2820 <varlistentry>
2821 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
2822 <listitem>
2823 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
2824 dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 0 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2825 </listitem>
2826 </varlistentry>
2827
2828 <varlistentry>
2829 <term><varname>TargetSec=</varname></term>
2830 <listitem>
2831 <para>Takes a timespan. Specifies the acceptable minimum standing/persistent queue delay.
2832 Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2833 </listitem>
2834 </varlistentry>
2835
2836 <varlistentry>
2837 <term><varname>IntervalSec=</varname></term>
2838 <listitem>
2839 <para>Takes a timespan. This is used to ensure that the measured minimum delay does not
2840 become too stale. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2841 </listitem>
2842 </varlistentry>
2843
2844 <varlistentry>
2845 <term><varname>ECN=</varname></term>
2846 <listitem>
2847 <para>Takes a boolean. This can be used to mark packets instead of dropping them. Defaults to
2848 unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2849 </listitem>
2850 </varlistentry>
2851
2852 <varlistentry>
2853 <term><varname>CEThresholdSec=</varname></term>
2854 <listitem>
2855 <para>Takes a timespan. This sets a threshold above which all packets are marked with ECN
2856 Congestion Experienced (CE). Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2857 </listitem>
2858 </varlistentry>
2859 </variablelist>
2860 </refsect1>
2861
2862 <refsect1>
2863 <title>[DeficitRoundRobinScheduler] Section Options</title>
2864 <para>The <literal>[DeficitRoundRobinScheduler]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
2865 Deficit Round Robin Scheduler (DRR).</para>
2866
2867 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2868 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2869 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2870 </variablelist>
2871 </refsect1>
2872
2873 <refsect1>
2874 <title>[DeficitRoundRobinSchedulerClass] Section Options</title>
2875 <para>The <literal>[DeficitRoundRobinSchedulerClass]</literal> section manages the traffic control class of
2876 Deficit Round Robin Scheduler (DRR).</para>
2877
2878 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2879 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-parent" />
2880 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-classid" />
2881
2882 <varlistentry>
2883 <term><varname>Quantum=</varname></term>
2884 <listitem>
2885 <para>Specifies the amount of bytes a flow is allowed to dequeue before the
2886 scheduler moves to the next class. An unsigned integer ranges 1 to 4294967294.
2887 Defaults to the MTU of the interface.</para>
2888 </listitem>
2889 </varlistentry>
2890
2891 </variablelist>
2892 </refsect1>
2893
2894 <refsect1>
2895 <title>[GenericRandomEarlyDetection] Section Options</title>
2896 <para>The <literal>[GenericRandomEarlyDetection]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
2897 (qdisc) of Generic Random Early Detection (GRED).</para>
2898
2899 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2900 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2901 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2902
2903 <varlistentry>
2904 <term><varname>VirtualQueues=</varname></term>
2905 <listitem>
2906 <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>
2907 </listitem>
2908 </varlistentry>
2909
2910 <varlistentry>
2911 <term><varname>DefaultVirtualQueue=</varname></term>
2912 <listitem>
2913 <para>Specifies the number of default virtual queue. This must be less than <varname>VirtualQueue=</varname>.
2914 Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2915 </listitem>
2916 </varlistentry>
2917
2918 <varlistentry>
2919 <term><varname>GenericRIO=</varname></term>
2920 <listitem>
2921 <para>Takes a boolean. It turns on the RIO-like buffering scheme. Defaults to
2922 unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2923 </listitem>
2924 </varlistentry>
2925 </variablelist>
2926 </refsect1>
2927
2928 <refsect1>
2929 <title>[FairQueueingControlledDelay] Section Options</title>
2930 <para>The <literal>[FairQueueingControlledDelay]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
2931 (qdisc) of fair queuing controlled delay (FQ-CoDel).</para>
2932
2933 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2934 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
2935 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
2936
2937 <varlistentry>
2938 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
2939 <listitem>
2940 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the real queue size. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
2941 dropped. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2942 </listitem>
2943 </varlistentry>
2944
2945 <varlistentry>
2946 <term><varname>MemoryLimit=</varname></term>
2947 <listitem>
2948 <para>Specifies the limit on the total number of bytes that can be queued in this FQ-CoDel instance.
2949 When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes,
2950 respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2951 </listitem>
2952 </varlistentry>
2953
2954 <varlistentry>
2955 <term><varname>Flows=</varname></term>
2956 <listitem>
2957 <para>Specifies the number of flows into which the incoming packets are classified.
2958 Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2959 </listitem>
2960 </varlistentry>
2961
2962 <varlistentry>
2963 <term><varname>TargetSec=</varname></term>
2964 <listitem>
2965 <para>Takes a timespan. Specifies the acceptable minimum standing/persistent queue delay.
2966 Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2967 </listitem>
2968 </varlistentry>
2969
2970 <varlistentry>
2971 <term><varname>IntervalSec=</varname></term>
2972 <listitem>
2973 <para>Takes a timespan. This is used to ensure that the measured minimum delay does not
2974 become too stale. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2975 </listitem>
2976 </varlistentry>
2977
2978 <varlistentry>
2979 <term><varname>Quantum=</varname></term>
2980 <listitem>
2981 <para>Specifies the number of bytes used as 'deficit' in the fair queuing algorithmtimespan.
2982 When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes,
2983 respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2984 </listitem>
2985 </varlistentry>
2986
2987 <varlistentry>
2988 <term><varname>ECN=</varname></term>
2989 <listitem>
2990 <para>Takes a boolean. This can be used to mark packets instead of dropping them. Defaults to
2991 unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
2992 </listitem>
2993 </varlistentry>
2994
2995 <varlistentry>
2996 <term><varname>CEThresholdSec=</varname></term>
2997 <listitem>
2998 <para>Takes a timespan. This sets a threshold above which all packets are marked with ECN
2999 Congestion Experienced (CE). Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3000 </listitem>
3001 </varlistentry>
3002 </variablelist>
3003 </refsect1>
3004
3005 <refsect1>
3006 <title>[FairQueueing] Section Options</title>
3007 <para>The <literal>[FairQueueing]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
3008 (qdisc) of fair queue traffic policing (FQ).</para>
3009
3010 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3011 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3012 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3013
3014 <varlistentry>
3015 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
3016 <listitem>
3017 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the real queue size. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
3018 dropped. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3019 </listitem>
3020 </varlistentry>
3021
3022 <varlistentry>
3023 <term><varname>FlowLimit=</varname></term>
3024 <listitem>
3025 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the maximum number of packets queued per flow. Defaults to
3026 unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3027 </listitem>
3028 </varlistentry>
3029
3030 <varlistentry>
3031 <term><varname>Quantum=</varname></term>
3032 <listitem>
3033 <para>Specifies the credit per dequeue RR round, i.e. the amount of bytes a flow is allowed
3034 to dequeue at once. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes,
3035 Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and kernel's
3036 default is used.</para>
3037 </listitem>
3038 </varlistentry>
3039
3040 <varlistentry>
3041 <term><varname>InitialQuantum=</varname></term>
3042 <listitem>
3043 <para>Specifies the initial sending rate credit, i.e. the amount of bytes a new flow is
3044 allowed to dequeue initially. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as
3045 Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and
3046 kernel's default is used.</para>
3047 </listitem>
3048 </varlistentry>
3049
3050 <varlistentry>
3051 <term><varname>MaximumRate=</varname></term>
3052 <listitem>
3053 <para>Specifies the maximum sending rate of a flow. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the
3054 specified size is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively, to the base of
3055 1000. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3056 </listitem>
3057 </varlistentry>
3058
3059 <varlistentry>
3060 <term><varname>Buckets=</varname></term>
3061 <listitem>
3062 <para>Specifies the size of the hash table used for flow lookups. Defaults to unset and
3063 kernel's default is used.</para>
3064 </listitem>
3065 </varlistentry>
3066
3067 <varlistentry>
3068 <term><varname>OrphanMask=</varname></term>
3069 <listitem>
3070 <para>Takes an unsigned integer. For packets not owned by a socket, fq is able to mask a part
3071 of hash and reduce number of buckets associated with the traffic. Defaults to unset and
3072 kernel's default is used.</para>
3073 </listitem>
3074 </varlistentry>
3075
3076 <varlistentry>
3077 <term><varname>Pacing=</varname></term>
3078 <listitem>
3079 <para>Takes a boolean, and enables or disables flow pacing. Defaults to unset and kernel's
3080 default is used.</para>
3081 </listitem>
3082 </varlistentry>
3083
3084 <varlistentry>
3085 <term><varname>CEThresholdSec=</varname></term>
3086 <listitem>
3087 <para>Takes a timespan. This sets a threshold above which all packets are marked with ECN
3088 Congestion Experienced (CE). Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3089 </listitem>
3090 </varlistentry>
3091 </variablelist>
3092 </refsect1>
3093
3094 <refsect1>
3095 <title>[TrivialLinkEqualizer] Section Options</title>
3096 <para>The <literal>[TrivialLinkEqualizer]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
3097 trivial link equalizer (teql).</para>
3098
3099 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3100 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3101 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3102
3103 <varlistentry>
3104 <term><varname>Id=</varname></term>
3105 <listitem>
3106 <para>Specifies the interface ID <literal>N</literal> of teql. Defaults to <literal>0</literal>.
3107 Note that when teql is used, currently, the module <constant>sch_teql</constant> with
3108 <constant>max_equalizers=N+1</constant> option must be loaded before
3109 <command>systemd-networkd</command> is started.</para>
3110 </listitem>
3111 </varlistentry>
3112 </variablelist>
3113 </refsect1>
3114
3115 <refsect1>
3116 <title>[HierarchyTokenBucket] Section Options</title>
3117 <para>The <literal>[HierarchyTokenBucket]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
3118 hierarchy token bucket (htb).</para>
3119
3120 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3121 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3122 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3123
3124 <varlistentry>
3125 <term><varname>DefaultClass=</varname></term>
3126 <listitem>
3127 <para>Takes the minor id in hexadecimal of the default class. Unclassified traffic gets sent
3128 to the class. Defaults to unset.</para>
3129 </listitem>
3130 </varlistentry>
3131 </variablelist>
3132 </refsect1>
3133
3134 <refsect1>
3135 <title>[HierarchyTokenBucketClass] Section Options</title>
3136 <para>The <literal>[HierarchyTokenBucketClass]</literal> section manages the traffic control class of
3137 hierarchy token bucket (htb).</para>
3138
3139 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3140 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-parent" />
3141 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-classid" />
3142
3143 <varlistentry>
3144 <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
3145 <listitem>
3146 <para>Specifies the priority of the class. In the round-robin process, classes with the lowest
3147 priority field are tried for packets first. This setting is mandatory.</para>
3148 </listitem>
3149 </varlistentry>
3150
3151 <varlistentry>
3152 <term><varname>Rate=</varname></term>
3153 <listitem>
3154 <para>Specifies the maximum rate this class and all its children are guaranteed. When suffixed
3155 with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively,
3156 to the base of 1000. This setting is mandatory.</para>
3157 </listitem>
3158 </varlistentry>
3159
3160 <varlistentry>
3161 <term><varname>CeilRate=</varname></term>
3162 <listitem>
3163 <para>Specifies the maximum rate at which a class can send, if its parent has bandwidth to spare.
3164 When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits,
3165 respectively, to the base of 1000. When unset, the value specified with <varname>Rate=</varname>
3166 is used.</para>
3167 </listitem>
3168 </varlistentry>
3169 </variablelist>
3170 </refsect1>
3171
3172 <refsect1>
3173 <title>[HeavyHitterFilter] Section Options</title>
3174 <para>The <literal>[HeavyHitterFilter]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
3175 (qdisc) of Heavy Hitter Filter (hhf).</para>
3176
3177 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3178 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3179 <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3180
3181 <varlistentry>
3182 <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
3183 <listitem>
3184 <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
3185 dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 0 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3186 </listitem>
3187 </varlistentry>
3188 </variablelist>
3189 </refsect1>
3190
3191 <refsect1>
3192 <title>[BridgeVLAN] Section Options</title>
3193 <para>The <literal>[BridgeVLAN]</literal> section manages the VLAN ID configuration of a bridge port and accepts
3194 the following keys. Specify several <literal>[BridgeVLAN]</literal> sections to configure several VLAN entries.
3195 The <varname>VLANFiltering=</varname> option has to be enabled, see <literal>[Bridge]</literal> section in
3196 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
3197
3198 <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3199 <varlistentry>
3200 <term><varname>VLAN=</varname></term>
3201 <listitem>
3202 <para>The VLAN ID allowed on the port. This can be either a single ID or a range M-N. VLAN IDs are valid
3203 from 1 to 4094.</para>
3204 </listitem>
3205 </varlistentry>
3206 <varlistentry>
3207 <term><varname>EgressUntagged=</varname></term>
3208 <listitem>
3209 <para>The VLAN ID specified here will be used to untag frames on egress. Configuring
3210 <varname>EgressUntagged=</varname> implicates the use of <varname>VLAN=</varname> above and will enable the
3211 VLAN ID for ingress as well. This can be either a single ID or a range M-N.</para>
3212 </listitem>
3213 </varlistentry>
3214 <varlistentry>
3215 <term><varname>PVID=</varname></term>
3216 <listitem>
3217 <para>The Port VLAN ID specified here is assigned to all untagged frames at ingress.
3218 <varname>PVID=</varname> can be used only once. Configuring <varname>PVID=</varname> implicates the use of
3219 <varname>VLAN=</varname> above and will enable the VLAN ID for ingress as well.</para>
3220 </listitem>
3221 </varlistentry>
3222 </variablelist>
3223 </refsect1>
3224
3225 <refsect1>
3226 <title>Examples</title>
3227 <example>
3228 <title>Static network configuration</title>
3229
3230 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/50-static.network
3231 [Match]
3232 Name=enp2s0
3233
3234 [Network]
3235 Address=192.168.0.15/24
3236 Gateway=192.168.0.1</programlisting>
3237
3238 <para>This brings interface <literal>enp2s0</literal> up with a static address. The
3239 specified gateway will be used for a default route.</para>
3240 </example>
3241
3242 <example>
3243 <title>DHCP on ethernet links</title>
3244
3245 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/80-dhcp.network
3246 [Match]
3247 Name=en*
3248
3249 [Network]
3250 DHCP=yes</programlisting>
3251
3252 <para>This will enable DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 on all interfaces with names starting with
3253 <literal>en</literal> (i.e. ethernet interfaces).</para>
3254 </example>
3255
3256 <example>
3257 <title>IPv6 Prefix Delegation</title>
3258
3259 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/55-ipv6-pd-upstream.network
3260 [Match]
3261 Name=enp1s0
3262
3263 [Network]
3264 DHCP=ipv6</programlisting>
3265
3266 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/56-ipv6-pd-downstream.network
3267 [Match]
3268 Name=enp2s0
3269
3270 [Network]
3271 IPv6PrefixDelegation=dhcpv6</programlisting>
3272
3273 <para>This will enable IPv6 PD on the interface enp1s0 as an upstream interface where the
3274 DHCPv6 client is running and enp2s0 as a downstream interface where the prefix is delegated to.</para>
3275 </example>
3276
3277 <example>
3278 <title>A bridge with two enslaved links</title>
3279
3280 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-static.network
3281 [Match]
3282 Name=bridge0
3283
3284 [Network]
3285 Address=192.168.0.15/24
3286 Gateway=192.168.0.1
3287 DNS=192.168.0.1</programlisting>
3288
3289 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-slave-interface-1.network
3290 [Match]
3291 Name=enp2s0
3292
3293 [Network]
3294 Bridge=bridge0</programlisting>
3295
3296 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-slave-interface-2.network
3297 [Match]
3298 Name=wlp3s0
3299
3300 [Network]
3301 Bridge=bridge0</programlisting>
3302
3303 <para>This creates a bridge and attaches devices <literal>enp2s0</literal> and
3304 <literal>wlp3s0</literal> to it. The bridge will have the specified static address
3305 and network assigned, and a default route via the specified gateway will be
3306 added. The specified DNS server will be added to the global list of DNS resolvers.
3307 </para>
3308 </example>
3309
3310 <example>
3311 <title></title>
3312
3313 <programlisting>
3314 # /etc/systemd/network/20-bridge-slave-interface-vlan.network
3315 [Match]
3316 Name=enp2s0
3317
3318 [Network]
3319 Bridge=bridge0
3320
3321 [BridgeVLAN]
3322 VLAN=1-32
3323 PVID=42
3324 EgressUntagged=42
3325
3326 [BridgeVLAN]
3327 VLAN=100-200
3328
3329 [BridgeVLAN]
3330 EgressUntagged=300-400</programlisting>
3331
3332 <para>This overrides the configuration specified in the previous example for the
3333 interface <literal>enp2s0</literal>, and enables VLAN on that bridge port. VLAN IDs
3334 1-32, 42, 100-400 will be allowed. Packets tagged with VLAN IDs 42, 300-400 will be
3335 untagged when they leave on this interface. Untagged packets which arrive on this
3336 interface will be assigned VLAN ID 42.</para>
3337 </example>
3338
3339 <example>
3340 <title>Various tunnels</title>
3341
3342 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnels.network
3343 [Match]
3344 Name=ens1
3345
3346 [Network]
3347 Tunnel=ipip-tun
3348 Tunnel=sit-tun
3349 Tunnel=gre-tun
3350 Tunnel=vti-tun
3351 </programlisting>
3352
3353 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-ipip.netdev
3354 [NetDev]
3355 Name=ipip-tun
3356 Kind=ipip
3357 </programlisting>
3358
3359 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-sit.netdev
3360 [NetDev]
3361 Name=sit-tun
3362 Kind=sit
3363 </programlisting>
3364
3365 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-gre.netdev
3366 [NetDev]
3367 Name=gre-tun
3368 Kind=gre
3369 </programlisting>
3370
3371 <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-vti.netdev
3372 [NetDev]
3373 Name=vti-tun
3374 Kind=vti
3375 </programlisting>
3376
3377 <para>This will bring interface <literal>ens1</literal> up and create an IPIP tunnel,
3378 a SIT tunnel, a GRE tunnel, and a VTI tunnel using it.</para>
3379 </example>
3380
3381 <example>
3382 <title>A bond device</title>
3383
3384 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1.network
3385 [Match]
3386 Name=bond1
3387
3388 [Network]
3389 DHCP=ipv6
3390 </programlisting>
3391
3392 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1.netdev
3393 [NetDev]
3394 Name=bond1
3395 Kind=bond
3396 </programlisting>
3397
3398 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1-dev1.network
3399 [Match]
3400 MACAddress=52:54:00:e9:64:41
3401
3402 [Network]
3403 Bond=bond1
3404 </programlisting>
3405
3406 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1-dev2.network
3407 [Match]
3408 MACAddress=52:54:00:e9:64:42
3409
3410 [Network]
3411 Bond=bond1
3412 </programlisting>
3413
3414 <para>This will create a bond device <literal>bond1</literal> and enslave the two
3415 devices with MAC addresses 52:54:00:e9:64:41 and 52:54:00:e9:64:42 to it. IPv6 DHCP
3416 will be used to acquire an address.</para>
3417 </example>
3418
3419 <example>
3420 <title>Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)</title>
3421 <para>Add the <literal>bond1</literal> interface to the VRF master interface
3422 <literal>vrf1</literal>. This will redirect routes generated on this interface to be
3423 within the routing table defined during VRF creation. For kernels before 4.8 traffic
3424 won't be redirected towards the VRFs routing table unless specific ip-rules are added.
3425 </para>
3426 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-vrf.network
3427 [Match]
3428 Name=bond1
3429
3430 [Network]
3431 VRF=vrf1
3432 </programlisting>
3433 </example>
3434
3435 <example>
3436 <title>MacVTap</title>
3437 <para>This brings up a network interface <literal>macvtap-test</literal>
3438 and attaches it to <literal>enp0s25</literal>.</para>
3439 <programlisting># /usr/lib/systemd/network/25-macvtap.network
3440 [Match]
3441 Name=enp0s25
3442
3443 [Network]
3444 MACVTAP=macvtap-test
3445 </programlisting>
3446 </example>
3447
3448 <example>
3449 <title>A Xfrm interface with physical underlying device.</title>
3450
3451 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/27-xfrm.netdev
3452 [NetDev]
3453 Name=xfrm0
3454
3455 [Xfrm]
3456 InterfaceId=7</programlisting>
3457
3458 <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/27-eth0.network
3459 [Match]
3460 Name=eth0
3461
3462 [Network]
3463 Xfrm=xfrm0</programlisting>
3464
3465 <para>This creates a <literal>xfrm0</literal> interface and binds it to the <literal>eth0</literal> device.
3466 This allows hardware based ipsec offloading to the <literal>eth0</literal> nic.
3467 If offloading is not needed, xfrm interfaces can be assigned to the <literal>lo</literal> device.
3468 </para>
3469 </example>
3470 </refsect1>
3471
3472 <refsect1>
3473 <title>See Also</title>
3474 <para>
3475 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
3476 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
3477 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
3478 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
3479 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
3480 </para>
3481 </refsect1>
3482
3483 </refentry>