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# uvrrpd
uvrrpd is a VRRP daemon written in C, providing an full implementation of
VRRPv2 (rfc3768) and VRRPv3 (rfc5798), with IPv4 and IPv6 support.
uvrrpd is a project hosted at [Evolix's forge](https://forge.evolix.org/projects/uvrrpd)
uvrrpd is written for GNU/Linux and use macvlan in order to derivate multiple
virtual NICs (virtual VRRP mac) from a single physical NIC.
uvrrpd is a simply a VRRP state machine, and a script (*vrrp_switch.sh*) is in
charge to create or destroy Virtual VRRP interfaces.
uvrrpd is designed to run a single VRRP instance, but you can run multiple
instances of uvrrpd, each of them with a different VRRP id, on the same or
different physical NIC.
Simple text authentication from deprecated RFC2332 may be used while running
uvrrpd in version 2 (rfc3768), but not in version 3 (rfc5798).
It provides a network topology update by sending :
- an ARP gratuitous packet for each Virtual VRRP IPv4 address specified in the
VRRP instance,
- an NDP neighbour advertisement for each Virtual VRRP IPv6 address.
## Building
For now, a dummy Makefile is used to build uvrrpd :
```bash
git clone https://forge.evolix.org/uvrrpd.git
cd uvrrpd
make
```
That's all. You need the binary `uvrrpd` and the shell script *vrrp_switch.sh* to start playing.
In the future a more clean way to build && install will be provided.
## Usage
```bash
$ ./uvrrpd -h
Usage: uvrrpd -v vrid -i ifname [OPTIONS] VIP1 [… VIPn]
Mandatory options:
-v, --vrid vrid Virtual router identifier
-i, --interface iface Interface
VIP Virtual IP(s), 1 to 255 VIPs
Optional arguments:
-p, --priority prio Priority of VRRP Instance, (0-255, default 100)
-t, --time delay Time interval between advertisements
Seconds in VRRPv2 (default 1s),
Centiseconds in VRRPv3 (default 100cs)
-P, --preempt on|off Switch preempt (default on)
-r, --rfc version Specify protocol 'version'
2 (VRRPv2, RFC3768) by default,
3 (VRRPv3, RFC5798)
-6, --ipv6 IPv6 support, (only in VRRPv3)
-a, --auth pass Simple text password (only in VRRPv2)
-f, --foreground Execute uvrrpd in foreground
-s, --script Path of hook script (default /etc/uvrrpd/uvrrpd-switch.sh)
-d, --debug
-h, --help
```
### Signals
* `SIGHUP` : force uvrrpd to switch to init state
* `SIGUSR1`|`SIGUSR2` : dump VRRP instance informations
### Log
LOG_DAEMON facility
*vrrp_switch.sh* maintain a state file of the current instance in /tmp/state.vrrp_${vrid}_${ifname}
## Examples
*uvrrpd must be run as root.*
* Start a VRRP instance on eth0 interface with VRID 42, default priority (100),
with *vrrp_switch.sh* in */usr/share/uvrrpd* directory (arbitrary choice).
```bash
# ./uvrrpd -v 42 -i eth0 -s /usr/share/uvrrpd/vrrp_switch.sh 10.0.0.254
#
```
In our example, no other VRRP instance, we are the master and we can see the
new VRRP interface with the VIP *10.0.0.254* and the virtual VRRP mac address
*00:00:5e:00:01:2a* :
```bash
# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:4f:48:3f
inet addr:10.0.0.1 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::5054:ff:fe4f:483f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4935 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3835 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:965166 (942.5 KiB) TX bytes:613308 (598.9 KiB)
vrrp_eth0_42 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:5e:00:01:2a
inet addr:10.0.0.254 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.255
inet6 addr: fe80::200:5eff:fe00:12a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3217 (3.1 KiB) TX bytes:520 (520.0 B)
[...]
```
See logs :
```bash
# tail -f /var/log/daemon.log
[...]
Sep 12 09:04:55 debian uvrrpd[2966]: vrid 42 :: init
Sep 12 09:04:55 debian uvrrpd[2966]: vrid 42 :: init -> backup
Sep 12 09:04:58 debian uvrrpd[2966]: vrid 42 :: masterdown_timer expired
Sep 12 09:04:58 debian uvrrpd[2966]: vrid 42 :: backup -> master
```
and /tmp/state.vrrp_42_eth0 :
```bash
# cat /tmp/state.vrrp_42_eth0
state master
vrid 42
ifname eth0
priority 100
adv_int 1
naddr 1
ips 10.0.0.254
```
You can start an another VRRP instance on another GNU/Linux box or a router with VRRP support, with the same VRID and different priority.
* uvrrpd support IPv6 (RFC5798) :
```bash
# ./uvrrpd -v 42 -i eth0 -p 90 -6 fe80::fada/64
```
* Multiple VIPs could be specified for a single VRRP instance (up to 255 VIPs) :
```bash
# ./uvrrpd -v 42 -i eth0 10.0.0.69 10.0.0.80
```
## TODOs
* clean code...
* fix bugs
* make more tests (please help !)
* autoconf/autohell
* add features like pidfile, interface monitoring ...
* init scripts
* packaging
Any suggestions, ideas, patches or whatever are welcome and will be greatly
appreciated !