loxicmd is command tool for loxilb's configuration. loxicmd aims to provide all configuation related to loxilb and is based on kubectl's look and feel. When running k8s, kube-loxilb usually takes care of loxilb configuration but nonetheless loxicmd can be used for enhanced config, debugging and observability.
Note - loxilb docker has this built-in and there is no need to build it when using loxilb docker
Install package dependencies
go get .
Make loxicmd
make
Install loxicmd
sudo cp -f ./loxicmd /usr/local/sbin
Get basic information
loxicmd get lb
Get detailed information
loxicmd get lb -o wide
Get info in json
loxicmd get lb -o json
Simple NAT44 tcp (round-robin) load-balancer
loxicmd create lb 1.1.1.1 --tcp=1828:1920 --endpoints=2.2.3.4:1
Note:
- Round-robin is default mode in loxilb
- End-point format is specified as <CIDR:weight>. For round-robin, weight(1) has no significance.
NAT66 (round-robin) load-balancer
loxicmd create lb 2001::1 --tcp=2020:8080 --endpoints=4ffe::1:1,5ffe::1:1,6ffe::1:1
NAT64 (round-robin) load-balancer
loxicmd create lb 2001::1 --tcp=2020:8080 --endpoints=31.31.31.1:1,32.32.32.1:1,33.33.33.1:1
WRR (Weighted round-robin) load-balancer (Divide traffic in 40%, 40% and 20% ratio among end-points)
loxicmd create lb 20.20.20.1 --select=priority --tcp=2020:8080 --endpoints=31.31.31.1:40,32.32.32.1:40,33.33.33.1:20
Sticky end-point selection load-balancer (select end-points based on traffic hash)
loxicmd create lb 20.20.20.1 --select=hash --tcp=2020:8080 --endpoints=31.31.31.1:1,32.32.32.1:1,33.33.33.1:1
Load-balancer with forceful tcp-reset session timeout after inactivity of 30s
loxicmd create lb 20.20.20.1 --tcp=2020:8080 --endpoints=31.31.31.1:1,32.32.32.1:1,33.33.33.1:1 --inatimeout=30
Load-balancer with one-arm mode
loxicmd create lb 20.20.20.1 --tcp=2020:8080 --endpoints=100.100.100.2:1,100.100.100.3:1,100.100.100.4:1 --mode=onearm
Load-balancer with fullnat mode
loxicmd create lb 88.88.88.1 --sctp=38412:38412 --endpoints=192.168.70.3:1 --mode=fullnat
- For more information on one-arm and full-nat mode, please check this post
Load-balancer config in DSR(direct-server return) mode
loxicmd create lb 20.20.20.1 --tcp=2020:8080 --endpoints=31.31.31.1:1,32.32.32.1:1 --mode=dsr
Load-balancer config with active endpoint monitoring
loxicmd create lb 20.20.20.1 --tcp=2020:8080 --endpoints=31.31.31.1:1,32.32.32.1:1 --monitor
Note:
- By default loxilb does not do active endpoint monitoring i.e it will continue to select end-points which might be inactive
- This is due to the fact kubernetes also has its own service monitoring mechanism and it can notify loxilb of any such endpoint health state
- Based on user's requirements, one can specify active endpoint checks using "--monitor" flag
- loxilb has extensive endpoint monitoring methods. Further details can be found in endpoint section
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: Loadbalancer
metadata:
name: test
spec:
serviceArguments:
externalIP: 1.2.3.1
port: 80
protocol: tcp
sel: 0
endpoints:
- endpointIP: 4.3.2.1
weight: 1
targetPort: 8080
- endpointIP: 4.3.2.2
weight: 1
targetPort: 8080
- endpointIP: 4.3.2.3
weight: 1
targetPort: 8080
loxicmd delete lb 1.1.1.1 --tcp=1828
loxicmd get ep
# loxicmd create endpoint IP [--name=<id>] [--probetype=<probetype>] [--probereq=<probereq>] [--proberesp=<proberesp>] [--probeport=<port>] [--period=<period>] [--retries=<retries>]
loxicmd create endpoint 32.32.32.1 --probetype=http --probeport=8080 --period=60 --retries=2
IP(string) : Endpoint target IPaddress
name(string) : Endpoint Identifier
probetype(string): Probe-type:ping,http,https,udp,tcp,sctp,none
probereq(string): If probe is http/https, one can specify additional uri path
proberesp(string): If probe is http/https, one can specify custom response string
probeport(int): If probe is http,https,tcp,udp,sctp one can specify custom l4port to use
period(int): Period of probing
retries(int): Number of retries before marking endPoint inactive
Notes:
- "name" is not required when endpoint is created initially. loxilb will allocate the name which can be checked with "loxicmd get ep". "name" can be given as an Identifier when user wants to modify endpoint probe parameters
- Initial state of endpoint will be decided within 15 seconds of rule addition (We cant be sure if service is immediately up so this is the init liveness check timeout. It is not configurable at this time)
- After init liveness check, probes will be done as per default (60s) or whatever value is set by the user
- When endpoint is inactive we have internal logic and timeouts to minimize blocking calls and maintain stability. Only when endpoint is active, we use probe timeout given by user
- For UDP end-points and probe-type, there are two ways to check end-point health currently:
- If the service can respond to probe requests with pre-defined responses sent over UDP, we can use the following :
loxicmd create endpoint 172.1.217.133 --name="udpep1" --probetype=udp --probeport=32031 --period=60 --retries=2 --probereq="probe" --proberesp="hello"
- If the services cannot support the above mechanism, loxilb will try to check for "ICMP Port unreachable" after sending UDP probes. If an "ICMP Port unreachable" is received, it means the endpoint is not up.
- If the service can respond to probe requests with pre-defined responses sent over UDP, we can use the following :
loxicmd create endpoint 32.32.32.1 --probetype=http --probeport=8080 --period=60 --retries=2
loxicmd get ep
| HOST | NAME | PTYPE | PORT | DURATION | RETRIES | MINDELAY | AVGDELAY | MAXDELAY | STATE |
|------------|----------------------|-------|------|----------|---------|----------|----------|----------|-------|
| 32.32.32.1 | 32.32.32.1_http_8080 | http: | 8080 | 60 | 2 | 0s | 0s | 0s | ok |
# Modify duration and retry count using name
loxicmd create endpoint 32.32.32.1 --name=32.32.32.1_http_8080 --probetype=http --probeport=8080 --period=40 --retries=4
loxicmd get ep
| HOST | NAME | PTYPE | PORT | DURATION | RETRIES | MINDELAY | AVGDELAY | MAXDELAY | STATE |
|------------|----------------------|-------|------|----------|---------|----------|-----------|-----------|-------|
| 32.32.32.1 | 32.32.32.1_http_8080 | http: | 8080 | 40 | 4 | 0s | 0s | 0s | ok |
# loxicmd create endpoint IP [--name=<id>] [--probetype=<probetype>] [--probereq=<probereq>] [--proberesp=<proberesp>] [--probeport=<port>] [--period=<period>] [--retries=<retries>]
loxicmd create endpoint 32.32.32.1 --probetype=https --probeport=8080 --probereq="health" --proberesp="OK" --period=60 --retries=2
Note: loxilb requires CA certificate for TLS connection and private certificate and private key for mTLS connection. Admin can keep a common(default) CA certificate for all the endpoints at "/opt/loxilb/cert/rootCA.crt" or per-endpoint certificates can be kept as "/opt/loxilb/cert/<IP>/rootCA.crt", private key must be kept at "/opt/loxilb/cert/server.key" and private certificate at "/opt/loxilb/cert/server.crt". Please see Minica or Certstrap or this CICD test case to know how to generate certificates.
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: Endpoint
metadata:
name: test
spec:
hostName: "Test"
description: string
inactiveReTries: 0
probeType: string
probeReqUrl: string
probeDuration: 0
probePort: 0
loxicmd delete endpoint 31.31.31.31
loxicmd get bfd
#loxicmd create bfd <remoteIP> --sourceIP=<sourceIP> --interval=<time in usecs> --retryCount=<count>
loxicmd create bfd 192.168.80.253 --sourceIP=192.168.80.252 --interval=500000 --retryCount=3
remoteIP(string): Remote IP address
sourceIP(string): Source IP address for binding
interval(int): BFD packet Tx Interval Time in microseconds
retryCount(int): Number of retry counts to detect failure.
#loxicmd set bfd <remoteIP> --interval=<time in usecs> --retryCount=<count>
loxicmd set bfd 192.168.80.253 --interval=400000 --retryCount=5
interval(int): BFD packet Tx Interval Time in microseconds
retryCount(int): Number of retry counts to detect failure.
#loxicmd delete bfd <remoteIP>
loxicmd delete bfd 192.168.80.253
remoteIP(string): Remote IP address
sourceIP(string): Source IP address for binding
interval(int): BFD packet Tx Interval Time in microseconds
retryCount(int): Number of retry counts to detect failure.
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: BFD
metadata:
name: test
spec:
instance: "default"
remoteIp: "192.168.80.253"
sourceIp: "192.168.80.252"
interval: 300000
retryCount: 4
loxicmd get session
#loxicmd create session <userID> <sessionIP> --accessNetworkTunnel=<TeID>:<TunnelIP> --coreNetworkTunnel=<TeID>:<TunnelIP>
loxicmd create session user1 192.168.20.1 --accessNetworkTunnel=1:1.232.16.1 coreNetworkTunnel=1:1.233.16.1
userID(string): User Identifier
sessionIP(string): Session IP address
accessNetworkTunnel(string): accessNetworkTunnel has pairs that can be specified as 'TeID:IP'
coreNetworkTunnel(string): coreNetworkTunnel has pairs that can be specified as 'TeID:IP'
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: Session
metadata:
name: test
spec:
ident: user1
sessionIP: 88.88.88.88
accessNetworkTunnel:
TeID: 1
tunnelIP: 11.11.11.11
coreNetworkTunnel:
TeID: 1
tunnelIP: 22.22.22.22
loxicmd delete session user1
loxicmd get sessionulcl
#loxicmd create sessionulcl <userID> --ulclArgs=<QFI>:<ulclIP>,...
loxicmd create sessionulcl user1 --ulclArgs=16:192.33.125.1
userID(string): User Identifier
ulclArgs(string): Port pairs can be specified as 'QFI:UlClIP'
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: SessionULCL
metadata:
name: test
spec:
ulclIdent: user1
ulclArgument:
qfi: 11
ulclIP: 8.8.8.8
loxicmd delete sessionulcl --ulclArgs=192.33.125.1
ulclArgs(string): UlCl IP address can be specified as 'UlClIP'. It don't need QFI.
loxicmd get ip
#loxicmd create ip <DeviceIPNet> <device>
loxicmd create ip 192.168.0.1/24 eno7
DeviceIPNet(string): Actual IP address with mask
device(string): name of the related device
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: IPaddress
metadata:
name: test
spec:
dev: eno8
ipAddress: 192.168.23.1/32
#loxicmd delete ip <DeviceIPNet> <device>
loxicmd delete ip 192.168.0.1/24 eno7
loxicmd get fdb
#loxicmd create fdb <MacAddress> <DeviceName>
loxicmd create fdb aa:aa:aa:aa:bb:bb eno7
MacAddress(string): mac address
DeviceName(string): name of the related device
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: FDB
metadata:
name: test
spec:
dev: eno8
macAddress: aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa
#loxicmd delete fdb <MacAddress> <DeviceName>
loxicmd delete fdb aa:aa:aa:aa:bb:bb eno7
loxicmd get route
#loxicmd create route <DestinationIPNet> <gateway>
loxicmd create route 192.168.212.0/24 172.17.0.254
DestinationIPNet(string): Actual IP address route with mask
gateway(string): gateway information if any
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: Route
metadata:
name: test
spec:
destinationIPNet: 192.168.30.0/24
gateway: 172.17.0.1
#loxicmd delete route <DestinationIPNet>
loxicmd delete route 192.168.212.0/24
loxicmd get neighbor
#loxicmd create neighbor <DeviceIP> <DeviceName> [--macAddress=aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa]
loxicmd create neighbor 192.168.0.1 eno7 --macAddress=aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa
DeviceIP(string): The IP address
DeviceName(string): name of the related device
macAddress(string): resolved hardware address if any
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: Neighbor
metadata:
name: test
spec:
dev: eno8
macAddress: aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa
ipAddress: 192.168.23.21
#loxicmd delete neighbor <DeviceIP> <device>
loxicmd delete neighbor 192.168.0.1 eno7
loxicmd get vlan
loxicmd get vlanmember
#loxicmd create vlan <Vid>
loxicmd create vlan 100
Vid(int): vlan identifier
#loxicmd create vlanmember <Vid> <DeviceName> --tagged=<Tagged>
loxicmd create vlanmember 100 eno7 --tagged=true
loxicmd create vlanmember 100 eno7
Vid(int): vlan identifier
DeviceName(string): name of the related device
tagged(boolean): tagged or not (default is false)
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: Vlan
metadata:
name: test
spec:
vid: 100
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: VlanMember
metadata:
name: test
vid: 100
spec:
dev: eno8
Tagged: true
#loxicmd delete vlan <Vid>
loxicmd delete vlan 100
#loxicmd delete vlanmember <Vid> <DeviceName> --tagged=<Tagged>
loxicmd delete vlanmember 100 eno7 --tagged=true
loxicmd delete vlanmember 100 eno7
loxicmd get vxlan
loxicmd get vxlanpeer
#loxicmd create vxlan <VxlanID> <EndpointDeviceName>
loxicmd create vxlan 100 eno7
VxlanID(int): Vxlan Identifier
EndpointDeviceName(string): VTEP Device name(It must have own IP address for peering)
#loxicmd create vxlanpeer <VxlanID> <PeerIP>
loxicmd create vxlan-peer 100 30.1.3.1
VxlanID(int): Vxlan Identifier
PeerIP(string): Vxlan peer device IP address
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: Vxlan
metadata:
name: test
spec:
epIntf: eno8
vxlanID: 100
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: VxlanPeer
metadata:
name: test
vxlanID: 100
spec:
peerIP: 21.21.21.1
#loxicmd delete vxlan <VxlanID>
loxicmd delete vxlan 100
#loxicmd delete vxlanpeer <VxlanID> <PeerIP>
loxicmd delete vxlan-peer 100 30.1.3.1
loxicmd get firewall
#loxicmd create firewall --firewallRule=<ruleKey>:<ruleValue>, [--allow] [--drop] [--trap] [--redirect=<PortName>] [--setmark=<FwMark>
loxicmd create firewall --firewallRule="sourceIP:1.2.3.2/32,destinationIP:2.3.1.2/32,preference:200" --allow
loxicmd create firewall --firewallRule="sourceIP:1.2.3.2/32,destinationIP:2.3.1.2/32,preference:200" --allow --setmark=10
loxicmd create firewall --firewallRule="sourceIP:1.2.3.2/32,destinationIP:2.3.1.2/32,preference:200" --drop
loxicmd create firewall --firewallRule="sourceIP:1.2.3.2/32,destinationIP:2.3.1.2/32,preference:200" --trap
loxicmd create firewall --firewallRule="sourceIP:1.2.3.2/32,destinationIP:2.3.1.2/32,preference:200" --redirect=ensp0
firewallRule
sourceIP(string) - Source IP in CIDR notation
destinationIP(string) - Destination IP in CIDR notation
minSourcePort(int) - Minimum source port range
maxSourcePort(int) - Maximum source port range
minDestinationPort(int) - Minimum destination port range
maxDestinationPort(int) - Maximum source port range
protocol(int) - the protocol
portName(string) - the incoming port
preference(int) - User preference for ordering
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: Firewall
metadata:
name: test
spec:
ruleArguments:
sourceIP: 192.169.1.2/24
destinationIP: 192.169.2.1/24
preference: 200
opts:
allow: true
#loxicmd delete firewall --firewallRule=<ruleKey>:<ruleValue>
loxicmd delete firewall --firewallRule="sourceIP:1.2.3.2/32,destinationIP:2.3.1.2/32,preference:200
loxicmd get mirror
#loxicmd create mirror <mirrorIdent> --mirrorInfo=<InfoOption>:<InfoValue>,... --targetObject=attachement:<port1,rule2>,mirrObjName:<ObjectName>
loxicmd create mirror mirr-1 --mirrorInfo="type:0,port:ensp0" --targetObject="attachement:1,mirrObjName:ensp1
mirrorIdent(string): Mirror identifier
type(int) : Mirroring type as like 0 == SPAN, 1 == RSPAN, 2 == ERSPAN
port(string) : The port where mirrored traffic needs to be sent
vlan(int) : for RSPAN we may need to send tagged mirror traffic
remoteIP(string) : For ERSPAN we may need to send tunnelled mirror traffic
sourceIP(string): For ERSPAN we may need to send tunnelled mirror traffic
tunnelID(int): For ERSPAN we may need to send tunnelled mirror traffic
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: Mirror
metadata:
name: test
spec:
mirrorIdent: mirr-1
mirrorInfo:
type: 0
port: eno1
targetObject:
attachment: 1
mirrObjName: eno2
#loxicmd delete mirror <mirrorIdent>
loxicmd delete mirror mirr-1
loxicmd get policy
#loxicmd create policy IDENT --rate=<Peak>:<Commited> --target=<ObjectName>:<Attachment> [--block-size=<Excess>:<Committed>] [--color] [--pol-type=<policy type>]
loxicmd create policy pol-0 --rate=100:100 --target=ensp0:1
loxicmd create policy pol-1 --rate=100:100 --target=ensp0:1 --block-size=12000:6000
loxicmd create policy pol-1 --rate=100:100 --target=ensp0:1 --color
loxicmd create policy pol-1 --rate=100:100 --target=ensp0:1 --color --pol-type 0
rate(string): Rate pairs can be specified as 'Peak:Commited'. *rate unit : Mbps
block-size(string): Block Size pairs can be specified as 'Excess:Committed'. *block-size unit : bps
target(string): Target Interface pairs can be specified as 'ObjectName:Attachment'
color(boolean): Policy color enbale or not
pol-type(int): Policy traffic control type. 0 : TrTCM, 1 : SrTCM
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: Policy
metadata:
name: test
spec:
policyIdent: pol-eno8
policyInfo:
type: 0
colorAware: false
committedInfoRate: 100
peakInfoRate: 100
targetObject:
attachment: 1
polObjName: eno8
#loxicmd delete policy <Polident>
loxicmd delete policy pol-1
loxicmd create firewall --firewallRule="destinationIP:31.31.31.0/24,preference:200" --allow --record
loxilb will record any connection track entry which matches this policy (even for reverse direction) as a way to provide extended visibility for debugging
tcpdump -i llb0 -n
Any valid tcpdump option can be used including saving to a pcap file
loxicmd get conntrack
loxicmd get port
loxicmd save -a
** This will ensure that whenever loxilb restarts, it will start with last saved state from DBStore
The loxicmd support yaml based configuration. The format is same as Kubernetes. This beta version support only one configuraion per one file. That means "Do not use ---
in yaml file." . It will be supported at next release.
#loxicmd apply -f <file.yaml>
#loxicmd delete -f <file.yaml>
loxicmd apply -f lb.yaml
loxicmd delete -f lb.yaml
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: Loadbalancer
metadata:
name: load
spec:
serviceArguments:
externalIP: 123.123.123.1
port: 80
protocol: tcp
sel: 0
endpoints:
- endpointIP: 4.3.2.1
weight: 1
targetPort: 8080
- endpointIP: 4.3.2.2
weight: 1
targetPort: 8080
- endpointIP: 4.3.2.3
weight: 1
targetPort: 8080
It reuse API's json body as a "Spec". If the API URL has no param, it don't need to use "metadata". For example, The body of load Balancer rule is shown below.
{
"serviceArguments": {
"externalIP": "123.123.123.1",
"port": 80,
"protocol": "tcp",
"sel": 0
},
"endpoints": [
{
"endpointIP": "4.3.2.1",
"weight": 1,
"targetPort": 8080
},
{
"endpointIP": "4.3.2.2",
"weight": 1,
"targetPort": 8080
},
{
"endpointIP": "4.3.2.3",
"weight": 1,
"targetPort": 8080
}
}
This json format can be converted Yaml format as shown below.
serviceArguments:
externalIP: 123.123.123.1
port: 80
protocol: tcp
sel: 0
endpoints:
- endpointIP: 4.3.2.1
weight: 1
targetPort: 8080
- endpointIP: 4.3.2.2
weight: 1
targetPort: 8080
- endpointIP: 4.3.2.3
weight: 1
targetPort: 8080
Finally, this is located in the Spec of the entire configuration file as File example(lb.yaml)
If you want to add Vlan bridge, IPaddress or something else. Just change the Kind value from Loadbalancer to VlanBridge, IPaddress as like below example.
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: IPaddress
metadata:
name: test
spec:
dev: eno8
ipAddress: 192.168.23.1/32
If the URL has param such as adding vlan-member, it must have metadata
.
apiVersion: netlox/v1
kind: VlanMember
metadata:
name: test
vid: 100
spec:
dev: eno8
Tagged: true
The example of all the settings below, so please refer to it.
There are tons of other commands, use help option!
loxicmd help