feat(dut-network): add VLAN sub-interface and policy-based routing support - #1068
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participant Client
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Client->>DutNetwork: add_address with VLAN and gateway fields
DutNetwork->>iproute: create VLAN interface and policy route
DutNetwork->>nftables: apply per-interface NAT and forwarding
NetworkNamespaces->>DutNetwork: run VLAN and PBR connectivity checks
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In `@e2e/test/dut_network_test.go`:
- Around line 296-307: The untagged PBR test around expectTCPEcho must verify
that traffic uses policy routing rather than the main route. Before the echo
check, assert the expected add_policy_route and add_ip_rule state for pbrDutIP,
or change extIP to a destination reachable only through PBR, while preserving
the existing address setup and cleanup.
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`@python/packages/jumpstarter-driver-dut-network/jumpstarter_driver_dut_network/iproute.py`:
- Around line 184-197: Update the policy-routing setup in
_setup_vlans_and_pbr(), add_default_route, and add_ip_rule to detect nonzero ip
command results, include stderr in the raised error, and propagate the failure
instead of using warning-only behavior. Record the routing table immediately
after the route succeeds, and roll back tracked state before re-raising when
add_ip_rule fails.
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`@python/packages/jumpstarter-driver-dut-network/jumpstarter_driver_dut_network/test_driver.py`:
- Line 633: Update the masquerade configuration assertion and setup so
nat_interfaces retains the untagged eth-up alongside eth-up.905, preserving the
upstream in apply_masquerade_rules. Add a regression test covering mixed tagged
and untagged interfaces and verify both masquerade and Docker FORWARD rules
include eth-up.
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- Around line 194-196: Update the route-table handling around the “File exists”
branch in iproute.py so a pre-existing conflicting default route cannot be
accepted as equivalent; use route replacement or verify that the existing route
matches the requested gateway and device before adding the ip rule. Add a
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`@python/packages/jumpstarter-driver-dut-network/jumpstarter_driver_dut_network/driver.py`:
- Line 472: Update create_vlan_interface() and cleanup() so _created_vlans
records only VLAN interfaces actually created by this driver instance, not
pre-existing idempotently reused links. Preserve pre-existing interfaces in the
FORWARD-rule interface set while deleting only instance-owned VLANs during
cleanup.
- Around line 492-493: Update the VLAN route setup around _pbr_table_id and
add_policy_route so entries sharing a vlan_id must specify the same
public_gateway; reject conflicting gateways before installing or replacing the
shared routing-table route.
- Around line 492-493: Update the PBR setup flow around _pbr_table_id and
add_policy_route so every selected table ID is exclusively allocated or verified
as owned before mutation; ensure teardown cannot flush host-owned tables, while
preserving existing route behavior for valid DUT tables.
- Around line 462-500: Update create_vlan_interface so that if VLAN creation
succeeds but a subsequent setup command fails, it deletes the newly created VLAN
before re-raising the original error. Preserve successful setup behavior and
ensure _setup_vlans_and_pbr can still record the interface only after the helper
completes successfully.
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`@python/packages/jumpstarter-driver-dut-network/jumpstarter_driver_dut_network/iproute.py`:
- Line 226: Update delete_ip_rule to accept a priority and include it in the ip
rule del arguments, matching the priority used by add_ip_rule. Update the driver
teardown call to pass _PBR_PRIORITY, and add a regression test confirming that
when rules share from and table values, deletion targets the matching priority
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…pport Add VLAN tagging and policy-based routing (PBR) to the dut-network driver, enabling DUTs to reach public networks through VLAN-tagged uplinks or untagged source-IP PBR. New features: - AddressEntry gains vlan_id and public_gateway fields - VLAN sub-interfaces created automatically on the upstream interface - Per-DUT PBR via ip rule + ip route replace with dedicated routing tables - Untagged PBR: public_gateway without vlan_id uses int(IPv4) as table ID - Warning emitted when vlan_id is set without public_gateway - Reserved routing table IDs (0, 253, 254, 255) rejected at validation - Runtime add_address/remove_address refresh VLAN/PBR/NAT/forward rules - nftables masquerade extended with per-VLAN nat_interfaces - 1:1 NAT extended with per-mapping nat_interface for VLAN traffic - PBR commands check return codes and raise on failure; partial setup is rolled back if add_ip_rule fails after add_policy_route succeeds - Uses 'ip route replace' for idempotent, conflict-safe route setup Testing: - Comprehensive unit tests for AddressEntry validation, VLAN setup, untagged PBR, cleanup, runtime sync, and forward-handle refresh - iproute helper tests (create/delete VLAN, policy routes, ip rules, failure and idempotent-exists paths) - nftables tests for nat_interfaces in masquerade and 1:1 modes - E2E tests with data-plane verification (TCP echo) for: - VLAN PBR connectivity - Untagged source-IP PBR connectivity - Negative test: VLAN-only peer unreachable without public_gateway - Renamed driver_test.py -> test_driver_integration.py for consistency Documentation: - README updated with VLAN/PBR configuration guide and examples - Example exporter-vlan.yaml added - E2E README updated with new test descriptions - Docstrings added to all functions touched by the diff - Example IPs use RFC 5737 documentation ranges (198.51.100.0/24, 203.0.113.0/24) to avoid leaking real network details Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
If create_vlan_interface succeeds but a subsequent setup command (sysctl, IP alias) fails, the VLAN sub-interface is now deleted and bookkeeping state is cleaned up before re-raising the error. Added two unit tests covering early (sysctl) and late (alias) failure scenarios.
The previous lock was generated with a Python 3.13 resolver which pinned Pillow to 11.2.1 (no cp314 wheels), breaking CI on Python 3.14. Re-locking with --upgrade resolves Pillow to 12.3.0 and brings all other dependencies up to date.
In VLAN-only masquerade configurations, _outbound_interfaces() excluded the upstream interface, which meant unexpected/unregistered DUT hosts on the bridge had no masquerade or forward path to the internet. This was inconsistent with the 1:1 NAT path which explicitly kept the upstream for unmapped-DUT fallback (nftables.py:279-282). Fix _outbound_interfaces() to always include the upstream interface so that any host within the DUT subnet is masqueraded, regardless of whether it was registered with add-address. - Unit test: verify VLAN-only config still includes upstream in outbound - E2E test: register one DUT with VLAN PBR, add an unregistered DUT IP on the bridge, and verify it can reach the external network via the default upstream masquerade
The blanket --upgrade bumped pydantic and other transitive deps, breaking the docs build (mcp + pydantic 2.11.10 incompatibility on Python 3.12). Restore the lockfile from main; our branch adds no new dependencies. Dep upgrades should go in a separate PR.
Extract _setup_vlan_interface() from _setup_vlans_and_pbr() to satisfy C901 complexity limit (was 11 > 10). Add assert for vlan_id narrowing to satisfy ty type checker. Replace nonlocal pattern with mutable list for ty compatibility in test_driver.py.
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@bennyz now it will keep the upstream interface on the masquerade interface list, and added an E2E test for that corner case we discussed (VLAN 1:1 mapping for a dut, but an extra device, or ... the device with unexpected mac address..) . Also handled a coderabbit cleanup/rollback request on setup failures. |
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| for table in list(self._pbr_tables): | ||
| iproute.flush_routing_table(table) | ||
| self._pbr_tables.clear() | ||
| for name in list(self._created_vlans): |
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is it possible we delete stuff we didn't create?
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it could be, I will implement the extra flag you mentioned. But I think it would be quite a corner case, this is normally software to be run on a exporter. Perhaps makes sense for the use case of laptop-enabled exporter.
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yeah, i was thinking in case we have multiple exporters on the same sidekick for example, or is it not affected?
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true, multiple exporters on the same sidekick would be affected by this and the cleanup in general. Perhaps we should add a flag to disable cleanup. But multiple exporters in a sidekick was not taken in account when designing some of the other parts of this. May be we should document that you should only use one instance of this driver on a host at once, until any time is spent in making sure such thing is possible.
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we could add a cleanup (default to True) flag at some point
and play around to make sure we can run multiple at once...
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Documented in README under "Known Limitations": only one driver instance per host is supported, and cleanup is unconditional (not ownership-tracked). A cleanup-disable flag for multi-instance/sidekick scenarios is left as a follow-up.
| def _setup_vlan_interface(self, parent: str, entry: "AddressEntry", name: str) -> None: | ||
| """Create a single VLAN sub-interface with sysctls, alias, and warnings.""" | ||
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| iproute.create_vlan_interface(parent, entry.vlan_id) |
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maybe worth returning if we create the interface or it was already there so we clean only those we created?
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Ok, I was thinking about this. I think it's better to cleanup anyways.
For example, if an exporter crashes or it's forcefully killed, the interfaces will remain, then we never delete them.
I think I will document this behavior as warning on the README.md
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Documented in README under "Known Limitations": the driver always cleans up every VLAN interface it's configured for on exit (even pre-existing ones), so that crash recovery stays reliable.
Strengthen the untagged source-IP PBR E2E test: add a destination (10.99.1.1 on ext-ns loopback) reachable ONLY through the PBR table. Traffic from the PBR source IP succeeds; traffic from the main DUT IP (no PBR rule) fails — proving PBR actually routes the packets rather than the main table. Add a 'Host System Side Effects' section to README.md documenting what the driver creates on the host (VLAN interfaces, nftables rules, IP forwarding, aliases, policy routes, dnsmasq) and what survives a crash. Include manual cleanup instructions. Update the 'Mixed VLAN and untagged addresses' section to reflect that upstream is now always included in outbound rules.
Add ASCII diagrams documenting the baseline network namespace topology (veth pairs, IPs, nftables, dnsmasq) and per-test overlays for each VLAN/PBR scenario. Group constants by purpose with inline comments. Each test now has a diagram showing its overlay, traffic flow, and expected outcome.
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Does IPv6 cause add_policy_route to fail at runtime thus making NAT unusable for all DUTs until driver restart?
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why? it would work ipaddress.ip_address( knows about IPv6
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Confirmed no runtime failure: untagged PBR (public_gateway without vlan_id) already validates ip as IPv4 in AddressEntry.__post_init__ via ipaddress.IPv4Address(self.ip), so an IPv6 DUT address is rejected at config-validation time (driver startup / add_address), not at PBR-setup time. VLAN-tagged PBR keys on vlan_id instead, so it has no IPv4 requirement. Added a note to the README documenting the IPv4 requirement for untagged PBR.
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Right, I see w have no IPv6 support yet here. We can open an RFE when we need it. I know it's 2026... :-/
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[MEDIUM] _resolve_ip calls socket.getaddrinfo() at runtime for public_ip and public_gateway. An authenticated client supplying a hostname causes the exporter host to perform outbound DNS resolution. If DNS is intercepted, the resolved IP can be manipulated so the exporter NATs to an unintended destination. Require public_ip and public_gateway to be valid IP address literals at the API boundary by adding an ipaddress.ip_address() pre-check before calling _resolve_ip. DNS resolution at startup from a config file is lower risk.
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This is based on our infrastructure, and made on purpose. If you use a host, you know that risk exists. I don't want to add another layer to be maintained in terms of host->IP, that's where I let DNS be our database.
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Agreed, keeping this as intentional design — no code change. public_gateway is already required to be an IP literal via AddressEntry.__post_init__, so this DNS behavior only applies to public_ip.
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One could argue that then public_gateway needs to behave on the same way, but I will leave as a bug/RFE if somebody ever needs this. For the other one, I need it and I use it in the lab.
…p docs - Validate AddressEntry.ip is a real IP address so it cannot flow unchecked into iproute.add_ip_rule or dnsmasq config. - Reject address entries that share a vlan_id but specify different public_gateway values, since they share a single PBR routing table. - Remove no-op self-assignment (nat_if = nat_if). - Add missing return type annotation on DutNetworkClient.cli(). - Tighten AddressEntry.to_dict() return type from dict[str, Any] to dict[str, str | int | None]. - Document known limitations in README: single driver instance per host, unconditional cleanup on shutdown, shared PBR table per VLAN, and IPv4 requirement for untagged source-IP PBR. Addresses review feedback from @raballew and @bennyz on PR #1068.
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Ok, I addressed a some of the comments, some others are limitations that got documented. The IPv6 support is out of scope for this patch. The general DUTNET base driver didn't support IPv6 at all... we can RFE this if we need it. |
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Summary
Add VLAN tagging and policy-based routing (PBR) to the
dut-networkdriver, enabling DUTs to reach public networks through VLAN-tagged uplinks or untagged source-IP PBR.New Features
VLAN sub-interfaces:
AddressEntrygainsvlan_idandpublic_gatewayfields. When both are set, the driver creates a VLAN sub-interface on the upstream interface (e.g.eth0.905), assigns the public IP, and installs PBR rules so traffic from that DUT is routed through the VLAN gateway.Untagged source-IP PBR: Setting
public_gatewaywithoutvlan_idinstalls PBR usingint(IPv4Address(dut_ip))as the routing table ID — useful when no VLAN tag is needed but a non-default gateway is required.Validation & safety:
vlan_idis set withoutpublic_gateway(VLAN created but no routing — probably misconfiguration)public_gatewayIPs rejectedRuntime support:
add_address/remove_addressproperly tear down and rebuild VLAN interfaces, PBR rules, masquerade/1:1 NAT rules, and Docker FORWARD ACCEPT handles.nftables: Masquerade and 1:1 NAT extended with per-VLAN
nat_interfacesso traffic egresses the correct interface.Testing
Unit tests (258 passed)
AddressEntryvalidation (VLAN range, reserved tables, IPv4 requirement, gateway format)_sync_natrefreshes forward-chain handles and masquerade rulesiproutehelpers: create/delete VLAN, policy routes, IP rulesnftables:nat_interfacesin masquerade and 1:1 rule generationE2E tests (data-plane verification)
public_gatewayDocumentation
exporter-vlan.yamlexample addedMade with Cursor