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- Added controller, network, endpoint and sandbox interfaces
- Created netutils package for miscallaneous network utilities
- Created driverapi package to break cyclic dependency b/w driver and libnetwork
- Made libnetwork multithread safe
- Made bridge driver multithread safe
- Fixed README.md
Signed-off-by: Jana Radhakrishnan <mrjana@docker.com>
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# libnetwork - networking for containers
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Libnetwork provides a native Go implementation for connecting containers
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The goal of libnetwork is to deliver a robust Container Network Model that provides a consistent programming interface and the required network abstractions for applications.
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**NOTE**: libnetwork project is under heavy development and is not ready for general use.
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#### Current Status
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Please watch this space for updates on the progress.
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Currently libnetwork is nothing more than an attempt to modularize the Docker platform's networking subsystem by moving it into libnetwork as a library.
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Please refer to the [roadmap](ROADMAP.md) for more information.
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#### Using libnetwork
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There are many networking solutions available to suit a broad range of use-cases. libnetwork uses a driver / plugin model to support all of these solutions while abstracting the complexity of the driver implementations by exposing a simple and consistent Network Model to users.
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```go
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// Create a new controller instance
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controller := libnetwork.New()
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options := options.Generic{}
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// Create a network for containers to join.
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network, err := controller.NewNetwork("simplebridge", "network1", options)
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if err != nil {
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return
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}
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// For a new container: create a sandbox instance (providing a unique key).
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// For linux it is a filesystem path
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networkPath := "/var/lib/docker/.../4d23e"
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networkNamespace, err := sandbox.NewSandbox(networkPath)
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if err != nil {
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return
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}
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// For each new container: allocate IP and interfaces. The returned network
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// settings will be used for container infos (inspect and such), as well as
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// iptables rules for port publishing.
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_, sinfo, err := network.CreateEndpoint("Endpoint1", networkNamespace.Key(), "")
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if err != nil {
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return
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}
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// Add interfaces to the namespace.
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for _, iface := range sinfo.Interfaces {
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if err := networkNamespace.AddInterface(iface); err != nil {
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return
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}
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}
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// Set the gateway IP
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if err := networkNamespace.SetGateway(sinfo.Gateway); err != nil {
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return
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}
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```
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## Future
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See the [roadmap](ROADMAP.md).
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## Contributing
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Want to hack on libnetwork? [Docker's contributions guidelines](https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) apply.
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## Copyright and license
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Code and documentation copyright 2015 Docker, inc. Code released under the Apache 2.0 license. Docs released under Creative commons.
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