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GENEVE Layer 2 Tunnel

This example configures a GENEVE layer 2 tunnel and a bridge:

  • create a bridge interface br0
  • create a GENEVE tunnel gen0 to 192.0.2.2 using VNI 42
  • add gen0 and the interface eth0 to the bridge br0
  • disable STP on the bridge br0
  • set all interface link states to up

ifstate

interfaces:
- name: br0
  link:
    kind: bridge
    br_stp_state: 0
    state: up
- name: eth0
  link:
    kind: physical
    master: br0
    state: up
- name: gen0
  link:
    kind: geneve
    geneve_id: 42
    geneve_remote: 192.0.2.2
    master: br0
    state: up

manually

ip link add name br0 type bridge stp_state 0
ip link set dev eth0 master br0
ip link add gen0 type geneve id 42 remote 192.0.2.2
ip link set dev gen0 master br0
ip link set dev br0 up
ip link set dev eth0 up
ip link set dev gen0 up