Example: Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)

This example attaches two physical interfaces to a VRF called vrf-blue:

• configure eth0 in the default vrf
• create the vrf vrf-blue
• add eth1 and eth2 to the vrf vrf-blue
• configure ip routing

Back

ifstate

interfaces:
    # default vrf
    - name: eth0
      addresses:
      - 198.51.100.2/31
      link:
        state: up
        kind: physical

    # "blue" vrf
    - name: vrf-blue
      addresses: []
      link:
        state: up
        kind: vrf
        vrf_table: 10

    - name: eth1
      addresses:
      - 192.0.2.2/25
      link:
        state: up
        kind: physical
        master: vrf-blue

    - name: eth2
      addresses:
      - 192.0.2.129/25
      link:
        state: up
        kind: physical
        master: vrf-blue

routing:
    # default route in default vrf
    - to: 0.0.0.0/0
      via: 198.51.100.1

    # default route in "blue" vrf
    - to: 0.0.0.0/0
      via: 192.0.2.1
      table: 10

manually

ip address add 198.51.100.2/31 dev eth0
ip link dev eth0 set up
ip route add default via 198.51.100.1
ip link add name vrf-blue type vrf table 10
ip link set vrf-blue up
ip link set eth1 master vrf-blue up
ip address add 192.0.2.2/25 dev eth1
ip link set eth2 master vrf-blue up
ip address add 192.0.2.129/25 dev eth2
ip route add default via 192.0.2.1 table 10