Available features

The following features are already available:

  • operates idempotent
  • basic interfaces settings
  • identify explicit physical interfaces by:
    • permanent mac address (ethtool -P) [≥ 1.3.0]
    • bus information (ethtool -i) [≥ 1.4.0]
  • create and configure interfaces
  • configure ip addresses
  • remove orphan interfaces and ip addresses
  • configure routing tables [≥ 0.6.0]
  • configure routing rules [≥ 0.7.0]
  • configure interface sysctl options [≥ 0.7.1]
  • configure interface driver and hardware settings via ethtool [≥ 0.7.2]
  • configure WireGuard settings [≥ 0.8.0]
  • configure traffic control (tc) qdisc and filters (experimental) [≥ 1.1.0]
  • ignore interfaces by patterns
  • ignore ip addresses by prefix lists
  • ignore routing table entries by protocol
  • ignore routing rules by protocol

Planned features

The following features a planned for a later release of ifstate:

  • extend support for traffic control (tc)
  • support for hotplug interfaces