osmo-nitb configurable

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Harald Welte laforge at gnumonks.org
Mon Feb 22 11:11:27 UTC 2016


Hi Neels,

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 11:39:06AM +0100, Neels Hofmeyr wrote:
> Holger has just refreshed my memory on a conversation we've had on running
> multiple NITB instances on the same box: Linux Network Namespaces vs.
> making NITB configurable.
> 
> Kindly remind me of the immediate plans, should we make osmo-nitb
> configurable to bind on only specific IP addresses, like, now?

yes, I think that would be very useful.

> IIUC that would be a VTY item for osmo-nitb and a parameter into
> libosmo-abis.  Concerning the VTY, the port could be configurable, or the
> IP address, thinking of 127.0.0.42.

also don't forget the control interface.

Furthermore, the unix domain sockets for rf_control and for MNCC need to
be configurable, too.  Ah, I just see it already is by means of the '-r'
command line argument.

In general I prefer things being configured via VTY paramters over
command line arguments.

> I guess relying on `ip netns` would be quicker for now, and I'd have
> slightly more time for IuCS.

I'm not sure this solves the general problem, and it is of course highly
Linux-specific.  For an all-IP NITB there currently is no strict Linux
dependency.

I would say maing the addresses configurable seems reasonably
straight-forward to do it right now.  It shouldn't take much time, or am
I missing something?

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