dladm_iptun – Manage IP tunnel interfaces on Solaris/illumos systems

Synopsis

  • Manage IP tunnel interfaces on Solaris/illumos systems.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
local_address
-
Literal IP address or hostname corresponding to the tunnel source.

aliases: local
name
- / required
IP tunnel interface name.
remote_address
-
Literal IP address or hostname corresponding to the tunnel destination.

aliases: remote
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Create or delete Solaris/illumos VNIC.
temporary
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Specifies that the IP tunnel interface is temporary. Temporary IP tunnel interfaces do not persist across reboots.
type
-
    Choices:
  • ipv4 ←
  • ipv6
  • 6to4
Specifies the type of tunnel to be created.

aliases: tunnel_type

Examples

- name: Create IPv4 tunnel interface 'iptun0'
  dladm_iptun: name=iptun0 local_address=192.0.2.23 remote_address=203.0.113.10 state=present

- name: Change IPv4 tunnel remote address
  dladm_iptun: name=iptun0 type=ipv4 local_address=192.0.2.23 remote_address=203.0.113.11

- name: Create IPv6 tunnel interface 'tun0'
  dladm_iptun: name=tun0 type=ipv6 local_address=192.0.2.23 remote_address=203.0.113.42

- name: Remove 'iptun0' tunnel interface
  dladm_iptun: name=iptun0 state=absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
local_address
string
always
local IP address

Sample:
1.1.1.1/32
name
string
always
tunnel interface name

Sample:
iptun0
remote_address
string
always
remote IP address

Sample:
2.2.2.2/32
state
string
always
state of the target

Sample:
present
temporary
boolean
always
specifies if operation will persist across reboots

Sample:
True
type
string
always
tunnel type

Sample:
ipv4


Status

Authors

  • Adam Števko (@xen0l)

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