MLVPN.CONF(5)

NAME
mlvpn.conf - MLVPN configuration

DESCRIPTION
mlvpn(1) configuration file

SYNTAX
mlvpn.conf(5) is a "ini style" config file. settings are stores within sections, surrounded by []. Comments can be inserted anyware, starting with #. Key / values are plain ascii separated by "=". Strings should be escaped using double quotes '"'

  GENERAL
The general section is reserved for global configuration.

•   statuscommand = "/path/to/secure.script.sh"

    MANDATORY

    statuscommand path is called with two parameters when a status changed within mlvpn. First argument is the interface name. Second argument is the status name that changed.

•   tuntap_up: at least one tunnel is up and running

•   tuntap_down: all tunnels are down

•   rtun_up: one tunnel changed status to up ($3 is the tunnel name)

•   rtun_down: one tunnel changed status to down ($3 is the tunnel name)

    See the example file mlvpn_updown.sh for more informations

•   mode = "server"

    MANDATORY

•   "server": listen on bind_address, bind_port for every tunnel

•   "client": connects to remote_address, remote_port for every tunnel

•   timeout = 30 Timeout, expressed in seconds.

    Triggered when the other side does not responds to keepalive packets. Keepalive are send every timeout/2 seconds.

•   interface_name = "mlvpn0" Set interface name to the specified value. (LINUX ONLY)

•   tuntap = "tun" Tells mlvpn whether to create a tun (layer 3) or tap (layer 2) interface.

•   password

    MANDATORY

    The password string is used to generate a key used by libsodium. Password is mandatory and must be the same on the client and on the server.

•   cleartext_data If set to 1, data packets will NOT be encrypted.

    Use with cautions.

•   control_unix_path = "" Path to the unix socket for remote control.

•   control_bind_host = "" Bind address of the remote control. (HTTP) (url: http://[control_bind_host]:[control_bind_port]/status)

•   control_bind_port = "" Bind port of the remote control. (HTTP)

•   reorder_buffer_size = 0 mlvpn includes a reordering algorithm for it's aggregation. This variable defines how many packets can be held in case one end of the tunnel does receive data ouf ot order.

    Experiment to know what value is best for you. Good starting point can be as small as 64 packets.

    0 disables the reordering.

•   loss_tolerence = 0 mlvpn monitors packet loss on every link. If the packet loss ratio on a link exceed the specified value in percent, the link changes state to MLVPN_LOSSY and is removed from aggregation.

    Lossy links ARE used anyway if no other choices are available (if all links are lossy)

    100 or more disables the loss tolerence system.

  TUNNELS
Each tunnel must be declared in it's own section.

The section name is mapped to the tunnel name. Example: "[adsl1]", "[adsl2]".

•   bindhost = "0.0.0.0" Bind on a specific address. (IPv4 only) (client/server)

•   bindport = 5080 Bind on a specific port. (client/server)

•   remotehost = "1.2.3.4" Address of the remote host. (client)

•   remoteport = 5080 Port of the remote host. (client)

•   bandwidth_upload = 61440 Maximum upload bandwidth, in bytes for this link.

    Bandwidth is specified in Bytes (1 KiB is 1024 Bytes).

    This is used to setup the weight round-robin balancing algorithm. Set 0 if both links are similar. (client/server)

•   timeout = 25 Override general timeout for this link. (client/server)

•   fallback_only = 0 Links defined with fallback_only will be connected at all times, but will only be used if all other tunnels are down. (client)

  FILTERS
[filters] section associate a bpf(4) filter to a specific interface. Filters are used when aggregation is used but you want to pass some traffic specifically through only one interface, without re-ordering. (Like for using VoIP)

Example filters:

[filters]

sdsl = udp port 5060

adsl = udp port 5060

RELOADING
The configuration can be reloaded at any moment by sending SIGHUP to the child mlvpn process.

REORDERING
The reorder buffer will be sent "as is" on the network if the buffer can't be reconstructed in time, ie: packet loss. (SRTT * 2)

STATUS
MLVPN status can be monitored by using ps. mlvpn prints it's --name, then the status of each tunnel prefixed by the status.

Status availables: !: down, @: up, ~: lossy

Example: mlvpn: adsl3g !3g @adsl ~wifi

3g is down, adsl is up and wifi is lossy (up, but above loss_tolerence threshold).

EXAMPLE
See examples/mlvpn.conf

SEE ALSO
mlvpn(1)