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1 # -*- Mode: Python -*-
2 # vim: filetype=python
3 #
4
5 ##
6 # = Net devices
7 ##
8
9 { 'include': 'common.json' }
10
11 ##
12 # @set_link:
13 #
14 # Sets the link status of a virtual network adapter.
15 #
16 # @name: the device name of the virtual network adapter
17 #
18 # @up: true to set the link status to be up
19 #
20 # Returns: Nothing on success
21 # If @name is not a valid network device, DeviceNotFound
22 #
23 # Since: 0.14
24 #
25 # Notes: Not all network adapters support setting link status. This command
26 # will succeed even if the network adapter does not support link status
27 # notification.
28 #
29 # Example:
30 #
31 # -> { "execute": "set_link",
32 # "arguments": { "name": "e1000.0", "up": false } }
33 # <- { "return": {} }
34 #
35 ##
36 { 'command': 'set_link', 'data': {'name': 'str', 'up': 'bool'} }
37
38 ##
39 # @netdev_add:
40 #
41 # Add a network backend.
42 #
43 # Additional arguments depend on the type.
44 #
45 # Since: 0.14
46 #
47 # Returns: Nothing on success
48 # If @type is not a valid network backend, DeviceNotFound
49 #
50 # Example:
51 #
52 # -> { "execute": "netdev_add",
53 # "arguments": { "type": "user", "id": "netdev1",
54 # "dnssearch": "example.org" } }
55 # <- { "return": {} }
56 #
57 ##
58 { 'command': 'netdev_add', 'data': 'Netdev', 'boxed': true }
59
60 ##
61 # @netdev_del:
62 #
63 # Remove a network backend.
64 #
65 # @id: the name of the network backend to remove
66 #
67 # Returns: Nothing on success
68 # If @id is not a valid network backend, DeviceNotFound
69 #
70 # Since: 0.14
71 #
72 # Example:
73 #
74 # -> { "execute": "netdev_del", "arguments": { "id": "netdev1" } }
75 # <- { "return": {} }
76 #
77 ##
78 { 'command': 'netdev_del', 'data': {'id': 'str'} }
79
80 ##
81 # @NetLegacyNicOptions:
82 #
83 # Create a new Network Interface Card.
84 #
85 # @netdev: id of -netdev to connect to
86 #
87 # @macaddr: MAC address
88 #
89 # @model: device model (e1000, rtl8139, virtio etc.)
90 #
91 # @addr: PCI device address
92 #
93 # @vectors: number of MSI-x vectors, 0 to disable MSI-X
94 #
95 # Since: 1.2
96 ##
97 { 'struct': 'NetLegacyNicOptions',
98 'data': {
99 '*netdev': 'str',
100 '*macaddr': 'str',
101 '*model': 'str',
102 '*addr': 'str',
103 '*vectors': 'uint32' } }
104
105 ##
106 # @NetdevUserOptions:
107 #
108 # Use the user mode network stack which requires no administrator privilege to
109 # run.
110 #
111 # @hostname: client hostname reported by the builtin DHCP server
112 #
113 # @restrict: isolate the guest from the host
114 #
115 # @ipv4: whether to support IPv4, default true for enabled
116 # (since 2.6)
117 #
118 # @ipv6: whether to support IPv6, default true for enabled
119 # (since 2.6)
120 #
121 # @ip: legacy parameter, use net= instead
122 #
123 # @net: IP network address that the guest will see, in the
124 # form addr[/netmask] The netmask is optional, and can be
125 # either in the form a.b.c.d or as a number of valid top-most
126 # bits. Default is 10.0.2.0/24.
127 #
128 # @host: guest-visible address of the host
129 #
130 # @tftp: root directory of the built-in TFTP server
131 #
132 # @bootfile: BOOTP filename, for use with tftp=
133 #
134 # @dhcpstart: the first of the 16 IPs the built-in DHCP server can
135 # assign
136 #
137 # @dns: guest-visible address of the virtual nameserver
138 #
139 # @dnssearch: list of DNS suffixes to search, passed as DHCP option
140 # to the guest
141 #
142 # @domainname: guest-visible domain name of the virtual nameserver
143 # (since 3.0)
144 #
145 # @ipv6-prefix: IPv6 network prefix (default is fec0::) (since
146 # 2.6). The network prefix is given in the usual
147 # hexadecimal IPv6 address notation.
148 #
149 # @ipv6-prefixlen: IPv6 network prefix length (default is 64)
150 # (since 2.6)
151 #
152 # @ipv6-host: guest-visible IPv6 address of the host (since 2.6)
153 #
154 # @ipv6-dns: guest-visible IPv6 address of the virtual
155 # nameserver (since 2.6)
156 #
157 # @smb: root directory of the built-in SMB server
158 #
159 # @smbserver: IP address of the built-in SMB server
160 #
161 # @hostfwd: redirect incoming TCP or UDP host connections to guest
162 # endpoints
163 #
164 # @guestfwd: forward guest TCP connections
165 #
166 # @tftp-server-name: RFC2132 "TFTP server name" string (Since 3.1)
167 #
168 # Since: 1.2
169 ##
170 { 'struct': 'NetdevUserOptions',
171 'data': {
172 '*hostname': 'str',
173 '*restrict': 'bool',
174 '*ipv4': 'bool',
175 '*ipv6': 'bool',
176 '*ip': 'str',
177 '*net': 'str',
178 '*host': 'str',
179 '*tftp': 'str',
180 '*bootfile': 'str',
181 '*dhcpstart': 'str',
182 '*dns': 'str',
183 '*dnssearch': ['String'],
184 '*domainname': 'str',
185 '*ipv6-prefix': 'str',
186 '*ipv6-prefixlen': 'int',
187 '*ipv6-host': 'str',
188 '*ipv6-dns': 'str',
189 '*smb': 'str',
190 '*smbserver': 'str',
191 '*hostfwd': ['String'],
192 '*guestfwd': ['String'],
193 '*tftp-server-name': 'str' } }
194
195 ##
196 # @NetdevTapOptions:
197 #
198 # Used to configure a host TAP network interface backend.
199 #
200 # @ifname: interface name
201 #
202 # @fd: file descriptor of an already opened tap
203 #
204 # @fds: multiple file descriptors of already opened multiqueue capable
205 # tap
206 #
207 # @script: script to initialize the interface
208 #
209 # @downscript: script to shut down the interface
210 #
211 # @br: bridge name (since 2.8)
212 #
213 # @helper: command to execute to configure bridge
214 #
215 # @sndbuf: send buffer limit. Understands [TGMKkb] suffixes.
216 #
217 # @vnet_hdr: enable the IFF_VNET_HDR flag on the tap interface
218 #
219 # @vhost: enable vhost-net network accelerator
220 #
221 # @vhostfd: file descriptor of an already opened vhost net device
222 #
223 # @vhostfds: file descriptors of multiple already opened vhost net
224 # devices
225 #
226 # @vhostforce: vhost on for non-MSIX virtio guests
227 #
228 # @queues: number of queues to be created for multiqueue capable tap
229 #
230 # @poll-us: maximum number of microseconds that could
231 # be spent on busy polling for tap (since 2.7)
232 #
233 # Since: 1.2
234 ##
235 { 'struct': 'NetdevTapOptions',
236 'data': {
237 '*ifname': 'str',
238 '*fd': 'str',
239 '*fds': 'str',
240 '*script': 'str',
241 '*downscript': 'str',
242 '*br': 'str',
243 '*helper': 'str',
244 '*sndbuf': 'size',
245 '*vnet_hdr': 'bool',
246 '*vhost': 'bool',
247 '*vhostfd': 'str',
248 '*vhostfds': 'str',
249 '*vhostforce': 'bool',
250 '*queues': 'uint32',
251 '*poll-us': 'uint32'} }
252
253 ##
254 # @NetdevSocketOptions:
255 #
256 # Socket netdevs are used to establish a network connection to another
257 # QEMU virtual machine via a TCP socket.
258 #
259 # @fd: file descriptor of an already opened socket
260 #
261 # @listen: port number, and optional hostname, to listen on
262 #
263 # @connect: port number, and optional hostname, to connect to
264 #
265 # @mcast: UDP multicast address and port number
266 #
267 # @localaddr: source address and port for multicast and udp packets
268 #
269 # @udp: UDP unicast address and port number
270 #
271 # Since: 1.2
272 ##
273 { 'struct': 'NetdevSocketOptions',
274 'data': {
275 '*fd': 'str',
276 '*listen': 'str',
277 '*connect': 'str',
278 '*mcast': 'str',
279 '*localaddr': 'str',
280 '*udp': 'str' } }
281
282 ##
283 # @NetdevL2TPv3Options:
284 #
285 # Configure an Ethernet over L2TPv3 tunnel.
286 #
287 # @src: source address
288 #
289 # @dst: destination address
290 #
291 # @srcport: source port - mandatory for udp, optional for ip
292 #
293 # @dstport: destination port - mandatory for udp, optional for ip
294 #
295 # @ipv6: force the use of ipv6
296 #
297 # @udp: use the udp version of l2tpv3 encapsulation
298 #
299 # @cookie64: use 64 bit coookies
300 #
301 # @counter: have sequence counter
302 #
303 # @pincounter: pin sequence counter to zero -
304 # workaround for buggy implementations or
305 # networks with packet reorder
306 #
307 # @txcookie: 32 or 64 bit transmit cookie
308 #
309 # @rxcookie: 32 or 64 bit receive cookie
310 #
311 # @txsession: 32 bit transmit session
312 #
313 # @rxsession: 32 bit receive session - if not specified
314 # set to the same value as transmit
315 #
316 # @offset: additional offset - allows the insertion of
317 # additional application-specific data before the packet payload
318 #
319 # Since: 2.1
320 ##
321 { 'struct': 'NetdevL2TPv3Options',
322 'data': {
323 'src': 'str',
324 'dst': 'str',
325 '*srcport': 'str',
326 '*dstport': 'str',
327 '*ipv6': 'bool',
328 '*udp': 'bool',
329 '*cookie64': 'bool',
330 '*counter': 'bool',
331 '*pincounter': 'bool',
332 '*txcookie': 'uint64',
333 '*rxcookie': 'uint64',
334 'txsession': 'uint32',
335 '*rxsession': 'uint32',
336 '*offset': 'uint32' } }
337
338 ##
339 # @NetdevVdeOptions:
340 #
341 # Connect to a vde switch running on the host.
342 #
343 # @sock: socket path
344 #
345 # @port: port number
346 #
347 # @group: group owner of socket
348 #
349 # @mode: permissions for socket
350 #
351 # Since: 1.2
352 ##
353 { 'struct': 'NetdevVdeOptions',
354 'data': {
355 '*sock': 'str',
356 '*port': 'uint16',
357 '*group': 'str',
358 '*mode': 'uint16' } }
359
360 ##
361 # @NetdevBridgeOptions:
362 #
363 # Connect a host TAP network interface to a host bridge device.
364 #
365 # @br: bridge name
366 #
367 # @helper: command to execute to configure bridge
368 #
369 # Since: 1.2
370 ##
371 { 'struct': 'NetdevBridgeOptions',
372 'data': {
373 '*br': 'str',
374 '*helper': 'str' } }
375
376 ##
377 # @NetdevHubPortOptions:
378 #
379 # Connect two or more net clients through a software hub.
380 #
381 # @hubid: hub identifier number
382 # @netdev: used to connect hub to a netdev instead of a device (since 2.12)
383 #
384 # Since: 1.2
385 ##
386 { 'struct': 'NetdevHubPortOptions',
387 'data': {
388 'hubid': 'int32',
389 '*netdev': 'str' } }
390
391 ##
392 # @NetdevNetmapOptions:
393 #
394 # Connect a client to a netmap-enabled NIC or to a VALE switch port
395 #
396 # @ifname: Either the name of an existing network interface supported by
397 # netmap, or the name of a VALE port (created on the fly).
398 # A VALE port name is in the form 'valeXXX:YYY', where XXX and
399 # YYY are non-negative integers. XXX identifies a switch and
400 # YYY identifies a port of the switch. VALE ports having the
401 # same XXX are therefore connected to the same switch.
402 #
403 # @devname: path of the netmap device (default: '/dev/netmap').
404 #
405 # Since: 2.0
406 ##
407 { 'struct': 'NetdevNetmapOptions',
408 'data': {
409 'ifname': 'str',
410 '*devname': 'str' } }
411
412 ##
413 # @NetdevVhostUserOptions:
414 #
415 # Vhost-user network backend
416 #
417 # @chardev: name of a unix socket chardev
418 #
419 # @vhostforce: vhost on for non-MSIX virtio guests (default: false).
420 #
421 # @queues: number of queues to be created for multiqueue vhost-user
422 # (default: 1) (Since 2.5)
423 #
424 # Since: 2.1
425 ##
426 { 'struct': 'NetdevVhostUserOptions',
427 'data': {
428 'chardev': 'str',
429 '*vhostforce': 'bool',
430 '*queues': 'int' } }
431
432 ##
433 # @NetdevVhostVDPAOptions:
434 #
435 # Vhost-vdpa network backend
436 #
437 # vDPA device is a device that uses a datapath which complies with the virtio
438 # specifications with a vendor specific control path.
439 #
440 # @vhostdev: path of vhost-vdpa device
441 # (default:'/dev/vhost-vdpa-0')
442 #
443 # @queues: number of queues to be created for multiqueue vhost-vdpa
444 # (default: 1)
445 #
446 # Since: 5.1
447 ##
448 { 'struct': 'NetdevVhostVDPAOptions',
449 'data': {
450 '*vhostdev': 'str',
451 '*queues': 'int' } }
452
453 ##
454 # @NetClientDriver:
455 #
456 # Available netdev drivers.
457 #
458 # Since: 2.7
459 #
460 # @vhost-vdpa since 5.1
461 ##
462 { 'enum': 'NetClientDriver',
463 'data': [ 'none', 'nic', 'user', 'tap', 'l2tpv3', 'socket', 'vde',
464 'bridge', 'hubport', 'netmap', 'vhost-user', 'vhost-vdpa' ] }
465
466 ##
467 # @Netdev:
468 #
469 # Captures the configuration of a network device.
470 #
471 # @id: identifier for monitor commands.
472 #
473 # @type: Specify the driver used for interpreting remaining arguments.
474 #
475 # Since: 1.2
476 #
477 # 'l2tpv3' - since 2.1
478 ##
479 { 'union': 'Netdev',
480 'base': { 'id': 'str', 'type': 'NetClientDriver' },
481 'discriminator': 'type',
482 'data': {
483 'nic': 'NetLegacyNicOptions',
484 'user': 'NetdevUserOptions',
485 'tap': 'NetdevTapOptions',
486 'l2tpv3': 'NetdevL2TPv3Options',
487 'socket': 'NetdevSocketOptions',
488 'vde': 'NetdevVdeOptions',
489 'bridge': 'NetdevBridgeOptions',
490 'hubport': 'NetdevHubPortOptions',
491 'netmap': 'NetdevNetmapOptions',
492 'vhost-user': 'NetdevVhostUserOptions',
493 'vhost-vdpa': 'NetdevVhostVDPAOptions' } }
494
495 ##
496 # @RxState:
497 #
498 # Packets receiving state
499 #
500 # @normal: filter assigned packets according to the mac-table
501 #
502 # @none: don't receive any assigned packet
503 #
504 # @all: receive all assigned packets
505 #
506 # Since: 1.6
507 ##
508 { 'enum': 'RxState', 'data': [ 'normal', 'none', 'all' ] }
509
510 ##
511 # @RxFilterInfo:
512 #
513 # Rx-filter information for a NIC.
514 #
515 # @name: net client name
516 #
517 # @promiscuous: whether promiscuous mode is enabled
518 #
519 # @multicast: multicast receive state
520 #
521 # @unicast: unicast receive state
522 #
523 # @vlan: vlan receive state (Since 2.0)
524 #
525 # @broadcast-allowed: whether to receive broadcast
526 #
527 # @multicast-overflow: multicast table is overflowed or not
528 #
529 # @unicast-overflow: unicast table is overflowed or not
530 #
531 # @main-mac: the main macaddr string
532 #
533 # @vlan-table: a list of active vlan id
534 #
535 # @unicast-table: a list of unicast macaddr string
536 #
537 # @multicast-table: a list of multicast macaddr string
538 #
539 # Since: 1.6
540 ##
541 { 'struct': 'RxFilterInfo',
542 'data': {
543 'name': 'str',
544 'promiscuous': 'bool',
545 'multicast': 'RxState',
546 'unicast': 'RxState',
547 'vlan': 'RxState',
548 'broadcast-allowed': 'bool',
549 'multicast-overflow': 'bool',
550 'unicast-overflow': 'bool',
551 'main-mac': 'str',
552 'vlan-table': ['int'],
553 'unicast-table': ['str'],
554 'multicast-table': ['str'] }}
555
556 ##
557 # @query-rx-filter:
558 #
559 # Return rx-filter information for all NICs (or for the given NIC).
560 #
561 # @name: net client name
562 #
563 # Returns: list of @RxFilterInfo for all NICs (or for the given NIC).
564 # Returns an error if the given @name doesn't exist, or given
565 # NIC doesn't support rx-filter querying, or given net client
566 # isn't a NIC.
567 #
568 # Since: 1.6
569 #
570 # Example:
571 #
572 # -> { "execute": "query-rx-filter", "arguments": { "name": "vnet0" } }
573 # <- { "return": [
574 # {
575 # "promiscuous": true,
576 # "name": "vnet0",
577 # "main-mac": "52:54:00:12:34:56",
578 # "unicast": "normal",
579 # "vlan": "normal",
580 # "vlan-table": [
581 # 4,
582 # 0
583 # ],
584 # "unicast-table": [
585 # ],
586 # "multicast": "normal",
587 # "multicast-overflow": false,
588 # "unicast-overflow": false,
589 # "multicast-table": [
590 # "01:00:5e:00:00:01",
591 # "33:33:00:00:00:01",
592 # "33:33:ff:12:34:56"
593 # ],
594 # "broadcast-allowed": false
595 # }
596 # ]
597 # }
598 #
599 ##
600 { 'command': 'query-rx-filter',
601 'data': { '*name': 'str' },
602 'returns': ['RxFilterInfo'] }
603
604 ##
605 # @NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED:
606 #
607 # Emitted once until the 'query-rx-filter' command is executed, the first event
608 # will always be emitted
609 #
610 # @name: net client name
611 #
612 # @path: device path
613 #
614 # Since: 1.6
615 #
616 # Example:
617 #
618 # <- { "event": "NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED",
619 # "data": { "name": "vnet0",
620 # "path": "/machine/peripheral/vnet0/virtio-backend" },
621 # "timestamp": { "seconds": 1368697518, "microseconds": 326866 } }
622 # }
623 #
624 ##
625 { 'event': 'NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED',
626 'data': { '*name': 'str', 'path': 'str' } }
627
628 ##
629 # @AnnounceParameters:
630 #
631 # Parameters for self-announce timers
632 #
633 # @initial: Initial delay (in ms) before sending the first GARP/RARP
634 # announcement
635 #
636 # @max: Maximum delay (in ms) between GARP/RARP announcement packets
637 #
638 # @rounds: Number of self-announcement attempts
639 #
640 # @step: Delay increase (in ms) after each self-announcement attempt
641 #
642 # @interfaces: An optional list of interface names, which restricts the
643 # announcement to the listed interfaces. (Since 4.1)
644 #
645 # @id: A name to be used to identify an instance of announce-timers
646 # and to allow it to modified later. Not for use as
647 # part of the migration parameters. (Since 4.1)
648 #
649 # Since: 4.0
650 ##
651
652 { 'struct': 'AnnounceParameters',
653 'data': { 'initial': 'int',
654 'max': 'int',
655 'rounds': 'int',
656 'step': 'int',
657 '*interfaces': ['str'],
658 '*id' : 'str' } }
659
660 ##
661 # @announce-self:
662 #
663 # Trigger generation of broadcast RARP frames to update network switches.
664 # This can be useful when network bonds fail-over the active slave.
665 #
666 # Example:
667 #
668 # -> { "execute": "announce-self",
669 # "arguments": {
670 # "initial": 50, "max": 550, "rounds": 10, "step": 50,
671 # "interfaces": ["vn2", "vn3"], "id": "bob" } }
672 # <- { "return": {} }
673 #
674 # Since: 4.0
675 ##
676 { 'command': 'announce-self', 'boxed': true,
677 'data' : 'AnnounceParameters'}
678
679 ##
680 # @FAILOVER_NEGOTIATED:
681 #
682 # Emitted when VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY was enabled during feature negotiation.
683 # Failover primary devices which were hidden (not hotplugged when requested)
684 # before will now be hotplugged by the virtio-net standby device.
685 #
686 # device-id: QEMU device id of the unplugged device
687 # Since: 4.2
688 #
689 # Example:
690 #
691 # <- { "event": "FAILOVER_NEGOTIATED",
692 # "data": "net1" }
693 #
694 ##
695 { 'event': 'FAILOVER_NEGOTIATED',
696 'data': {'device-id': 'str'} }
697
698 ##
699 # @NetBackend:
700 #
701 # Available netdev backend drivers.
702 #
703 # Since: 6.0
704 ##
705 { 'enum': 'NetBackend',
706 'data': [ 'bridge', 'l2tpv3', 'netmap', 'socket', 'tap', 'user', 'vde',
707 'vhost-user', 'vhost-vdpa' ] }
708
709 ##
710 # @NetdevInfo:
711 #
712 # Configuration of a network backend device (netdev).
713 #
714 # @id: Device identifier.
715 #
716 # @type: Specify the driver used for interpreting remaining arguments.
717 #
718 # @peer-id: The connected frontend network device name (absent if no frontend
719 # is connected).
720 #
721 # Since: 6.0
722 ##
723 { 'union': 'NetdevInfo',
724 'base': { 'id': 'str',
725 'type': 'NetBackend',
726 '*peer-id': 'str' },
727 'discriminator': 'type',
728 'data': {
729 'bridge': 'NetdevBridgeOptions',
730 'l2tpv3': 'NetdevL2TPv3Options',
731 'netmap': 'NetdevNetmapOptions',
732 'socket': 'NetdevSocketOptions',
733 'tap': 'NetdevTapOptions',
734 'user': 'NetdevUserOptions',
735 'vde': 'NetdevVdeOptions',
736 'vhost-user': 'NetdevVhostUserOptions',
737 'vhost-vdpa': 'NetdevVhostVDPAOptions' } }
738
739 ##
740 # @query-netdev:
741 #
742 # Get a list of @NetdevInfo for all virtual network backend devices (netdevs).
743 #
744 # Returns: a list of @NetdevInfo describing each netdev.
745 #
746 # Since: 6.0
747 #
748 # Example:
749 #
750 # -> { "execute": "query-netdev" }
751 # <- { "return": [
752 # {
753 # "ipv6": true,
754 # "ipv4": true,
755 # "host": "10.0.2.2",
756 # "ipv6-dns": "fec0::3",
757 # "ipv6-prefix": "fec0::",
758 # "net": "10.0.2.0/255.255.255.0",
759 # "ipv6-host": "fec0::2",
760 # "type": "user",
761 # "peer-id": "net0",
762 # "dns": "10.0.2.3",
763 # "hostfwd": [
764 # {
765 # "str": "tcp::20004-:22"
766 # }
767 # ],
768 # "ipv6-prefixlen": 64,
769 # "id": "netdev0",
770 # "restrict": false
771 # }
772 # ]
773 # }
774 #
775 ##
776 { 'command': 'query-netdev', 'returns': ['NetdevInfo'] }