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IP-NETNS(8)                                     Linux                                    IP-NETNS(8)



NAME
       ip-netns - process network namespace management

SYNOPSIS
       ip [ OPTIONS ] netns  { COMMAND | help }

       ip netns [ list ]

       ip netns add NETNSNAME

       ip netns attach NETNSNAME PID

       ip [-all] netns del [ NETNSNAME ]

       ip netns set NETNSNAME NETNSID

       NETNSID := auto | POSITIVE-INT

       ip netns identify [ PID ]

       ip netns pids NETNSNAME

       ip [-all] netns exec [ NETNSNAME ] command...

       ip netns monitor

       ip netns list-id [ target-nsid POSITIVE-INT ] [ nsid POSITIVE-INT ]


DESCRIPTION
       A network namespace is logically another copy of the network stack, with its own routes,
       firewall rules, and network devices.

       By default a process inherits its network namespace from its parent. Initially all the pro‐
       cesses share the same default network namespace from the init process.

       By convention a named network namespace is an object at /run/netns/NAME that can be opened.
       The file descriptor resulting from opening /run/netns/NAME refers to the specified network
       namespace. Holding that file descriptor open keeps the network namespace alive. The file de‐
       scriptor can be used with the setns(2) system call to change the network namespace associated
       with a task.

       For applications that are aware of network namespaces, the convention is to look for global
       network configuration files first in /etc/netns/NAME/ then in /etc/.  For example, if you
       want a different version of /etc/resolv.conf for a network namespace used to isolate your vpn
       you would name it /etc/netns/myvpn/resolv.conf.

       ip netns exec automates handling of this configuration, file convention for network namespace
       unaware applications, by creating a mount namespace and bind mounting all of the per network
       namespace configure files into their traditional location in /etc.


       ip netns list - show all of the named network namespaces

              This command displays all of the network namespaces in /run/netns


       ip netns add NAME - create a new named network namespace

              If NAME is available in /run/netns this command creates a new network namespace and
              assigns NAME.


       ip netns attach NAME PID - create a new named network namespace

              If NAME is available in /run/netns this command attaches the network namespace of the
              process PID to NAME as if it were created with ip netns.


       ip [-all] netns delete [ NAME ] - delete the name of a network namespace(s)

              If NAME is present in /run/netns it is umounted and the mount point is removed. If
              this is the last user of the network namespace the network namespace will be freed and
              all physical devices will be moved to the default one, otherwise the network namespace
              persists until it has no more users. ip netns delete may fail if the mount point is in
              use in another mount namespace.

              If -all option was specified then all the network namespace names will be removed.

              It is possible to lose the physical device when it was moved to netns and then this
              netns was deleted with a running process:

                 $ ip netns add net0
                 $ ip link set dev eth0 netns net0
                 $ ip netns exec net0 SOME_PROCESS_IN_BACKGROUND
                 $ ip netns del net0

              and eth0 will appear in the default netns only after SOME_PROCESS_IN_BACKGROUND will
              exit or will be killed. To prevent this the processes running in net0 should be killed
              before deleting the netns:

                 $ ip netns pids net0 | xargs kill
                 $ ip netns del net0


       ip netns set NAME NETNSID - assign an id to a peer network namespace

              This command assigns a id to a peer network namespace. This id is valid only in the
              current network namespace.  If the keyword "auto" is specified an available nsid will
              be chosen.  This id will be used by the kernel in some netlink messages. If no id is
              assigned when the kernel needs it, it will be automatically assigned by the kernel.
              Once it is assigned, it's not possible to change it.


       ip netns identify [PID] - Report network namespaces names for process

              This command walks through /run/netns and finds all the network namespace names for
              network namespace of the specified process, if PID is not specified then the current
              process will be used.


       ip netns pids NAME - Report processes in the named network namespace

              This command walks through proc and finds all of the process who have the named net‐
              work namespace as their primary network namespace.


       ip [-all] netns exec [ NAME ] cmd ... - Run cmd in the named network namespace

              This command allows applications that are network namespace unaware to be run in some‐
              thing other than the default network namespace with all of the configuration for the
              specified network namespace appearing in the customary global locations. A network
              namespace and bind mounts are used to move files from their network namespace specific
              location to their default locations without affecting other processes.

              If -all option was specified then cmd will be executed synchronously on the each named
              network namespace even if cmd fails on some of them. Network namespace name is printed
              on each cmd executing.


       ip netns monitor - Report as network namespace names are added and deleted

              This command watches network namespace name addition and deletion events and prints a
              line for each event it sees.


       ip netns list-id [target-nsid POSITIVE-INT] [nsid POSITIVE-INT] - list network namespace ids
       (nsid)

              Network namespace ids are used to identify a peer network namespace. This command dis‐
              plays nsids of the current network namespace and provides the corresponding iproute2
              netns name (from /run/netns) if any.

              The target-nsid option enables to display nsids of the specified network namespace in‐
              stead of the current network namespace. This target-nsid is a nsid from the current
              network namespace.

              The nsid option enables to display only this nsid. It is a nsid from the current net‐
              work namespace. In combination with the target-nsid option, it enables to convert a
              specific nsid from the current network namespace to a nsid of the target-nsid network
              namespace.


EXAMPLES
       ip netns list
              Shows the list of current named network namespaces

       ip netns add vpn
              Creates a network namespace and names it vpn

       ip netns exec vpn ip link set lo up
              Bring up the loopback interface in the vpn network namespace.

       ip netns add foo
       ip netns add bar
       ip netns set foo 12
       ip netns set bar 13
       ip -n foo netns set foo 22
       ip -n foo netns set bar 23
       ip -n bar netns set foo 32
       ip -n bar netns set bar 33
       ip netns list-id target-nsid 12
              Shows the list of nsids from the network namespace foo.
       ip netns list-id target-nsid 12 nsid 13
              Get nsid of bar from the network namespace foo (result is 23).


SEE ALSO
       ip(8)


AUTHOR
       Original Manpage by Eric W. Biederman
       Manpage revised by Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel AT 6wind.com>



iproute2                                     16 Jan 2013                                 IP-NETNS(8)