From d9e85254afa408bf1bf7f4a6bc8b514ee423ae10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: richm Static route configuration can be specified via a list of routes
given in the initscripts,
route option. The default value is an empty
list. Each route is a dictionary with the following entries:
-network, prefix, gateway,
-metric and table. network and
-prefix specify the destination network. table
-supports both the numeric table and named table. In order to specify the
-named table, the users have to ensure the named table is properly
-defined in /etc/iproute2/rt_tables or
-/etc/iproute2/rt_tables.d/*.conf. Note that Classless
-inter-domain routing (CIDR) notation or network mask notation are not
-supported yet.gateway, metric, network,
+prefix, table and type.
+network and prefix specify the destination
+network. table supports both the numeric table and named
+table. In order to specify the named table, the users have to ensure the
+named table is properly defined in /etc/iproute2/rt_tables
+or /etc/iproute2/rt_tables.d/*.conf. The optional
+type key supports the values blackhole,
+prohibit, and unreachable. See man
+8 ip-route for their definition. Routes with these types do not
+support a gateway. If the type is not specified, the route is considered
+as a unicast route. Note that the classless inter-domain routing(CIDR)
+notation or the network mask notation are not supported for the
+network key.
routing_rule
The policy routing rules can be specified via a list of rules given
in the routing_rule option, which allow routing the packets
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Static route configuration can be specified via a list of routes
given in the route option. The default value is an empty
list. Each route is a dictionary with the following entries:
-network, prefix, gateway,
-metric and table. network and
-prefix specify the destination network. table
-supports both the numeric table and named table. In order to specify the
-named table, the users have to ensure the named table is properly
-defined in /etc/iproute2/rt_tables or
-/etc/iproute2/rt_tables.d/*.conf. Note that Classless
-inter-domain routing (CIDR) notation or network mask notation are not
-supported yet.
gateway, metric, network,
+prefix, table and type.
+network and prefix specify the destination
+network. table supports both the numeric table and named
+table. In order to specify the named table, the users have to ensure the
+named table is properly defined in /etc/iproute2/rt_tables
+or /etc/iproute2/rt_tables.d/*.conf. The optional
+type key supports the values blackhole,
+prohibit, and unreachable. See man
+8 ip-route for their definition. Routes with these types do not
+support a gateway. If the type is not specified, the route is considered
+as a unicast route. Note that the classless inter-domain routing(CIDR)
+notation or the network mask notation are not supported for the
+network key.
routing_rule
The policy routing rules can be specified via a list of rules given
in the routing_rule option, which allow routing the packets