View source for Vdetelweb: Telnet and Web management for VDE

'''vdetelweb''' is a web and telnet management tool for vde switches.

It is as the same time a ''management client'' for a switch and a ''TCP server'' for the network.

A simple way to start a '''vdetelweb''' is the following:
<pre>
$ vdetelweb -web -telnet -f /tmp/vdetelweb.conf /tmp/vde.mgmt
</pre>
Options have also a compact form:
<pre>
$ vdetelweb -w -t /tmp/vdetelweb.conf /tmp/vde.mgmt
</pre>

Where ''vde.mgmt'' is the management socket of a vde_switch (option -M of vde_switch) and 
''/tmp/vdetelweb.conf'' is a configuration file like the following one:

<pre>
#vdetelweb rc sample
ip=192.168.250.5/24
defroute=192.168.250.1
ip=2001:760:1234:5678::5556/64
defroute=2001:760:1234:5678::1
# to create a new passwd run the following command:
# $ echo -n piripicchio | sha1sum
# typing your passwd instead of "piripicchio"
password=e8b32ad31b34a21d9fa638c2ee6cf52d46d5106b
</pre>

''ip'' and ''defroute'' define the address(es) while password is the sha1sum ''encoded'' password.
Users can log in to the telnet/web service by using username '''admin''' and a password which matches this.

The standard location for the configuration file when vdetelweb runs as ''root'' is '''/etc/vde/vdetelwebrc'''

A telnet session appears like the following one:

[[Image:vdetel.png|vdetel|Example of vdetelweb Telnet session]]

The telnet server provides command completion (using tab), history navigation (up and down arrows) and command editing (left right arrows and delete).

The following picture shows the appearance of a web management page.

[[Image:vdeweb.png|vdeweb|Example of vdetelweb Web session]]