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:
$ vdetelweb -web -telnet -f /tmp/vdetelweb.conf /tmp/vde.mgmt
Options have also a compact form:
$ vdetelweb -w -t /tmp/vdetelweb.conf /tmp/vde.mgmt
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:
#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
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:
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.
