libvdeplug_tap(1)

libvdeplug_tap1

Vdeplug module: tap interface

Usage

libvdeplug_tap.so

Overview

This is the standard vdeplug module to connect a TAP interface. This module of libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting vde like vde_plug, kvm, qemu, user-mode-linux and virtualbox. tunctl or vde_tunctl can be used to preconfigure a TAP device for use by a particular user.

The vde_plug_url syntax of this module is the following:

tap://name_of_tap_interface

Examples

tap://mytap
This vde_plug_url refers the tap interface named mytap.

Notice

Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way with www.vde.com ("Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik" i.e. the German "Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies").

Releases

Unchanged in 3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

  1. 11–13

From vdeplug 4.0.1-5.1+b1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.