vde_vxlan(1)

vde_vxlan1

Vxlan tunnel endpoint for vde

Usage

vde_vxlan --vxlan-id vxlan_id --vxlan-addr multicast_address [--vxlan-port udp_port] [--vxlan-mttl multicast_ttl] [--sock vde_socket_dir] [--port vde_port] [--daemon] [--verbose]

Overview

A vde_vxlan is a Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) tunnel endpoint for the vde architecture, that can connect a vde_switch (1) to a VXLAN segment.

Options

--vxlan-id

ID of the VXLAN (VNI)

--vxlan-addr

Multicast address of the VXLAN

--vxlan-port

Port of the VXLAN (default 4879)

--vxlan-mttl

Multicast TTL (default 1)

--sock

Socket directory of the VDE switch

--port

Port of the VDE switch

--daemon

Run in background

--verbose

Show debug output

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").

Authors

vde_vxlan is a tool by Alessandro Ghedini <[email protected]>

VDE is a project by Renzo Davoli <[email protected]>

From vde2 2.3.3-10 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.