[ovs-discuss] How to mirror packets sent to controller to another work station?

Justin Pettit jpettit at nicira.com
Mon Jul 15 16:13:42 UTC 2013


On Jul 15, 2013, at 4:37 AM, Muhammad Asad <muhammad.asad at aisec.fraunhofer.de> wrote:

> I want that the packets that are forwarded to the controller should also be forwarded to another work station for management and threat detection purposes. How can I forward all the packets that are forwarded to the controller to another work station?

I would just set up a lowest priority rule with a forward to controller action and forward to port action.  If you want to use a tunnel, just set it up as a virtual port and forward traffic to it.

> Secondly, what should be the IP address of this work station (should it be on same network as OVS or on different network)?


If you use an L3 tunnel, it can be anywhere.

--Justin





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