#
# NEPI, a framework to manage network experiments
# Copyright (C) 2013 INRIA
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# Author: Alina Quereilhac
import base64
import socket
import vsys
from optparse import OptionParser
STOP_MSG = "STOP"
def get_options():
usage = ("usage: %prog -N -D -S ")
parser = OptionParser(usage = usage)
parser.add_option("-N", "--vif-name", dest="vif_name",
help = "The name of the virtual interface, or a "
"unique numeric identifier to name the interface "
"if GRE mode is used.",
type="str")
parser.add_option("-D", "--delete", dest="delete",
action="store_true",
default = False,
help="Removes virtual interface if GRE mode was used")
parser.add_option("-S", "--socket-name", dest="socket_name",
help = "Name for the unix socket used to interact with this process",
default = "tap.sock", type="str")
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
return (options.vif_name, options.delete, options.socket_name)
if __name__ == '__main__':
(vif_name, delete, socket_name) = get_options()
# If a socket name is sent, send the STOP message and wait for a reply
if socket_name:
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
sock.connect(socket_name)
encoded = base64.b64encode(STOP_MSG)
sock.send("%s\n" % encoded)
reply = sock.recv(1024)
reply = base64.b64decode(reply)
print reply
# Else, use the vsys interface to set the virtual interface down
elif vif_name:
vsys.vif_down(vif_name, delete = delete)