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6<refentry id="systemd.network" conditional='ENABLE_NETWORKD'
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8
9  <refentryinfo>
10    <title>systemd.network</title>
11    <productname>systemd</productname>
12  </refentryinfo>
13
14  <refmeta>
15    <refentrytitle>systemd.network</refentrytitle>
16    <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
17  </refmeta>
18
19  <refnamediv>
20    <refname>systemd.network</refname>
21    <refpurpose>Network configuration</refpurpose>
22  </refnamediv>
23
24  <refsynopsisdiv>
25    <para><filename><replaceable>network</replaceable>.network</filename></para>
26  </refsynopsisdiv>
27
28  <refsect1>
29    <title>Description</title>
30
31    <para>A plain ini-style text file that encodes network configuration for matching network
32    interfaces, used by
33    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
34    See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.syntax</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
35    for a general description of the syntax.</para>
36
37    <para>The main network file must have the extension <filename>.network</filename>; other
38    extensions are ignored. Networks are applied to links whenever the links appear.</para>
39
40    <para>The <filename>.network</filename> files are read from the files located in the system network
41    directories <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/network</filename> and
42    <filename>/usr/local/lib/systemd/network</filename>, the volatile runtime network directory
43    <filename>/run/systemd/network</filename> and the local administration network directory
44    <filename>/etc/systemd/network</filename>. All configuration files are collectively sorted and
45    processed in alphanumeric order, regardless of the directories in which they live. However, files
46    with identical filenames replace each other. It is recommended that each filename is prefixed with
47    a number (e.g. <filename>10-eth0.network</filename>). Otherwise, the default
48    <filename>.network</filename> files or those generated by
49    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-network-generator.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
50    may take precedence over user configured files. Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> have the highest
51    priority, files in <filename>/run/</filename> take precedence over files with the same name under
52    <filename>/usr/</filename>. This can be used to override a system-supplied configuration file with
53    a local file if needed. As a special case, an empty file (file size 0) or symlink with the same
54    name pointing to <filename>/dev/null</filename> disables the configuration file entirely (it is
55    "masked").</para>
56
57    <para>Along with the network file <filename>foo.network</filename>, a "drop-in" directory
58    <filename>foo.network.d/</filename> may exist. All files with the suffix
59    <literal>.conf</literal> from this directory will be merged in the alphanumeric order and parsed
60    after the main file itself has been parsed. This is useful to alter or add configuration settings,
61    without having to modify the main configuration file. Each drop-in file must have appropriate
62    section headers.</para>
63
64    <para>In addition to <filename>/etc/systemd/network</filename>, drop-in <literal>.d</literal>
65    directories can be placed in <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/network</filename> or
66    <filename>/run/systemd/network</filename> directories. Drop-in files in
67    <filename>/etc/</filename> take precedence over those in <filename>/run/</filename> which in turn
68    take precedence over those in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Drop-in files under any of these
69    directories take precedence over the main network file wherever located.</para>
70  </refsect1>
71
72  <refsect1>
73    <title>[Match] Section Options</title>
74
75    <para>The network file contains a [Match] section, which determines if a given network file may
76    be applied to a given interface; and a [Network] section specifying how the interface should be
77    configured. The first (in alphanumeric order) of the network files that matches a given interface
78    is applied, all later files are ignored, even if they match as well.</para>
79
80    <para>A network file is said to match a network interface if all matches specified by the [Match]
81    section are satisfied. When a network file does not contain valid settings in [Match] section, then
82    the file will match all interfaces and <command>systemd-networkd</command> warns about that. Hint:
83    to avoid the warning and to make it clear that all interfaces shall be matched, add the following:
84    <programlisting>Name=*</programlisting> The following keys are accepted:</para>
85
86    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
87      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="mac-address" />
88      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="permanent-mac-address" />
89      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="path" />
90      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="driver" />
91      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="type" />
92      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="kind" />
93      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="property" />
94
95      <varlistentry>
96        <term><varname>Name=</varname></term>
97        <listitem>
98          <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching the device name, as exposed
99          by the udev property <literal>INTERFACE</literal>, or device's alternative names. If the
100          list is prefixed with a "!", the test is inverted.</para>
101        </listitem>
102      </varlistentry>
103
104      <varlistentry>
105        <term><varname>WLANInterfaceType=</varname></term>
106        <listitem>
107          <para>A whitespace-separated list of wireless network type. Supported values are
108          <literal>ad-hoc</literal>, <literal>station</literal>, <literal>ap</literal>,
109          <literal>ap-vlan</literal>, <literal>wds</literal>, <literal>monitor</literal>,
110          <literal>mesh-point</literal>, <literal>p2p-client</literal>, <literal>p2p-go</literal>,
111          <literal>p2p-device</literal>, <literal>ocb</literal>, and <literal>nan</literal>. If the
112          list is prefixed with a "!", the test is inverted. </para>
113        </listitem>
114      </varlistentry>
115
116      <varlistentry>
117        <term><varname>SSID=</varname></term>
118        <listitem>
119          <para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching the SSID of the currently
120          connected wireless LAN. If the list is prefixed with a "!", the test is inverted.</para>
121        </listitem>
122      </varlistentry>
123
124      <varlistentry>
125        <term><varname>BSSID=</varname></term>
126        <listitem>
127          <para>A whitespace-separated list of hardware address of the currently connected wireless
128          LAN. Use full colon-, hyphen- or dot-delimited hexadecimal. See the example in
129          <varname>MACAddress=</varname>. This option may appear more than once, in which case the
130          lists are merged. If the empty string is assigned to this option, the list is reset.</para>
131        </listitem>
132      </varlistentry>
133
134      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="host" />
135      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="virtualization" />
136      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="kernel-command-line" />
137      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="kernel-version" />
138      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="architecture" />
139      <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="firmware" />
140    </variablelist>
141  </refsect1>
142
143  <refsect1>
144    <title>[Link] Section Options</title>
145
146    <para>The [Link] section accepts the following keys:</para>
147
148    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
149      <varlistentry>
150        <term><varname>MACAddress=</varname></term>
151        <listitem>
152          <para>The hardware address to set for the device.</para>
153        </listitem>
154      </varlistentry>
155
156      <varlistentry>
157        <term><varname>MTUBytes=</varname></term>
158        <listitem>
159          <para>The maximum transmission unit in bytes to set for the device. The usual suffixes K, M,
160          G, are supported and are understood to the base of 1024.</para>
161          <para>Note that if IPv6 is enabled on the interface, and the MTU is chosen below 1280 (the
162          minimum MTU for IPv6) it will automatically be increased to this value.</para>
163        </listitem>
164      </varlistentry>
165
166      <varlistentry>
167        <term><varname>ARP=</varname></term>
168        <listitem>
169          <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, the ARP (low-level Address Resolution Protocol)
170          for this interface is enabled. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
171          <para> For example, disabling ARP is useful when creating multiple MACVLAN or VLAN virtual
172          interfaces atop a single lower-level physical interface, which will then only serve as a
173          link/"bridge" device aggregating traffic to the same physical link and not participate in
174          the network otherwise. Defaults to unset.</para>
175        </listitem>
176      </varlistentry>
177
178      <varlistentry>
179        <term><varname>Multicast=</varname></term>
180        <listitem>
181          <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, the multicast flag on the device is enabled. Defaults
182          to unset.</para>
183        </listitem>
184      </varlistentry>
185
186      <varlistentry>
187        <term><varname>AllMulticast=</varname></term>
188        <listitem>
189          <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, the driver retrieves all multicast packets from the
190          network. This happens when multicast routing is enabled. Defaults to unset.</para>
191        </listitem>
192      </varlistentry>
193
194      <varlistentry>
195        <term><varname>Promiscuous=</varname></term>
196        <listitem>
197          <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, promiscuous mode of the interface is enabled. Defaults
198          to unset.</para>
199          <para>If this is set to false for the underlying link of a <literal>passthru</literal> mode
200          MACVLAN/MACVTAP, the virtual interface will be created with the <literal>nopromisc</literal>
201          flag set.</para>
202        </listitem>
203      </varlistentry>
204
205      <varlistentry>
206        <term><varname>Unmanaged=</varname></term>
207        <listitem>
208          <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, no attempts are made to bring up or
209          configure matching links, equivalent to when there are no matching network files. Defaults to
210          <literal>no</literal>.</para>
211          <para>This is useful for preventing later matching network files from interfering with
212          certain interfaces that are fully controlled by other applications.</para>
213        </listitem>
214      </varlistentry>
215
216      <varlistentry>
217        <term><varname>Group=</varname></term>
218        <listitem>
219          <para>Link groups are similar to port ranges found in managed switches. When network
220          interfaces are added to a numbered group, operations on all the interfaces from that group
221          can be performed at once. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 0…2147483647. Defaults to
222          unset.</para>
223        </listitem>
224      </varlistentry>
225
226      <varlistentry>
227        <term><varname>RequiredForOnline=</varname></term>
228        <listitem>
229          <para>Takes a boolean or a minimum operational state and an optional maximum operational
230          state. Please see
231          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
232          for possible operational states. When <literal>yes</literal>, the network is deemed required
233          when determining whether the system is online (including when running
234          <command>systemd-networkd-wait-online</command>). When <literal>no</literal>, the network is
235          ignored when determining the online state. When a minimum operational state and an optional
236          maximum operational state are set, <literal>yes</literal> is implied, and this controls the
237          minimum and maximum operational state required for the network interface to be considered
238          online.</para>
239
240          <para>Defaults to <literal>yes</literal> when <varname>ActivationPolicy=</varname> is not
241          set, or set to <literal>up</literal>, <literal>always-up</literal>, or
242          <literal>bound</literal>. Defaults to <literal>no</literal> when
243          <varname>ActivationPolicy=</varname> is set to <literal>manual</literal> or
244          <literal>down</literal>. This is forced to <literal>no</literal> when
245          <varname>ActivationPolicy=</varname> is set to <literal>always-down</literal>.</para>
246
247          <para>The network will be brought up normally (as configured by
248          <varname>ActivationPolicy=</varname>), but in the event that there is no address being
249          assigned by DHCP or the cable is not plugged in, the link will simply remain offline and be
250          skipped automatically by <command>systemd-networkd-wait-online</command> if
251          <literal>RequiredForOnline=no</literal>.</para>
252        </listitem>
253      </varlistentry>
254
255      <varlistentry>
256        <term><varname>RequiredFamilyForOnline=</varname></term>
257        <listitem>
258          <para>Takes an address family. When specified, an IP address in the given family is deemed
259          required when determining whether the link is online (including when running
260          <command>systemd-networkd-wait-online</command>). Takes one of <literal>ipv4</literal>,
261          <literal>ipv6</literal>, <literal>both</literal>, or <literal>any</literal>. Defaults to
262          <literal>any</literal>. Note that this option has no effect if
263          <literal>RequiredForOnline=no</literal>, or if <literal>RequiredForOnline=</literal>
264          specifies a minimum operational state below <literal>degraded</literal>.</para>
265        </listitem>
266      </varlistentry>
267
268      <varlistentry>
269        <term><varname>ActivationPolicy=</varname></term>
270        <listitem>
271          <para>Specifies the policy for <command>systemd-networkd</command> managing the link
272          administrative state. Specifically, this controls how <command>systemd-networkd</command>
273          changes the network device's <literal>IFF_UP</literal> flag, which is sometimes
274          controlled by system administrators by running e.g.,
275          <command>ip link set dev eth0 up</command> or <command>ip link set dev eth0 down</command>,
276          and can also be changed with <command>networkctl up eth0</command> or
277          <command>networkctl down eth0</command>.</para>
278
279          <para>Takes one of <literal>up</literal>, <literal>always-up</literal>,
280          <literal>manual</literal>, <literal>always-down</literal>, <literal>down</literal>,
281          or <literal>bound</literal>. When <literal>manual</literal>,
282          <command>systemd-networkd</command> will not change the link's admin state automatically;
283          the system administrator must bring the interface up or down manually, as desired. When
284          <literal>up</literal> (the default) or <literal>always-up</literal>, or
285          <literal>down</literal> or <literal>always-down</literal>,
286          <command>systemd-networkd</command> will set the link up or down, respectively, when the
287          interface is (re)configured. When <literal>always-up</literal> or
288          <literal>always-down</literal>, <command>systemd-networkd</command> will set the link up or
289          down, respectively, any time <command>systemd-networkd</command> detects a change in the
290          administrative state. When <varname>BindCarrier=</varname> is also set, this is automatically
291          set to <literal>bound</literal> and any other value is ignored.</para>
292
293          <para>When the policy is set to <literal>down</literal> or <literal>manual</literal>, the
294          default value of <varname>RequiredForOnline=</varname> is <literal>no</literal>. When the
295          policy is set to <literal>always-down</literal>, the value of
296          <varname>RequiredForOnline=</varname> forced to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
297
298          <para>The administrative state is not the same as the carrier state, so using
299          <literal>always-up</literal> does not mean the link will never lose carrier. The link carrier
300          depends on both the administrative state as well as the network device's physical connection.
301          However, to avoid reconfiguration failures, when using <literal>always-up</literal>,
302          <varname>IgnoreCarrierLoss=</varname> is forced to true.</para>
303        </listitem>
304      </varlistentry>
305    </variablelist>
306  </refsect1>
307
308  <xi:include href="systemd.link.xml" xpointer="sr-iov" />
309
310  <refsect1>
311    <title>[Network] Section Options</title>
312
313    <para>The [Network] section accepts the following keys:</para>
314
315    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
316      <varlistentry>
317        <term><varname>Description=</varname></term>
318        <listitem>
319          <para>A description of the device. This is only used for presentation purposes.</para>
320        </listitem>
321      </varlistentry>
322
323      <varlistentry>
324        <term><varname>DHCP=</varname></term>
325        <listitem>
326          <para>Enables DHCPv4 and/or DHCPv6 client support. Accepts <literal>yes</literal>,
327          <literal>no</literal>, <literal>ipv4</literal>, or <literal>ipv6</literal>. Defaults to
328          <literal>no</literal>.</para>
329
330          <para>Note that DHCPv6 will by default be triggered by Router Advertisement, if that is
331          enabled, regardless of this parameter. By explicitly enabling DHCPv6 support here, the
332          DHCPv6 client will be started in the mode specified by the <variable>WithoutRA=</variable>
333          setting in the [DHCPv6] section, regardless of the presence of routers on the link, or
334          what flags the routers pass. See <literal>IPv6AcceptRA=</literal>.</para>
335
336          <para>Furthermore, note that by default the domain name specified through DHCP is not used
337          for name resolution. See option <option>UseDomains=</option> below.</para>
338
339          <para>See the [DHCPv4] or [DHCPv6] sections below for further configuration options for the
340          DHCP client support.</para>
341        </listitem>
342      </varlistentry>
343
344      <varlistentry>
345        <term><varname>DHCPServer=</varname></term>
346        <listitem>
347          <para>Takes a boolean. If set to <literal>yes</literal>, DHCPv4 server will be started.
348          Defaults to <literal>no</literal>. Further settings for the DHCP server may be set in the
349          [DHCPServer] section described below.</para>
350        </listitem>
351      </varlistentry>
352
353      <varlistentry>
354        <term><varname>LinkLocalAddressing=</varname></term>
355        <listitem>
356          <para>Enables link-local address autoconfiguration. Accepts <option>yes</option>,
357          <option>no</option>, <option>ipv4</option>, and <option>ipv6</option>. An IPv6 link-local
358          address is configured when <option>yes</option> or <option>ipv6</option>. An IPv4 link-local
359          address is configured when <option>yes</option> or <option>ipv4</option> and when DHCPv4
360          autoconfiguration has been unsuccessful for some time. (IPv4 link-local address
361          autoconfiguration will usually happen in parallel with repeated attempts to acquire a DHCPv4
362          lease).</para>
363
364          <para>Defaults to <option>no</option> when <varname>KeepMaster=</varname> or
365          <varname>Bridge=</varname> is set or when the specified
366          <varname>MACVLAN=</varname>/<varname>MACVTAP=</varname> has <varname>Mode=passthru</varname>,
367          or <option>ipv6</option> otherwise.</para>
368        </listitem>
369      </varlistentry>
370
371      <varlistentry>
372        <term><varname>IPv6LinkLocalAddressGenerationMode=</varname></term>
373        <listitem>
374          <para>Specifies how IPv6 link-local address is generated. Takes one of
375          <literal>eui64</literal>, <literal>none</literal>, <literal>stable-privacy</literal> and
376          <literal>random</literal>. When unset, <literal>stable-privacy</literal> is used if
377          <varname>IPv6StableSecretAddress=</varname> is specified, and if not,
378          <literal>eui64</literal> is used. Note that if <varname>LinkLocalAddressing=</varname> is
379          <literal>no</literal> or <literal>ipv4</literal>, then
380          <varname>IPv6LinkLocalAddressGenerationMode=</varname> will be ignored. Also, even if
381          <varname>LinkLocalAddressing=</varname> is <literal>yes</literal> or <literal>ipv6</literal>,
382          setting <varname>IPv6LinkLocalAddressGenerationMode=none</varname>
383          disables to configure an IPv6 link-local address.</para>
384        </listitem>
385      </varlistentry>
386
387      <varlistentry>
388        <term><varname>IPv6StableSecretAddress=</varname></term>
389        <listitem>
390          <para>Takes an IPv6 address. The specified address will be used as a stable secret for
391          generating IPv6 link-local address. If this setting is specified, and
392          <varname>IPv6LinkLocalAddressGenerationMode=</varname> is unset, then
393          <varname>IPv6LinkLocalAddressGenerationMode=stable-privacy</varname> is implied.
394          If this setting is not specified, and <literal>stable-privacy</literal> is set to
395          <varname>IPv6LinkLocalAddressGenerationMode=</varname>,
396          then a stable secret address will be generated from the local machine ID and the interface
397          name.</para>
398        </listitem>
399      </varlistentry>
400
401      <varlistentry>
402        <term><varname>IPv4LLRoute=</varname></term>
403        <listitem>
404          <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, sets up the route needed for non-IPv4LL hosts to
405          communicate with IPv4LL-only hosts. Defaults to false.</para>
406        </listitem>
407      </varlistentry>
408
409      <varlistentry>
410        <term><varname>DefaultRouteOnDevice=</varname></term>
411        <listitem>
412          <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, sets up the default route bound to the interface.
413          Defaults to false. This is useful when creating routes on point-to-point interfaces. This is
414          equivalent to e.g. the following,
415          <programlisting>ip route add default dev veth99</programlisting>
416          or,
417          <programlisting>[Route]
418Gateway=0.0.0.0</programlisting></para>
419          <para>Currently, there are no way to specify e.g., the table for the route configured by this
420          setting. To configure the default route with such an additional property, please use the
421          following instead:
422          <programlisting>[Route]
423Gateway=0.0.0.0
424Table=1234</programlisting></para>
425        </listitem>
426      </varlistentry>
427
428      <varlistentry>
429        <term><varname>LLMNR=</varname></term>
430        <listitem>
431          <para>Takes a boolean or <literal>resolve</literal>. When true, enables
432          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4795">Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution</ulink>
433          on the link. When set to <literal>resolve</literal>, only resolution is enabled, but not host
434          registration and announcement. Defaults to true. This setting is read by
435          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
436          </para>
437        </listitem>
438      </varlistentry>
439
440      <varlistentry>
441        <term><varname>MulticastDNS=</varname></term>
442        <listitem>
443          <para>Takes a boolean or <literal>resolve</literal>. When true, enables
444          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6762">Multicast DNS</ulink> support on the link.
445          When set to <literal>resolve</literal>, only resolution is enabled, but not host or service
446          registration and announcement. Defaults to false. This setting is read by
447          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
448          </para>
449        </listitem>
450      </varlistentry>
451
452      <varlistentry>
453        <term><varname>DNSOverTLS=</varname></term>
454        <listitem>
455          <para>Takes a boolean or <literal>opportunistic</literal>. When true, enables
456          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7858">DNS-over-TLS</ulink> support on the link.
457          When set to <literal>opportunistic</literal>, compatibility with non-DNS-over-TLS servers is
458          increased, by automatically turning off DNS-over-TLS servers in this case. This option
459          defines a per-interface setting for
460          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
461          global <varname>DNSOverTLS=</varname> option. Defaults to unset, and the global setting will
462          be used. This setting is read by
463          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
464          </para>
465        </listitem>
466      </varlistentry>
467
468      <varlistentry>
469        <term><varname>DNSSEC=</varname></term>
470        <listitem>
471          <para>Takes a boolean or <literal>allow-downgrade</literal>. When true, enables
472          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4033">DNSSEC</ulink> DNS validation support on the
473          link. When set to <literal>allow-downgrade</literal>, compatibility with non-DNSSEC capable
474          networks is increased, by automatically turning off DNSSEC in this case. This option defines
475          a per-interface setting for
476          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>resolved.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
477          global <varname>DNSSEC=</varname> option. Defaults to unset, and the global setting will be
478          used. This setting is read by
479          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
480          </para>
481        </listitem>
482      </varlistentry>
483
484      <varlistentry>
485        <term><varname>DNSSECNegativeTrustAnchors=</varname></term>
486        <listitem>
487          <para>A space-separated list of DNSSEC negative trust anchor domains. If specified and DNSSEC
488          is enabled, look-ups done via the interface's DNS server will be subject to the list of
489          negative trust anchors, and not require authentication for the specified domains, or anything
490          below it. Use this to disable DNSSEC authentication for specific private domains, that cannot
491          be proven valid using the Internet DNS hierarchy. Defaults to the empty list. This setting is
492          read by
493          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
494          </para>
495        </listitem>
496      </varlistentry>
497
498      <varlistentry>
499        <term><varname>LLDP=</varname></term>
500        <listitem>
501          <para>Controls support for Ethernet LLDP packet reception. LLDP is a link-layer protocol
502          commonly implemented on professional routers and bridges which announces which physical port
503          a system is connected to, as well as other related data. Accepts a boolean or the special
504          value <literal>routers-only</literal>. When true, incoming LLDP packets are accepted and a
505          database of all LLDP neighbors maintained. If <literal>routers-only</literal> is set only
506          LLDP data of various types of routers is collected and LLDP data about other types of devices
507          ignored (such as stations, telephones and others). If false, LLDP reception is disabled.
508          Defaults to <literal>routers-only</literal>. Use
509          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
510          to query the collected neighbor data. LLDP is only available on Ethernet links. See
511          <varname>EmitLLDP=</varname> below for enabling LLDP packet emission from the local system.
512          </para>
513        </listitem>
514      </varlistentry>
515
516      <varlistentry>
517        <term><varname>EmitLLDP=</varname></term>
518        <listitem>
519          <para>Controls support for Ethernet LLDP packet emission. Accepts a boolean parameter or the
520          special values <literal>nearest-bridge</literal>, <literal>non-tpmr-bridge</literal> and
521          <literal>customer-bridge</literal>. Defaults to false, which turns off LLDP packet emission.
522          If not false, a short LLDP packet with information about the local system is sent out in
523          regular intervals on the link. The LLDP packet will contain information about the local
524          hostname, the local machine ID (as stored in
525          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
526          and the local interface name, as well as the pretty hostname of the system (as set in
527          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
528          LLDP emission is only available on Ethernet links. Note that this setting passes data
529          suitable for identification of host to the network and should thus not be enabled on
530          untrusted networks, where such identification data should not be made available. Use this
531          option to permit other systems to identify on which interfaces they are connected to this
532          system. The three special values control propagation of the LLDP packets. The
533          <literal>nearest-bridge</literal> setting permits propagation only to the nearest connected
534          bridge, <literal>non-tpmr-bridge</literal> permits propagation across Two-Port MAC Relays,
535          but not any other bridges, and <literal>customer-bridge</literal> permits propagation until
536          a customer bridge is reached. For details about these concepts, see
537          <ulink url="https://standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/802.1AB-2016.html">IEEE 802.1AB-2016</ulink>.
538          Note that configuring this setting to true is equivalent to
539          <literal>nearest-bridge</literal>, the recommended and most restricted level of propagation.
540          See <varname>LLDP=</varname> above for an option to enable LLDP reception.</para>
541        </listitem>
542      </varlistentry>
543
544      <varlistentry>
545        <term><varname>BindCarrier=</varname></term>
546        <listitem>
547          <para>A link name or a list of link names. When set, controls the behavior of the current
548          link. When all links in the list are in an operational down state, the current link is
549          brought down. When at least one link has carrier, the current interface is brought up.</para>
550
551          <para>This forces <varname>ActivationPolicy=</varname> to be set to <literal>bound</literal>.
552          </para>
553        </listitem>
554      </varlistentry>
555
556      <varlistentry>
557        <term><varname>Address=</varname></term>
558        <listitem>
559          <para>A static IPv4 or IPv6 address and its prefix length, separated by a
560          <literal>/</literal> character. Specify this key more than once to configure several
561          addresses. The format of the address must be as described in
562          <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
563          This is a short-hand for an [Address] section only containing an Address key (see below).
564          This option may be specified more than once.</para>
565
566          <para>If the specified address is <literal>0.0.0.0</literal> (for IPv4) or
567          <literal>::</literal> (for IPv6), a new address range of the requested size is automatically
568          allocated from a system-wide pool of unused ranges. Note that the prefix length must be equal
569          or larger than 8 for IPv4, and 64 for IPv6. The allocated range is checked against all
570          current network interfaces and all known network configuration files to avoid address range
571          conflicts. The default system-wide pool consists of 192.168.0.0/16, 172.16.0.0/12 and
572          10.0.0.0/8 for IPv4, and fd00::/8 for IPv6. This functionality is useful to manage a large
573          number of dynamically created network interfaces with the same network configuration and
574          automatic address range assignment.</para>
575        </listitem>
576      </varlistentry>
577
578      <varlistentry>
579        <term><varname>Gateway=</varname></term>
580        <listitem>
581          <para>The gateway address, which must be in the format described in
582          <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
583          This is a short-hand for a [Route] section only containing a <varname>Gateway=</varname> key.
584          This option may be specified more than once.</para>
585        </listitem>
586      </varlistentry>
587
588      <varlistentry>
589        <term><varname>DNS=</varname></term>
590        <listitem>
591          <para>A DNS server address, which must be in the format described in
592          <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
593          This option may be specified more than once. Each address can optionally take a port number
594          separated with <literal>:</literal>, a network interface name or index separated with
595          <literal>%</literal>, and a Server Name Indication (SNI) separated with <literal>#</literal>.
596          When IPv6 address is specified with a port number, then the address must be in the square
597          brackets. That is, the acceptable full formats are
598          <literal>111.222.333.444:9953%ifname#example.com</literal> for IPv4 and
599          <literal>[1111:2222::3333]:9953%ifname#example.com</literal> for IPv6. If an empty string is
600          assigned, then the all previous assignments are cleared. This setting is read by
601          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
602          </para>
603        </listitem>
604      </varlistentry>
605
606      <varlistentry>
607        <term><varname>Domains=</varname></term>
608        <listitem>
609          <para>A whitespace-separated list of domains which should be resolved using the DNS servers
610          on this link. Each item in the list should be a domain name, optionally prefixed with a tilde
611          (<literal>~</literal>). The domains with the prefix are called "routing-only domains". The
612          domains without the prefix are called "search domains" and are first used as search suffixes
613          for extending single-label hostnames (hostnames containing no dots) to become fully qualified
614          domain names (FQDNs). If a single-label hostname is resolved on this interface, each of the
615          specified search domains are appended to it in turn, converting it into a fully qualified
616          domain name, until one of them may be successfully resolved.</para>
617
618          <para>Both "search" and "routing-only" domains are used for routing of DNS queries: look-ups
619          for hostnames ending in those domains (hence also single label names, if any "search domains"
620          are listed), are routed to the DNS servers configured for this interface. The domain routing
621          logic is particularly useful on multi-homed hosts with DNS servers serving particular private
622          DNS zones on each interface.</para>
623
624          <para>The "routing-only" domain <literal>~.</literal> (the tilde indicating definition of a
625          routing domain, the dot referring to the DNS root domain which is the implied suffix of all
626          valid DNS names) has special effect. It causes all DNS traffic which does not match another
627          configured domain routing entry to be routed to DNS servers specified for this interface.
628          This setting is useful to prefer a certain set of DNS servers if a link on which they are
629          connected is available.</para>
630
631          <para>This setting is read by
632          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
633          "Search domains" correspond to the <varname>domain</varname> and <varname>search</varname>
634          entries in
635          <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
636          Domain name routing has no equivalent in the traditional glibc API, which has no concept of
637          domain name servers limited to a specific link.</para>
638        </listitem>
639      </varlistentry>
640
641      <varlistentry>
642        <term><varname>DNSDefaultRoute=</varname></term>
643        <listitem>
644          <para>Takes a boolean argument. If true, this link's configured DNS servers are used for
645          resolving domain names that do not match any link's configured <varname>Domains=</varname>
646          setting. If false, this link's configured DNS servers are never used for such domains, and
647          are exclusively used for resolving names that match at least one of the domains configured on
648          this link. If not specified defaults to an automatic mode: queries not matching any link's
649          configured domains will be routed to this link if it has no routing-only domains configured.
650          </para>
651        </listitem>
652      </varlistentry>
653
654      <varlistentry>
655        <term><varname>NTP=</varname></term>
656        <listitem>
657          <para>An NTP server address (either an IP address, or a hostname). This option may be
658          specified more than once. This setting is read by
659          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-timesyncd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
660          </para>
661        </listitem>
662      </varlistentry>
663
664      <varlistentry>
665        <term><varname>IPForward=</varname></term>
666        <listitem>
667          <para>Configures IP packet forwarding for the system. If enabled, incoming packets on any
668          network interface will be forwarded to any other interfaces according to the routing table.
669          Takes a boolean, or the values <literal>ipv4</literal> or <literal>ipv6</literal>, which only
670          enable IP packet forwarding for the specified address family. This controls the
671          <filename>net.ipv4.ip_forward</filename> and <filename>net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding</filename>
672          sysctl options of the network interface (see
673          <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt">ip-sysctl.txt</ulink>
674          for details about sysctl options). Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
675
676          <para>Note: this setting controls a global kernel option, and does so one way only: if a
677          network that has this setting enabled is set up the global setting is turned on. However,
678          it is never turned off again, even after all networks with this setting enabled are shut
679          down again.</para>
680
681          <para>To allow IP packet forwarding only between specific network interfaces use a firewall.
682          </para>
683        </listitem>
684      </varlistentry>
685
686      <varlistentry>
687        <term><varname>IPMasquerade=</varname></term>
688        <listitem>
689          <para>Configures IP masquerading for the network interface. If enabled, packets forwarded
690          from the network interface will be appear as coming from the local host. Takes one of
691          <literal>ipv4</literal>, <literal>ipv6</literal>, <literal>both</literal>, or
692          <literal>no</literal>. Defaults to <literal>no</literal>. If enabled, this automatically sets
693          <varname>IPForward=</varname> to one of <literal>ipv4</literal>, <literal>ipv6</literal> or
694          <literal>yes</literal>.</para>
695          <para>Note. Any positive boolean values such as <literal>yes</literal> or
696          <literal>true</literal> are now deprecated. Please use one of the values in the above.</para>
697        </listitem>
698      </varlistentry>
699
700      <varlistentry>
701        <term><varname>IPv6PrivacyExtensions=</varname></term>
702        <listitem>
703          <para>Configures use of stateless temporary addresses that change over time (see
704          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4941">RFC 4941</ulink>,
705          Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6). Takes a boolean or the
706          special values <literal>prefer-public</literal> and <literal>kernel</literal>. When true,
707          enables the privacy extensions and prefers temporary addresses over public addresses. When
708          <literal>prefer-public</literal>, enables the privacy extensions, but prefers public
709          addresses over temporary addresses. When false, the privacy extensions remain disabled. When
710          <literal>kernel</literal>, the kernel's default setting will be left in place. Defaults to
711          <literal>no</literal>.</para>
712        </listitem>
713      </varlistentry>
714
715      <varlistentry>
716        <term><varname>IPv6AcceptRA=</varname></term>
717        <listitem>
718          <para>Takes a boolean. Controls IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) reception support for the
719          interface. If true, RAs are accepted; if false, RAs are ignored. When RAs are accepted, they
720          may trigger the start of the DHCPv6 client if the relevant flags are set in the RA data, or
721          if no routers are found on the link. The default is to disable RA reception for bridge
722          devices or when IP forwarding is enabled, and to enable it otherwise. Cannot be enabled on
723          bond devices and when link-local addressing is disabled.</para>
724
725          <para>Further settings for the IPv6 RA support may be configured in the [IPv6AcceptRA]
726          section, see below.</para>
727
728          <para>Also see
729          <ulink url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt">ip-sysctl.txt</ulink>
730          in the kernel documentation regarding <literal>accept_ra</literal>, but note that systemd's
731          setting of <constant>1</constant> (i.e. true) corresponds to kernel's setting of
732          <constant>2</constant>.</para>
733
734          <para>Note that kernel's implementation of the IPv6 RA protocol is always disabled,
735          regardless of this setting. If this option is enabled, a userspace implementation of the IPv6
736          RA protocol is used, and the kernel's own implementation remains disabled, since
737          <command>systemd-networkd</command> needs to know all details supplied in the advertisements,
738          and these are not available from the kernel if the kernel's own implementation is used.
739          </para>
740        </listitem>
741      </varlistentry>
742
743      <varlistentry>
744        <term><varname>IPv6DuplicateAddressDetection=</varname></term>
745        <listitem>
746          <para>Configures the amount of IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) probes to send. When
747          unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
748        </listitem>
749      </varlistentry>
750
751      <varlistentry>
752        <term><varname>IPv6HopLimit=</varname></term>
753        <listitem>
754          <para>Configures IPv6 Hop Limit. For each router that forwards the packet, the hop limit is
755          decremented by 1. When the hop limit field reaches zero, the packet is discarded. When unset,
756          the kernel's default will be used.</para>
757        </listitem>
758      </varlistentry>
759
760      <varlistentry>
761        <term><varname>IPv4AcceptLocal=</varname></term>
762        <listitem>
763          <para>Takes a boolean. Accept packets with local source addresses. In combination with
764          suitable routing, this can be used to direct packets between two local interfaces over the
765          wire and have them accepted properly. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
766        </listitem>
767      </varlistentry>
768
769      <varlistentry>
770        <term><varname>IPv4RouteLocalnet=</varname></term>
771        <listitem>
772          <para>Takes a boolean. When true, the kernel does not consider loopback addresses as martian
773          source or destination while routing. This enables the use of 127.0.0.0/8 for local routing
774          purposes. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
775        </listitem>
776      </varlistentry>
777
778      <varlistentry>
779        <term><varname>IPv4ProxyARP=</varname></term>
780        <listitem>
781          <para>Takes a boolean. Configures proxy ARP for IPv4. Proxy ARP is the technique in which one
782          host, usually a router, answers ARP requests intended for another machine. By "faking" its
783          identity, the router accepts responsibility for routing packets to the "real" destination.
784          See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1027">RFC 1027</ulink>. When unset, the
785          kernel's default will be used.</para>
786        </listitem>
787      </varlistentry>
788
789      <varlistentry>
790        <term><varname>IPv6ProxyNDP=</varname></term>
791        <listitem>
792          <para>Takes a boolean. Configures proxy NDP for IPv6. Proxy NDP (Neighbor Discovery Protocol)
793          is a technique for IPv6 to allow routing of addresses to a different destination when peers
794          expect them to be present on a certain physical link. In this case a router answers Neighbour
795          Advertisement messages intended for another machine by offering its own MAC address as
796          destination. Unlike proxy ARP for IPv4, it is not enabled globally, but will only send
797          Neighbour Advertisement messages for addresses in the IPv6 neighbor proxy table, which can
798          also be shown by <command>ip -6 neighbour show proxy</command>. systemd-networkd will control
799          the per-interface `proxy_ndp` switch for each configured interface depending on this option.
800          When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
801        </listitem>
802      </varlistentry>
803
804      <varlistentry>
805        <term><varname>IPv6ProxyNDPAddress=</varname></term>
806        <listitem>
807          <para>An IPv6 address, for which Neighbour Advertisement messages will be proxied. This
808          option may be specified more than once. systemd-networkd will add the
809          <varname>IPv6ProxyNDPAddress=</varname> entries to the kernel's IPv6 neighbor proxy table.
810          This setting implies <varname>IPv6ProxyNDP=yes</varname> but has no effect if
811          <varname>IPv6ProxyNDP=</varname> has been set to false. When unset, the kernel's default will
812          be used.</para>
813        </listitem>
814      </varlistentry>
815
816      <varlistentry>
817        <term><varname>IPv6SendRA=</varname></term>
818        <listitem>
819          <para>Whether to enable or disable Router Advertisement sending on a link. Takes a boolean
820          value. When enabled, prefixes configured in [IPv6Prefix] sections and routes configured in
821          the [IPv6RoutePrefix] sections are distributed as defined in the [IPv6SendRA] section. If
822          <varname>DHCPPrefixDelegation=</varname> is enabled, then the delegated prefixes are also
823          distributed. See <varname>DCHPPrefixDelegation=</varname> setting and the [IPv6SendRA],
824          [IPv6Prefix], [IPv6RoutePrefix], and [DHCPPrefixDelegation] sections for more configuration
825          options.</para>
826        </listitem>
827      </varlistentry>
828
829      <varlistentry>
830        <term><varname>DHCPPrefixDelegation=</varname></term>
831        <listitem>
832          <para>Takes a boolean value. When enabled, requests subnet prefixes on another link via the DHCPv6
833          protocol or via the 6RD option in the DHCPv4 protocol. An address within each delegated prefix will
834          be assigned, and the prefixes will be announced through IPv6 Router Advertisement if
835          <varname>IPv6SendRA=</varname> is enabled. This behaviour can be configured in the
836          [DHCPPrefixDelegation] section. Defaults to disabled.</para>
837        </listitem>
838      </varlistentry>
839
840      <varlistentry>
841        <term><varname>IPv6MTUBytes=</varname></term>
842        <listitem>
843          <para>Configures IPv6 maximum transmission unit (MTU). An integer greater than or equal to
844          1280 bytes. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
845        </listitem>
846      </varlistentry>
847
848      <varlistentry>
849        <term><varname>KeepMaster=</varname></term>
850        <listitem>
851          <para>Takes a boolean value. When enabled, the current master interface index will not be
852          changed, and <varname>BatmanAdvanced=</varname>, <varname>Bond=</varname>,
853          <varname>Bridge=</varname>, and <varname>VRF=</varname> settings are ignored. This may be
854          useful when a netdev with a master interface is created by another program, e.g.
855          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
856          Defaults to false.</para>
857        </listitem>
858      </varlistentry>
859
860      <varlistentry>
861        <term><varname>BatmanAdvanced=</varname></term>
862        <term><varname>Bond=</varname></term>
863        <term><varname>Bridge=</varname></term>
864        <term><varname>VRF=</varname></term>
865        <listitem>
866          <para>The name of the B.A.T.M.A.N. Advanced, bond, bridge, or VRF interface to add the link
867          to. See
868          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
869          </para>
870        </listitem>
871      </varlistentry>
872
873      <varlistentry>
874        <term><varname>IPoIB=</varname></term>
875        <term><varname>IPVLAN=</varname></term>
876        <term><varname>IPVTAP=</varname></term>
877        <term><varname>MACsec=</varname></term>
878        <term><varname>MACVLAN=</varname></term>
879        <term><varname>MACVTAP=</varname></term>
880        <term><varname>Tunnel=</varname></term>
881        <term><varname>VLAN=</varname></term>
882        <term><varname>VXLAN=</varname></term>
883        <term><varname>Xfrm=</varname></term>
884        <listitem>
885          <para>The name of an IPoIB, IPVLAN, IPVTAP, MACsec, MACVLAN, MACVTAP, tunnel, VLAN,
886          VXLAN, or Xfrm to be created on the link. See
887          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
888          This option may be specified more than once.</para>
889        </listitem>
890      </varlistentry>
891
892      <varlistentry>
893        <term><varname>ActiveSlave=</varname></term>
894        <listitem>
895          <para>Takes a boolean. Specifies the new active slave. The <literal>ActiveSlave=</literal>
896          option is only valid for following modes: <literal>active-backup</literal>,
897          <literal>balance-alb</literal>, and <literal>balance-tlb</literal>. Defaults to false.</para>
898        </listitem>
899      </varlistentry>
900
901      <varlistentry>
902        <term><varname>PrimarySlave=</varname></term>
903        <listitem>
904          <para>Takes a boolean. Specifies which slave is the primary device. The specified device will
905          always be the active slave while it is available. Only when the primary is off-line will
906          alternate devices be used.  This is useful when one slave is preferred over another, e.g.
907          when one slave has higher throughput than another. The <literal>PrimarySlave=</literal>
908          option is only valid for following modes: <literal>active-backup</literal>,
909          <literal>balance-alb</literal>, and <literal>balance-tlb</literal>. Defaults to false.</para>
910        </listitem>
911      </varlistentry>
912
913      <varlistentry>
914        <term><varname>ConfigureWithoutCarrier=</varname></term>
915        <listitem>
916          <para>Takes a boolean. Allows networkd to configure a specific link even if it has no
917          carrier. Defaults to false. If enabled, and the <varname>IgnoreCarrierLoss=</varname> setting
918          is not explicitly set, then it is enabled as well.</para>
919        </listitem>
920      </varlistentry>
921
922      <varlistentry>
923        <term><varname>IgnoreCarrierLoss=</varname></term>
924        <listitem>
925          <para>Takes a boolean or a timespan. When true, <command>systemd-networkd</command> retains
926          both the static and dynamic configuration of the interface even if its carrier is lost. When
927          false, <command>systemd-networkd</command> drops both the static and dynamic configuration of
928          the interface. When a timespan is specified, <command>systemd-networkd</command> waits for
929          the specified timespan, and ignores the carrier loss if the link regain its carrier within
930          the timespan. Setting 0 seconds is equivalent to <literal>no</literal>, and
931          <literal>infinite</literal> is equivalent to <literal>yes</literal>.</para>
932
933          <para>Setting a finite timespan may be useful when e.g. in the following cases:
934          <itemizedlist>
935            <listitem>
936              <para>A wireless interface connecting to a network which has multiple access points with
937              the same SSID.</para>
938            </listitem>
939            <listitem>
940              <para>Enslaving a wireless interface to a bond interface, which may disconnect from the
941              connected access point and causes its carrier to be lost.</para>
942            </listitem>
943            <listitem>
944              <para>The driver of the interface resets when the MTU is changed.</para>
945            </listitem>
946          </itemizedlist>
947          </para>
948
949          <para>When <varname>Bond=</varname> is specified to a wireless interface, defaults to 3
950          seconds. When the DHCPv4 client is enabled and <varname>UseMTU=</varname> in the [DHCPv4]
951          section enabled, defaults to 5 seconds. Otherwise, defaults to the value specified with
952          <varname>ConfigureWithoutCarrier=</varname>. When <varname>ActivationPolicy=</varname> is set
953          to <literal>always-up</literal>, this is forced to <literal>yes</literal>, and ignored any
954          user specified values.</para>
955        </listitem>
956      </varlistentry>
957
958      <varlistentry>
959        <term><varname>KeepConfiguration=</varname></term>
960        <listitem>
961          <para>Takes a boolean or one of <literal>static</literal>, <literal>dhcp-on-stop</literal>,
962          <literal>dhcp</literal>. When <literal>static</literal>, <command>systemd-networkd</command>
963          will not drop static addresses and routes on starting up process. When set to
964          <literal>dhcp-on-stop</literal>, <command>systemd-networkd</command> will not drop addresses
965          and routes on stopping the daemon. When <literal>dhcp</literal>,
966          the addresses and routes provided by a DHCP server will never be dropped even if the DHCP
967          lease expires. This is contrary to the DHCP specification, but may be the best choice if,
968          e.g., the root filesystem relies on this connection. The setting <literal>dhcp</literal>
969          implies <literal>dhcp-on-stop</literal>, and <literal>yes</literal> implies
970          <literal>dhcp</literal> and <literal>static</literal>. Defaults to
971          <literal>dhcp-on-stop</literal> when <command>systemd-networkd</command> is running in
972          initrd, <literal>yes</literal> when the root filesystem is a network filesystem, and
973          <literal>no</literal> otherwise.</para>
974        </listitem>
975      </varlistentry>
976    </variablelist>
977  </refsect1>
978
979  <refsect1>
980    <title>[Address] Section Options</title>
981
982    <para>An [Address] section accepts the following keys. Specify several [Address] sections to
983    configure several addresses.</para>
984
985    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
986      <varlistentry>
987        <term><varname>Address=</varname></term>
988        <listitem>
989          <para>As in the [Network] section. This setting is mandatory. Each [Address] section can
990          contain one <varname>Address=</varname> setting.</para>
991        </listitem>
992      </varlistentry>
993
994      <varlistentry>
995        <term><varname>Peer=</varname></term>
996        <listitem>
997          <para>The peer address in a point-to-point connection. Accepts the same format as the
998          <varname>Address=</varname> setting.</para>
999        </listitem>
1000      </varlistentry>
1001
1002      <varlistentry>
1003        <term><varname>Broadcast=</varname></term>
1004        <listitem>
1005          <para>Takes an IPv4 address or boolean value. The address must be in the format described in
1006          <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
1007          If set to true, then the IPv4 broadcast address will be derived from the
1008          <varname>Address=</varname> setting. If set to false, then the broadcast address will not be
1009          set. Defaults to true, except for wireguard interfaces, where it default to false.</para>
1010        </listitem>
1011      </varlistentry>
1012
1013      <varlistentry>
1014        <term><varname>Label=</varname></term>
1015        <listitem>
1016          <para>Specifies the label for the IPv4 address. The label must be a 7-bit ASCII string with
1017          a length of 1…15 characters. Defaults to unset.</para>
1018        </listitem>
1019      </varlistentry>
1020
1021      <varlistentry>
1022        <term><varname>PreferredLifetime=</varname></term>
1023        <listitem>
1024          <para>Allows the default "preferred lifetime" of the address to be overridden. Only three
1025          settings are accepted: <literal>forever</literal>, <literal>infinity</literal>, which is the
1026          default and means that the address never expires, and <literal>0</literal>, which means that
1027          the address is considered immediately "expired" and will not be used, unless explicitly
1028          requested. A setting of <option>PreferredLifetime=0</option> is useful for addresses which
1029          are added to be used only by a specific application, which is then configured to use them
1030          explicitly.</para>
1031        </listitem>
1032      </varlistentry>
1033
1034      <varlistentry>
1035        <term><varname>Scope=</varname></term>
1036        <listitem>
1037          <para>The scope of the address, which can be <literal>global</literal> (valid everywhere on
1038          the network, even through a gateway), <literal>link</literal> (only valid on this device,
1039          will not traverse a gateway) or <literal>host</literal> (only valid within the device itself,
1040          e.g. 127.0.0.1) or an integer in the range 0…255. Defaults to <literal>global</literal>.
1041          </para>
1042        </listitem>
1043      </varlistentry>
1044
1045      <varlistentry>
1046        <term><varname>RouteMetric=</varname></term>
1047        <listitem>
1048          <para>The metric of the prefix route, which is pointing to the subnet of the configured IP
1049          address, taking the configured prefix length into account. Takes an unsigned integer in the
1050          range 0…4294967295. When unset or set to 0, the kernel's default value is used. This
1051          setting will be ignored when <varname>AddPrefixRoute=</varname> is false.</para>
1052        </listitem>
1053      </varlistentry>
1054
1055      <varlistentry>
1056        <term><varname>HomeAddress=</varname></term>
1057        <listitem>
1058          <para>Takes a boolean. Designates this address the "home address" as defined in
1059          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6275">RFC 6275</ulink>. Supported only on IPv6.
1060          Defaults to false.</para>
1061        </listitem>
1062      </varlistentry>
1063
1064      <varlistentry>
1065        <term><varname>DuplicateAddressDetection=</varname></term>
1066        <listitem>
1067          <para>Takes one of <literal>ipv4</literal>, <literal>ipv6</literal>, <literal>both</literal>,
1068          or <literal>none</literal>. When <literal>ipv4</literal>, performs IPv4 Address Conflict
1069          Detection. See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5227">RFC 5227</ulink>.
1070          When <literal>ipv6</literal>, performs IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection. See
1071          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4862">RFC 4862</ulink>. Defaults to
1072          <literal>ipv4</literal> for IPv4 link-local addresses, <literal>ipv6</literal> for IPv6
1073          addresses, and <literal>none</literal> otherwise.</para>
1074        </listitem>
1075      </varlistentry>
1076
1077      <varlistentry>
1078        <term><varname>ManageTemporaryAddress=</varname></term>
1079        <listitem>
1080          <para>Takes a boolean. If true the kernel manage temporary addresses created from this one as
1081          template on behalf of Privacy Extensions
1082          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3041">RFC 3041</ulink>. For this to become active,
1083          the use_tempaddr sysctl setting has to be set to a value greater than zero. The given address
1084          needs to have a prefix length of 64. This flag allows using privacy extensions in a manually
1085          configured network, just like if stateless auto-configuration was active. Defaults to false.
1086          </para>
1087        </listitem>
1088      </varlistentry>
1089
1090      <varlistentry>
1091        <term><varname>AddPrefixRoute=</varname></term>
1092        <listitem>
1093          <para>Takes a boolean. When true, the prefix route for the address is automatically added.
1094          Defaults to true.</para>
1095        </listitem>
1096      </varlistentry>
1097
1098      <varlistentry>
1099        <term><varname>AutoJoin=</varname></term>
1100        <listitem>
1101          <para>Takes a boolean. Joining multicast group on ethernet level via
1102          <command>ip maddr</command> command would not work if we have an Ethernet switch that does
1103          IGMP snooping since the switch would not replicate multicast packets on  ports that did not
1104          have IGMP reports for the multicast addresses. Linux vxlan interfaces created via
1105          <command>ip link add vxlan</command> or networkd's netdev kind vxlan have the group option
1106          that enables then to do the required join. By extending ip address command with option
1107          <literal>autojoin</literal> we can get similar functionality for openvswitch (OVS) vxlan
1108          interfaces as well as other tunneling mechanisms that need to receive multicast traffic.
1109          Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
1110        </listitem>
1111      </varlistentry>
1112    </variablelist>
1113  </refsect1>
1114
1115  <refsect1>
1116    <title>[Neighbor] Section Options</title>
1117
1118    <para>A [Neighbor] section accepts the following keys. The neighbor section adds a permanent,
1119    static entry to the neighbor table (IPv6) or ARP table (IPv4) for the given hardware address on the
1120    links matched for the network. Specify several [Neighbor] sections to configure several static
1121    neighbors.</para>
1122
1123    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1124      <varlistentry>
1125        <term><varname>Address=</varname></term>
1126        <listitem>
1127          <para>The IP address of the neighbor.</para>
1128        </listitem>
1129      </varlistentry>
1130
1131      <varlistentry>
1132        <term><varname>LinkLayerAddress=</varname></term>
1133        <listitem>
1134          <para>The link layer address (MAC address or IP address) of the neighbor.</para>
1135        </listitem>
1136      </varlistentry>
1137    </variablelist>
1138  </refsect1>
1139
1140  <refsect1>
1141    <title>[IPv6AddressLabel] Section Options</title>
1142
1143    <para>An [IPv6AddressLabel] section accepts the following keys. Specify several [IPv6AddressLabel]
1144    sections to configure several address labels. IPv6 address labels are used for address selection.
1145    See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3484">RFC 3484</ulink>. Precedence is managed by
1146    userspace, and only the label itself is stored in the kernel.</para>
1147
1148    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1149      <varlistentry>
1150        <term><varname>Label=</varname></term>
1151        <listitem>
1152          <para>The label for the prefix, an unsigned integer in the range 0…4294967294. 0xffffffff is
1153          reserved. This setting is mandatory.</para>
1154        </listitem>
1155      </varlistentry>
1156
1157      <varlistentry>
1158        <term><varname>Prefix=</varname></term>
1159        <listitem>
1160          <para>IPv6 prefix is an address with a prefix length, separated by a slash
1161          <literal>/</literal> character. This setting is mandatory. </para>
1162        </listitem>
1163      </varlistentry>
1164    </variablelist>
1165  </refsect1>
1166
1167  <refsect1>
1168    <title>[RoutingPolicyRule] Section Options</title>
1169
1170    <para>An [RoutingPolicyRule] section accepts the following settings. Specify several
1171    [RoutingPolicyRule] sections to configure several rules.</para>
1172
1173    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1174      <varlistentry>
1175        <term><varname>TypeOfService=</varname></term>
1176        <listitem>
1177          <para>Takes a number between 0 and 255 that specifies the type of service to match.</para>
1178        </listitem>
1179      </varlistentry>
1180
1181      <varlistentry>
1182        <term><varname>From=</varname></term>
1183        <listitem>
1184          <para>Specifies the source address prefix to match. Possibly followed by a slash and the
1185          prefix length.</para>
1186        </listitem>
1187      </varlistentry>
1188
1189      <varlistentry>
1190        <term><varname>To=</varname></term>
1191        <listitem>
1192          <para>Specifies the destination address prefix to match. Possibly followed by a slash and the
1193          prefix length.</para>
1194        </listitem>
1195      </varlistentry>
1196
1197      <varlistentry>
1198        <term><varname>FirewallMark=</varname></term>
1199        <listitem>
1200          <para>Specifies the iptables firewall mark value to match (a number in the range
1201          1…4294967295). Optionally, the firewall mask (also a number between 1…4294967295) can be
1202          suffixed with a slash (<literal>/</literal>), e.g., <literal>7/255</literal>.</para>
1203        </listitem>
1204      </varlistentry>
1205
1206      <varlistentry>
1207        <term><varname>Table=</varname></term>
1208        <listitem>
1209          <para>Specifies the routing table identifier to lookup if the rule selector matches. Takes
1210          one of predefined names <literal>default</literal>, <literal>main</literal>, and
1211          <literal>local</literal>, and names defined in <varname>RouteTable=</varname> in
1212          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1213          or a number between 1 and 4294967295. Defaults to <literal>main</literal>.</para>
1214        </listitem>
1215      </varlistentry>
1216
1217      <varlistentry>
1218        <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
1219        <listitem>
1220          <para>Specifies the priority of this rule. <varname>Priority=</varname> is an integer in the
1221          range 0…4294967295. Higher number means lower priority, and rules get processed in order of
1222          increasing number. Defaults to unset, and the kernel will pick a value dynamically.</para>
1223        </listitem>
1224      </varlistentry>
1225
1226      <varlistentry>
1227        <term><varname>IncomingInterface=</varname></term>
1228        <listitem>
1229          <para>Specifies incoming device to match. If the interface is loopback, the rule only matches
1230          packets originating from this host.</para>
1231        </listitem>
1232      </varlistentry>
1233
1234      <varlistentry>
1235        <term><varname>OutgoingInterface=</varname></term>
1236        <listitem>
1237          <para>Specifies the outgoing device to match. The outgoing interface is only available for
1238          packets originating from local sockets that are bound to a device.</para>
1239        </listitem>
1240      </varlistentry>
1241
1242      <varlistentry>
1243        <term><varname>SourcePort=</varname></term>
1244        <listitem>
1245          <para>Specifies the source IP port or IP port range match in forwarding information base
1246          (FIB) rules. A port range is specified by the lower and upper port separated by a dash.
1247          Defaults to unset.</para>
1248        </listitem>
1249      </varlistentry>
1250
1251      <varlistentry>
1252        <term><varname>DestinationPort=</varname></term>
1253        <listitem>
1254          <para>Specifies the destination IP port or IP port range match in forwarding information base
1255          (FIB) rules. A port range is specified by the lower and upper port separated by a dash.
1256          Defaults to unset.</para>
1257        </listitem>
1258      </varlistentry>
1259
1260      <varlistentry>
1261        <term><varname>IPProtocol=</varname></term>
1262        <listitem>
1263          <para>Specifies the IP protocol to match in forwarding information base (FIB) rules. Takes IP
1264          protocol name such as <literal>tcp</literal>, <literal>udp</literal> or
1265          <literal>sctp</literal>, or IP protocol number such as <literal>6</literal> for
1266          <literal>tcp</literal> or <literal>17</literal> for <literal>udp</literal>. Defaults to unset.
1267          </para>
1268        </listitem>
1269      </varlistentry>
1270
1271      <varlistentry>
1272        <term><varname>InvertRule=</varname></term>
1273        <listitem>
1274          <para>A boolean. Specifies whether the rule is to be inverted. Defaults to false.</para>
1275        </listitem>
1276      </varlistentry>
1277
1278      <varlistentry>
1279        <term><varname>Family=</varname></term>
1280        <listitem>
1281          <para>Takes a special value <literal>ipv4</literal>, <literal>ipv6</literal>, or
1282          <literal>both</literal>. By default, the address family is determined by the address
1283          specified in <varname>To=</varname> or <varname>From=</varname>. If neither
1284          <varname>To=</varname> nor <varname>From=</varname> are specified, then defaults to
1285          <literal>ipv4</literal>.</para>
1286        </listitem>
1287      </varlistentry>
1288
1289      <varlistentry>
1290        <term><varname>User=</varname></term>
1291        <listitem>
1292          <para>Takes a username, a user ID, or a range of user IDs separated by a dash. Defaults to
1293          unset.</para>
1294        </listitem>
1295      </varlistentry>
1296
1297      <varlistentry>
1298        <term><varname>SuppressPrefixLength=</varname></term>
1299        <listitem>
1300          <para>Takes a number <replaceable>N</replaceable> in the range 0…128 and rejects routing
1301          decisions that have a prefix length of <replaceable>N</replaceable> or less. Defaults to
1302          unset.</para>
1303        </listitem>
1304      </varlistentry>
1305
1306      <varlistentry>
1307        <term><varname>SuppressInterfaceGroup=</varname></term>
1308        <listitem>
1309          <para>Takes an integer in the range 0…2147483647 and rejects routing decisions that have
1310          an interface with the same group id. It has the same meaning as
1311          <option>suppress_ifgroup</option> in <command>ip rule</command>. Defaults to unset.</para>
1312        </listitem>
1313      </varlistentry>
1314
1315      <varlistentry>
1316        <term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
1317        <listitem>
1318          <para>Specifies Routing Policy Database (RPDB) rule type. Takes one of
1319          <literal>blackhole</literal>, <literal>unreachable</literal> or <literal>prohibit</literal>.
1320          </para>
1321        </listitem>
1322      </varlistentry>
1323    </variablelist>
1324  </refsect1>
1325
1326  <refsect1>
1327    <title>[NextHop] Section Options</title>
1328
1329    <para>The [NextHop] section is used to manipulate entries in the kernel's "nexthop" tables. The
1330    [NextHop] section accepts the following settings. Specify several [NextHop] sections to configure
1331    several hops.</para>
1332
1333    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1334      <varlistentry>
1335        <term><varname>Id=</varname></term>
1336        <listitem>
1337          <para>The id of the next hop. Takes an integer in the range 1…4294967295. If unspecified,
1338          then automatically chosen by kernel.</para>
1339        </listitem>
1340      </varlistentry>
1341
1342      <varlistentry>
1343        <term><varname>Gateway=</varname></term>
1344        <listitem>
1345          <para>As in the [Network] section.</para>
1346        </listitem>
1347      </varlistentry>
1348
1349      <varlistentry>
1350        <term><varname>Family=</varname></term>
1351        <listitem>
1352          <para>Takes one of the special values <literal>ipv4</literal> or <literal>ipv6</literal>.
1353          By default, the family is determined by the address specified in
1354          <varname>Gateway=</varname>. If <varname>Gateway=</varname> is not specified, then defaults
1355          to <literal>ipv4</literal>.</para>
1356        </listitem>
1357      </varlistentry>
1358
1359      <varlistentry>
1360        <term><varname>OnLink=</varname></term>
1361        <listitem>
1362          <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, the kernel does not have to check if the gateway is
1363          reachable directly by the current machine (i.e., attached to the local network), so that we
1364          can insert the nexthop in the kernel table without it being complained about. Defaults to
1365          <literal>no</literal>.</para>
1366        </listitem>
1367      </varlistentry>
1368
1369      <varlistentry>
1370        <term><varname>Blackhole=</varname></term>
1371        <listitem>
1372          <para>Takes a boolean. If enabled, packets to the corresponding routes are discarded
1373          silently, and <varname>Gateway=</varname> cannot be specified. Defaults to
1374          <literal>no</literal>.</para>
1375        </listitem>
1376      </varlistentry>
1377
1378      <varlistentry>
1379        <term><varname>Group=</varname></term>
1380        <listitem>
1381          <para>Takes a whitespace separated list of nexthop IDs. Each ID must be in the range
1382          1…4294967295. Optionally, each nexthop ID can take a weight after a colon
1383          (<literal><replaceable>id</replaceable><optional>:<replaceable>weight</replaceable></optional></literal>).
1384          The weight must be in the range 1…255. If the weight is not specified, then it is assumed
1385          that the weight is 1. This setting cannot be specified with <varname>Gateway=</varname>,
1386          <varname>Family=</varname>, <varname>Blackhole=</varname>. This setting can be specified
1387          multiple times. If an empty string is assigned, then the all previous assignments are
1388          cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
1389        </listitem>
1390      </varlistentry>
1391    </variablelist>
1392  </refsect1>
1393
1394  <refsect1>
1395    <title>[Route] Section Options</title>
1396
1397    <para>The [Route] section accepts the following settings. Specify several [Route] sections to
1398    configure several routes.</para>
1399
1400    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1401      <varlistentry>
1402        <term><varname>Gateway=</varname></term>
1403        <listitem>
1404          <para>Takes the gateway address or the special values <literal>_dhcp4</literal> and
1405          <literal>_ipv6ra</literal>. If <literal>_dhcp4</literal> or <literal>_ipv6ra</literal> is
1406          set, then the gateway address provided by DHCPv4 or IPv6 RA is used.</para>
1407        </listitem>
1408      </varlistentry>
1409
1410      <varlistentry>
1411        <term><varname>GatewayOnLink=</varname></term>
1412        <listitem>
1413          <para>Takes a boolean. If set to true, the kernel does not have to check if the gateway is
1414          reachable directly by the current machine (i.e., attached to the local network), so that we
1415          can insert the route in the kernel table without it being complained about. Defaults to
1416          <literal>no</literal>.</para>
1417        </listitem>
1418      </varlistentry>
1419
1420      <varlistentry>
1421        <term><varname>Destination=</varname></term>
1422        <listitem>
1423          <para>The destination prefix of the route. Possibly followed by a slash and the prefix
1424          length. If omitted, a full-length host route is assumed.</para>
1425        </listitem>
1426      </varlistentry>
1427
1428      <varlistentry>
1429        <term><varname>Source=</varname></term>
1430        <listitem>
1431          <para>The source prefix of the route. Possibly followed by a slash and the prefix length. If
1432          omitted, a full-length host route is assumed.</para>
1433        </listitem>
1434      </varlistentry>
1435
1436      <varlistentry>
1437        <term><varname>Metric=</varname></term>
1438        <listitem>
1439          <para>The metric of the route. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 0…4294967295. Defaults
1440          to unset, and the kernel's default will be used.</para>
1441        </listitem>
1442      </varlistentry>
1443
1444      <varlistentry>
1445        <term><varname>IPv6Preference=</varname></term>
1446        <listitem>
1447          <para>Specifies the route preference as defined in
1448          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4191">RFC 4191</ulink> for Router Discovery
1449          messages. Which can be one of <literal>low</literal> the route has a lowest priority,
1450          <literal>medium</literal> the route has a default priority or <literal>high</literal> the
1451          route has a highest priority.</para>
1452        </listitem>
1453      </varlistentry>
1454
1455      <varlistentry>
1456        <term><varname>Scope=</varname></term>
1457        <listitem>
1458          <para>The scope of the IPv4 route, which can be <literal>global</literal>,
1459          <literal>site</literal>, <literal>link</literal>, <literal>host</literal>, or
1460          <literal>nowhere</literal>:</para>
1461          <itemizedlist>
1462            <listitem>
1463              <para><literal>global</literal> means the route can reach hosts more than one hop away.
1464              </para>
1465            </listitem>
1466
1467            <listitem>
1468              <para><literal>site</literal> means an interior route in the local autonomous system.
1469              </para>
1470            </listitem>
1471
1472            <listitem>
1473              <para><literal>link</literal> means the route can only reach hosts on the local network
1474              (one hop away).</para>
1475            </listitem>
1476
1477            <listitem>
1478              <para><literal>host</literal> means the route will not leave the local machine (used for
1479              internal addresses like 127.0.0.1).</para>
1480            </listitem>
1481
1482            <listitem>
1483              <para><literal>nowhere</literal> means the destination doesn't exist.</para>
1484            </listitem>
1485          </itemizedlist>
1486
1487          <para>For IPv4 route, defaults to <literal>host</literal> if <varname>Type=</varname> is
1488          <literal>local</literal> or <literal>nat</literal>, and <literal>link</literal> if
1489          <varname>Type=</varname> is <literal>broadcast</literal>, <literal>multicast</literal>,
1490          <literal>anycast</literal>, or direct <literal>unicast</literal> routes. In other cases,
1491          defaults to <literal>global</literal>. The value is not used for IPv6.</para>
1492        </listitem>
1493      </varlistentry>
1494
1495      <varlistentry>
1496        <term><varname>PreferredSource=</varname></term>
1497        <listitem>
1498          <para>The preferred source address of the route. The address must be in the format described
1499          in
1500          <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
1501          </para>
1502        </listitem>
1503      </varlistentry>
1504
1505      <varlistentry>
1506        <term><varname>Table=</varname></term>
1507        <listitem>
1508          <para>The table identifier for the route. Takes one of predefined names
1509          <literal>default</literal>, <literal>main</literal>, and <literal>local</literal>, and names
1510          defined in <varname>RouteTable=</varname> in
1511          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
1512          or a number between 1 and 4294967295. The table can be retrieved using
1513          <command>ip route show table <replaceable>num</replaceable></command>. If unset and
1514          <varname>Type=</varname> is <literal>local</literal>, <literal>broadcast</literal>,
1515          <literal>anycast</literal>, or <literal>nat</literal>, then <literal>local</literal> is used.
1516          In other cases, defaults to <literal>main</literal>.</para>
1517        </listitem>
1518      </varlistentry>
1519
1520      <varlistentry>
1521        <term><varname>Protocol=</varname></term>
1522        <listitem>
1523          <para>The protocol identifier for the route. Takes a number between 0 and 255 or the special
1524          values <literal>kernel</literal>, <literal>boot</literal>, <literal>static</literal>,
1525          <literal>ra</literal> and <literal>dhcp</literal>. Defaults to <literal>static</literal>.
1526          </para>
1527        </listitem>
1528      </varlistentry>
1529
1530      <varlistentry>
1531        <term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
1532        <listitem>
1533          <para>Specifies the type for the route. Takes one of <literal>unicast</literal>,
1534          <literal>local</literal>, <literal>broadcast</literal>, <literal>anycast</literal>,
1535          <literal>multicast</literal>, <literal>blackhole</literal>, <literal>unreachable</literal>,
1536          <literal>prohibit</literal>, <literal>throw</literal>, <literal>nat</literal>, and
1537          <literal>xresolve</literal>. If <literal>unicast</literal>, a regular route is defined, i.e.
1538          a route indicating the path to take to a destination network address. If
1539          <literal>blackhole</literal>, packets to the defined route are discarded silently. If
1540          <literal>unreachable</literal>, packets to the defined route are discarded and the ICMP
1541          message "Host Unreachable" is generated. If <literal>prohibit</literal>, packets to the
1542          defined route are discarded and the ICMP message "Communication Administratively Prohibited"
1543          is generated. If <literal>throw</literal>, route lookup in the current routing table will
1544          fail and the route selection process will return to Routing Policy Database (RPDB). Defaults
1545          to <literal>unicast</literal>.</para>
1546        </listitem>
1547      </varlistentry>
1548
1549      <varlistentry>
1550        <term><varname>InitialCongestionWindow=</varname></term>
1551        <listitem>
1552          <para>The TCP initial congestion window is used during the start of a TCP connection.
1553          During the start of a TCP session, when a client requests a resource, the server's initial
1554          congestion window determines how many packets will be sent during the initial burst of data
1555          without waiting for acknowledgement. Takes a number between 1 and 1023. Note that 100 is
1556          considered an extremely large value for this option. When unset, the kernel's default
1557          (typically 10) will be used.</para>
1558        </listitem>
1559      </varlistentry>
1560
1561      <varlistentry>
1562        <term><varname>InitialAdvertisedReceiveWindow=</varname></term>
1563        <listitem>
1564          <para>The TCP initial advertised receive window is the amount of receive data (in bytes)
1565          that can initially be buffered at one time on a connection. The sending host can send only
1566          that amount of data before waiting for an acknowledgment and window update from the
1567          receiving host. Takes a number between 1 and 1023. Note that 100 is considered an extremely
1568          large value for this option. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
1569        </listitem>
1570      </varlistentry>
1571
1572      <varlistentry>
1573        <term><varname>QuickAck=</varname></term>
1574        <listitem>
1575          <para>Takes a boolean. When true enables TCP quick ack mode for the route. When unset, the
1576          kernel's default will be used.</para>
1577        </listitem>
1578      </varlistentry>
1579
1580      <varlistentry>
1581        <term><varname>FastOpenNoCookie=</varname></term>
1582        <listitem>
1583          <para>Takes a boolean. When true enables TCP fastopen without a cookie on a per-route basis.
1584          When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
1585        </listitem>
1586      </varlistentry>
1587
1588      <varlistentry>
1589        <term><varname>TTLPropagate=</varname></term>
1590        <listitem>
1591          <para>Takes a boolean. When true enables TTL propagation at Label Switched Path (LSP) egress.
1592          When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
1593        </listitem>
1594      </varlistentry>
1595
1596      <varlistentry>
1597        <term><varname>MTUBytes=</varname></term>
1598        <listitem>
1599          <para>The maximum transmission unit in bytes to set for the route. The usual suffixes K, M,
1600          G, are supported and are understood to the base of 1024.</para>
1601        </listitem>
1602      </varlistentry>
1603
1604      <varlistentry>
1605        <term><varname>TCPAdvertisedMaximumSegmentSize=</varname></term>
1606        <listitem>
1607          <para>Specifies the Path MSS (in bytes) hints given on TCP layer. The usual suffixes K, M, G,
1608          are supported and are understood to the base of 1024. An unsigned integer in the range
1609          1…4294967294. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
1610        </listitem>
1611      </varlistentry>
1612
1613      <varlistentry>
1614        <term><varname>MultiPathRoute=<replaceable>address</replaceable>[@<replaceable>name</replaceable>] [<replaceable>weight</replaceable>]</varname></term>
1615        <listitem>
1616          <para>Configures multipath route. Multipath routing is the technique of using multiple
1617          alternative paths through a network. Takes gateway address. Optionally, takes a network
1618          interface name or index separated with <literal>@</literal>, and a weight in 1..256 for this
1619          multipath route separated with whitespace. This setting can be specified multiple times. If
1620          an empty string is assigned, then the all previous assignments are cleared.</para>
1621        </listitem>
1622      </varlistentry>
1623
1624      <varlistentry>
1625        <term><varname>NextHop=</varname></term>
1626        <listitem>
1627          <para>Specifies the nexthop id. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 1…4294967295. If set,
1628          the corresponding [NextHop] section must be configured. Defaults to unset.</para>
1629        </listitem>
1630      </varlistentry>
1631    </variablelist>
1632  </refsect1>
1633
1634  <refsect1>
1635    <title>[DHCPv4] Section Options</title>
1636
1637    <para>The [DHCPv4] section configures the DHCPv4 client, if it is enabled with the
1638    <varname>DHCP=</varname> setting described above:</para>
1639
1640    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
1641
1642      <!-- DHCP packet contents -->
1643
1644      <varlistentry>
1645        <term><varname>SendHostname=</varname></term>
1646        <listitem>
1647          <para>When true (the default), the machine's hostname (or the value specified with
1648          <varname>Hostname=</varname>, described below) will be sent to the DHCP server. Note that the
1649          hostname must consist only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and no spaces or dots, and be
1650          formatted as a valid DNS domain name. Otherwise, the hostname is not sent even if this option
1651          is true.</para>
1652        </listitem>
1653      </varlistentry>
1654
1655      <varlistentry>
1656        <term><varname>Hostname=</varname></term>
1657        <listitem>
1658          <para>Use this value for the hostname which is sent to the DHCP server, instead of machine's
1659          hostname. Note that the specified hostname must consist only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case
1660          characters and no spaces or dots, and be formatted as a valid DNS domain name.</para>
1661        </listitem>
1662      </varlistentry>
1663
1664      <varlistentry>
1665        <term><varname>MUDURL=</varname></term>
1666        <listitem>
1667          <para>When configured, the specified Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) URL will be sent
1668          to the DHCPv4 server. Takes a URL of length up to 255 characters. A superficial verification
1669          that the string is a valid URL will be performed. DHCPv4 clients are intended to have at most
1670          one MUD URL associated with them. See
1671          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8520">RFC 8520</ulink>.</para>
1672
1673          <para>MUD is an embedded software standard defined by the IETF that allows IoT device makers
1674          to advertise device specifications, including the intended communication patterns for their
1675          device when it connects to the network. The network can then use this to author a
1676          context-specific access policy, so the device functions only within those parameters.</para>
1677        </listitem>
1678      </varlistentry>
1679
1680      <varlistentry>
1681        <term><varname>ClientIdentifier=</varname></term>
1682        <listitem>
1683          <para>The DHCPv4 client identifier to use. Takes one of <option>mac</option>,
1684          <option>duid</option> or <option>duid-only</option>. If set to <option>mac</option>, the
1685          MAC address of the link is used. If set to <option>duid</option>, an RFC4361-compliant Client
1686          ID, which is the combination of IAID and DUID (see below), is used. If set to
1687          <option>duid-only</option>, only DUID is used, this may not be RFC compliant, but some setups
1688          may require to use this. Defaults to <option>duid</option>.</para>
1689        </listitem>
1690      </varlistentry>
1691
1692      <varlistentry>
1693        <term><varname>VendorClassIdentifier=</varname></term>
1694        <listitem>
1695          <para>The vendor class identifier used to identify vendor type and configuration.</para>
1696        </listitem>
1697      </varlistentry>
1698
1699      <varlistentry>
1700        <term><varname>UserClass=</varname></term>
1701        <listitem>
1702          <para>A DHCPv4 client can use UserClass option to identify the type or category of user or
1703          applications it represents. The information contained in this option is a string that
1704          represents the user class of which the client is a member. Each class sets an identifying
1705          string of information to be used by the DHCP service to classify clients. Takes a
1706          whitespace-separated list of strings.</para>
1707        </listitem>
1708      </varlistentry>
1709
1710      <varlistentry>
1711        <term><varname>DUIDType=</varname></term>
1712        <listitem>
1713          <para>Override the global <varname>DUIDType=</varname> setting for this network. See
1714          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1715          for a description of possible values.</para>
1716        </listitem>
1717      </varlistentry>
1718
1719      <varlistentry>
1720        <term><varname>DUIDRawData=</varname></term>
1721        <listitem>
1722          <para>Override the global <varname>DUIDRawData=</varname> setting for this network. See
1723          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>networkd.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
1724          for a description of possible values.</para>
1725        </listitem>
1726      </varlistentry>
1727
1728      <varlistentry>
1729        <term><varname>IAID=</varname></term>
1730        <listitem>
1731          <para>The DHCP Identity Association Identifier (IAID) for the interface, a 32-bit unsigned
1732          integer.</para>
1733        </listitem>
1734      </varlistentry>
1735
1736      <varlistentry>
1737        <term><varname>Anonymize=</varname></term>
1738        <listitem>
1739          <para>Takes a boolean. When true, the options sent to the DHCP server will follow the
1740          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7844">RFC 7844</ulink> (Anonymity Profiles for
1741          DHCP Clients) to minimize disclosure of identifying information. Defaults to false.</para>
1742
1743          <para>This option should only be set to true when <varname>MACAddressPolicy=</varname> is set
1744          to <option>random</option> (see
1745          <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
1746          </para>
1747
1748          <para>When true, <varname>SendHostname=</varname>, <varname>ClientIdentifier=</varname>,
1749          <varname>VendorClassIdentifier=</varname>, <varname>UserClass=</varname>,
1750          <varname>RequestOptions=</varname>, <varname>SendOption=</varname>,
1751          <varname>SendVendorOption=</varname>, and <varname>MUDURL=</varname> are ignored.</para>
1752
1753          <para>With this option enabled DHCP requests will mimic those generated by Microsoft
1754          Windows, in order to reduce the ability to fingerprint and recognize installations. This
1755          means DHCP request sizes will grow and lease data will be more comprehensive than normally,
1756          though most of the requested data is not actually used.</para>
1757        </listitem>
1758      </varlistentry>
1759
1760      <varlistentry>
1761        <term><varname>RequestOptions=</varname></term>
1762        <listitem>
1763          <para>Sets request options to be sent to the server in the DHCPv4 request options list. A
1764          whitespace-separated list of integers in the range 1…254. Defaults to unset.</para>
1765        </listitem>
1766      </varlistentry>
1767
1768      <varlistentry>
1769        <term><varname>SendOption=</varname></term>
1770        <listitem>
1771          <para>Send an arbitrary raw option in the DHCPv4 request. Takes a DHCP option number, data
1772          type and data separated with a colon
1773          (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
1774          The option number must be an integer in the range 1…254. The type takes one of
1775          <literal>uint8</literal>, <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>,
1776          <literal>ipv4address</literal>, or <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data
1777          string may be escaped using
1778          <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
1779          escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is
1780          specified, then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
1781        </listitem>
1782      </varlistentry>
1783
1784      <varlistentry>
1785        <term><varname>SendVendorOption=</varname></term>
1786        <listitem>
1787          <para>Send an arbitrary vendor option in the DHCPv4 request. Takes a DHCP option number, data
1788          type and data separated with a colon
1789          (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
1790          The option number must be an integer in the range 1…254. The type takes one of
1791          <literal>uint8</literal>, <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>,
1792          <literal>ipv4address</literal>, or <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data
1793          string may be escaped using
1794          <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
1795          escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
1796          then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
1797        </listitem>
1798      </varlistentry>
1799
1800      <varlistentry>
1801        <term><varname>IPServiceType=</varname></term>
1802        <listitem>
1803          <para>Takes one of the special values <literal>none</literal>, <literal>CS6</literal>, or
1804          <literal>CS4</literal>. When <literal>none</literal> no IP service type is set to the packet
1805          sent from the DHCPv4 client. When <literal>CS6</literal> (network control) or
1806          <literal>CS4</literal> (realtime), the corresponding service type will be set. Defaults to
1807          <literal>CS6</literal>.</para>
1808        </listitem>
1809      </varlistentry>
1810
1811      <!-- How to use the DHCP lease -->
1812
1813      <varlistentry>
1814        <term><varname>Label=</varname></term>
1815        <listitem>
1816          <para>Specifies the label for the IPv4 address received from the DHCP server. The label must
1817          be a 7-bit ASCII string with a length of 1…15 characters. Defaults to unset.</para>
1818        </listitem>
1819      </varlistentry>
1820
1821      <varlistentry>
1822        <term><varname>UseDNS=</varname></term>
1823        <listitem>
1824          <para>When true (the default), the DNS servers received from the DHCP server will be used.
1825          </para>
1826
1827          <para>This corresponds to the <option>nameserver</option> option in
1828          <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
1829          </para>
1830        </listitem>
1831      </varlistentry>
1832
1833      <varlistentry>
1834        <term><varname>RoutesToDNS=</varname></term>
1835        <listitem>
1836          <para>When true, the routes to the DNS servers received from the DHCP server will be
1837          configured. When <varname>UseDNS=</varname> is disabled, this setting is ignored. Defaults to
1838          true.</para>
1839        </listitem>
1840      </varlistentry>
1841
1842      <varlistentry>
1843        <term><varname>UseNTP=</varname></term>
1844        <listitem>
1845          <para>When true (the default), the NTP servers received from the DHCP server will be used by
1846          <filename>systemd-timesyncd.service</filename>.</para>
1847        </listitem>
1848      </varlistentry>
1849
1850      <varlistentry>
1851        <term><varname>RoutesToNTP=</varname></term>
1852        <listitem>
1853          <para>When true, the routes to the NTP servers received from the DHCP server will be
1854          configured. When <varname>UseNTP=</varname> is disabled, this setting is ignored. Defaults to
1855          true.</para>
1856        </listitem>
1857      </varlistentry>
1858
1859      <varlistentry>
1860        <term><varname>UseSIP=</varname></term>
1861        <listitem>
1862          <para>When true (the default), the SIP servers received from the DHCP server will be collected
1863          and made available to client programs.</para>
1864        </listitem>
1865      </varlistentry>
1866
1867      <varlistentry>
1868        <term><varname>UseMTU=</varname></term>
1869        <listitem>
1870          <para>When true, the interface maximum transmission unit from the DHCP server will be used on
1871          the current link. If <varname>MTUBytes=</varname> is set, then this setting is ignored.
1872          Defaults to false.</para>
1873
1874          <para>Note, some drivers will reset the interfaces if the MTU is changed. For such
1875          interfaces, please try to use <varname>IgnoreCarrierLoss=</varname> with a short timespan,
1876          e.g. <literal>3 seconds</literal>.</para>
1877        </listitem>
1878      </varlistentry>
1879
1880      <varlistentry>
1881        <term><varname>UseHostname=</varname></term>
1882        <listitem>
1883          <para>When true (the default), the hostname received from the DHCP server will be set as the
1884          transient hostname of the system.</para>
1885        </listitem>
1886      </varlistentry>
1887
1888      <varlistentry>
1889        <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
1890        <listitem>
1891          <para>Takes a boolean, or the special value <option>route</option>. When true, the domain
1892          name received from the DHCP server will be used as DNS search domain over this link, similar
1893          to the effect of the <option>Domains=</option> setting. If set to <option>route</option>, the
1894          domain name received from the DHCP server will be used for routing DNS queries only, but not
1895          for searching, similar to the effect of the <option>Domains=</option> setting when the
1896          argument is prefixed with <literal>~</literal>. Defaults to false.</para>
1897
1898          <para>It is recommended to enable this option only on trusted networks, as setting this
1899          affects resolution of all hostnames, in particular of single-label names. It is generally
1900          safer to use the supplied domain only as routing domain, rather than as search domain, in
1901          order to not have it affect local resolution of single-label names.</para>
1902
1903          <para>When set to true, this setting corresponds to the <option>domain</option> option in
1904          <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
1905          </para>
1906        </listitem>
1907      </varlistentry>
1908
1909      <varlistentry>
1910        <term><varname>UseRoutes=</varname></term>
1911        <listitem>
1912          <para>When true (the default), the static routes will be requested from the DHCP server and
1913          added to the routing table with a metric of 1024, and a scope of <option>global</option>,
1914          <option>link</option> or <option>host</option>, depending on the route's destination and
1915          gateway. If the destination is on the local host, e.g., 127.x.x.x, or the same as the link's
1916          own address, the scope will be set to <option>host</option>. Otherwise if the gateway is null
1917          (a direct route), a <option>link</option> scope will be used. For anything else, scope
1918          defaults to <option>global</option>.</para>
1919        </listitem>
1920      </varlistentry>
1921
1922      <varlistentry>
1923        <term><varname>RouteMetric=</varname></term>
1924        <listitem>
1925          <para>Set the routing metric for routes specified by the DHCP server (including the prefix
1926          route added for the specified prefix). Takes an unsigned integer in the range 0…4294967295.
1927          Defaults to 1024.</para>
1928        </listitem>
1929      </varlistentry>
1930
1931      <varlistentry>
1932        <term><varname>RouteTable=<replaceable>num</replaceable></varname></term>
1933        <listitem>
1934          <para>The table identifier for DHCP routes (a number between 1 and 4294967295, or 0 to
1935          unset). The table can be retrieved using
1936          <command>ip route show table <replaceable>num</replaceable></command>.</para>
1937
1938          <para>When used in combination with <varname>VRF=</varname>, the VRF's routing table is
1939          used when this parameter is not specified.</para>
1940        </listitem>
1941      </varlistentry>
1942
1943      <varlistentry>
1944        <term><varname>RouteMTUBytes=</varname></term>
1945        <listitem>
1946          <para>Specifies the MTU for the DHCP routes. Please see the [Route] section for further
1947          details.</para>
1948        </listitem>
1949      </varlistentry>
1950
1951      <varlistentry>
1952        <term><varname>UseGateway=</varname></term>
1953        <listitem>
1954          <para>When true, the gateway will be requested from the DHCP server and added to the routing
1955          table with a metric of 1024, and a scope of <option>link</option>. When unset, the value
1956          specified with <varname>UseRoutes=</varname> is used.</para>
1957        </listitem>
1958      </varlistentry>
1959
1960      <varlistentry>
1961        <term><varname>UseTimezone=</varname></term>
1962        <listitem><para>When true, the timezone received from the DHCP server will be set as timezone
1963        of the local system. Defaults to false.</para></listitem>
1964      </varlistentry>
1965
1966      <varlistentry>
1967        <term><varname>Use6RD=</varname></term>
1968        <listitem>
1969          <para>When true, subnets of the received IPv6 prefix are assigned to downstream interfaces
1970          which enables <varname>DHCPPrefixDelegation=</varname>. See also
1971          <varname>DHCPPrefixDelegation=</varname> in the [Network] section, the [DHCPPrefixDelegation]
1972          section, and <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5969">RFC 5969</ulink>. Defaults to
1973          false.</para>
1974        </listitem>
1975      </varlistentry>
1976
1977      <varlistentry>
1978        <term><varname>FallbackLeaseLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
1979        <listitem>
1980          <para>Allows one to set DHCPv4 lease lifetime when DHCPv4 server does not send the lease
1981          lifetime. Takes one of <literal>forever</literal> or <literal>infinity</literal>. If
1982          specified, the acquired address never expires. Defaults to unset.</para>
1983        </listitem>
1984      </varlistentry>
1985
1986      <!-- How to communicate with the server -->
1987
1988      <varlistentry>
1989        <term><varname>RequestBroadcast=</varname></term>
1990        <listitem>
1991          <para>Request the server to use broadcast messages before the IP address has been configured.
1992          This is necessary for devices that cannot receive RAW packets, or that cannot receive packets
1993          at all before an IP address has been configured. On the other hand, this must not be enabled
1994          on networks where broadcasts are filtered out.</para>
1995        </listitem>
1996      </varlistentry>
1997
1998      <varlistentry>
1999        <term><varname>MaxAttempts=</varname></term>
2000        <listitem>
2001          <para>Specifies how many times the DHCPv4 client configuration should be attempted. Takes a
2002          number or <literal>infinity</literal>. Defaults to <literal>infinity</literal>. Note that the
2003          time between retries is increased exponentially, up to approximately one per minute, so the
2004          network will not be overloaded even if this number is high. The default is suitable in most
2005          circumstances.</para>
2006        </listitem>
2007      </varlistentry>
2008
2009      <varlistentry>
2010        <term><varname>ListenPort=</varname></term>
2011        <listitem>
2012          <para>Set the port from which the DHCP client packets originate.</para>
2013        </listitem>
2014      </varlistentry>
2015
2016      <varlistentry>
2017        <term><varname>DenyList=</varname></term>
2018        <listitem>
2019          <para>A whitespace-separated list of IPv4 addresses. Each address can optionally take a
2020          prefix length after <literal>/</literal>. DHCP offers from servers in the list are rejected.
2021          Note that if <varname>AllowList=</varname> is configured then <varname>DenyList=</varname> is
2022          ignored.</para>
2023        </listitem>
2024      </varlistentry>
2025
2026      <varlistentry>
2027        <term><varname>AllowList=</varname></term>
2028        <listitem>
2029          <para>A whitespace-separated list of IPv4 addresses. Each address can optionally take a
2030          prefix length after <literal>/</literal>. DHCP offers from servers in the list are accepted.
2031          </para>
2032        </listitem>
2033      </varlistentry>
2034
2035      <varlistentry>
2036        <term><varname>SendRelease=</varname></term>
2037        <listitem>
2038          <para>When true, the DHCPv4 client sends a DHCP release packet when it stops. Defaults to
2039          true.</para>
2040        </listitem>
2041      </varlistentry>
2042
2043      <varlistentry>
2044        <term><varname>SendDecline=</varname></term>
2045        <listitem>
2046          <para>A boolean. When true, <command>systemd-networkd</command> performs IPv4 Duplicate
2047          Address Detection to the acquired address by the DHCPv4 client. If duplicate is detected,
2048          the DHCPv4 client rejects the address by sending a <constant>DHCPDECLINE</constant> packet to
2049          the DHCP server, and tries to obtain an IP address again. See
2050          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5227">RFC 5227</ulink>. Defaults to false.</para>
2051        </listitem>
2052      </varlistentry>
2053    </variablelist>
2054  </refsect1>
2055
2056  <refsect1>
2057    <title>[DHCPv6] Section Options</title>
2058
2059    <para>The [DHCPv6] section configures the DHCPv6 client, if it is enabled with the
2060    <varname>DHCP=</varname> setting described above, or invoked by the IPv6 Router Advertisement:
2061    </para>
2062
2063    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2064
2065      <!-- DHCP packet contents -->
2066
2067      <varlistentry>
2068        <term><varname>MUDURL=</varname></term>
2069        <term><varname>IAID=</varname></term>
2070        <term><varname>DUIDType=</varname></term>
2071        <term><varname>DUIDRawData=</varname></term>
2072        <term><varname>RequestOptions=</varname></term>
2073        <listitem>
2074          <para>As in the [DHCPv4] section.</para>
2075        </listitem>
2076      </varlistentry>
2077
2078      <varlistentry>
2079        <term><varname>SendOption=</varname></term>
2080        <listitem>
2081          <para>As in the [DHCPv4] section, however because DHCPv6 uses 16-bit fields to store option
2082          numbers, the option number is an integer in the range 1…65536.</para>
2083        </listitem>
2084      </varlistentry>
2085
2086      <varlistentry>
2087        <term><varname>SendVendorOption=</varname></term>
2088        <listitem>
2089          <para>Send an arbitrary vendor option in the DHCPv6 request. Takes an enterprise identifier,
2090          DHCP option number, data type, and data separated with a colon
2091          (<literal><replaceable>enterprise identifier</replaceable>:<replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
2092          Enterprise identifier is an unsigned integer in the range 1…4294967294. The option number
2093          must be an integer in the range 1…254. Data type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
2094          <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>ipv4address</literal>,
2095          <literal>ipv6address</literal>, or <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data
2096          string may be escaped using
2097          <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
2098          escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is
2099          specified, then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
2100        </listitem>
2101      </varlistentry>
2102
2103      <varlistentry>
2104        <term><varname>UserClass=</varname></term>
2105        <listitem>
2106          <para>A DHCPv6 client can use User Class option to identify the type or category of user or
2107          applications it represents. The information contained in this option is a string that
2108          represents the user class of which the client is a member. Each class sets an identifying
2109          string of information to be used by the DHCP service to classify clients. Special characters
2110          in the data string may be escaped using
2111          <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
2112          escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is
2113          specified, then all options specified earlier are cleared. Takes a whitespace-separated list
2114          of strings. Note that currently <constant>NUL</constant> bytes are not allowed.</para>
2115        </listitem>
2116      </varlistentry>
2117
2118      <varlistentry>
2119        <term><varname>VendorClass=</varname></term>
2120        <listitem>
2121          <para>A DHCPv6 client can use VendorClass option to identify the vendor that manufactured the
2122          hardware on which the client is running. The information contained in the data area of this
2123          option is contained in one or more opaque fields that identify details of the hardware
2124          configuration. Takes a whitespace-separated list of strings.</para>
2125        </listitem>
2126      </varlistentry>
2127
2128      <varlistentry>
2129        <term><varname>PrefixDelegationHint=</varname></term>
2130        <listitem>
2131          <para>Takes an IPv6 address with prefix length in the same format as the
2132          <varname>Address=</varname> in the [Network] section. The DHCPv6 client will include a prefix
2133          hint in the DHCPv6 solicitation sent to the server. The prefix length must be in the range
2134          1…128. Defaults to unset.</para>
2135        </listitem>
2136      </varlistentry>
2137
2138      <!-- How to use the DHCP lease -->
2139
2140      <varlistentry>
2141        <term><varname>UseAddress=</varname></term>
2142        <listitem>
2143          <para>When true (the default), the IP addresses provided by the DHCPv6 server will be
2144          assigned.</para>
2145        </listitem>
2146      </varlistentry>
2147
2148      <varlistentry>
2149        <term><varname>UseDelegatedPrefix=</varname></term>
2150        <listitem>
2151          <para>When true (the default), the client will request the DHCPv6 server to delegate
2152          prefixes. If the server provides prefixes to be delegated, then subnets of the prefixes are
2153          assigned to the interfaces that have <varname>DHCPPrefixDelegation=yes</varname>.
2154          See also the <varname>DHCPPrefixDelegation=</varname> setting in the [Network] section,
2155          settings in the [DHCPPrefixDelegation] section, and
2156          <ulink url="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8415.html#section-6.3">RFC 8415</ulink>.
2157          </para>
2158        </listitem>
2159      </varlistentry>
2160
2161      <varlistentry>
2162        <term><varname>UseDNS=</varname></term>
2163        <term><varname>UseNTP=</varname></term>
2164        <term><varname>UseHostname=</varname></term>
2165        <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
2166        <listitem>
2167          <para>As in the [DHCPv4] section.</para>
2168        </listitem>
2169      </varlistentry>
2170
2171      <!-- How to communicate with the server -->
2172
2173      <varlistentry>
2174        <term><varname>WithoutRA=</varname></term>
2175        <listitem>
2176          <para>Allows DHCPv6 client to start without router advertisements's
2177          <literal>managed</literal> or <literal>other configuration</literal> flag. Takes one of
2178          <literal>no</literal>, <literal>solicit</literal>, or
2179          <literal>information-request</literal>. If this is not specified,
2180          <literal>solicit</literal> is used when <varname>DHCPPrefixDelegation=</varname> is enabled
2181          and <varname>UplinkInterface=:self</varname> is specified in the [DHCPPrefixDelegation]
2182          section. Otherwise, defaults to <literal>no</literal>, and the DHCPv6 client will be started
2183          when an RA is received. See also the <varname>DHCPv6Client=</varname> setting in the
2184          [IPv6AcceptRA] section.</para>
2185        </listitem>
2186      </varlistentry>
2187    </variablelist>
2188  </refsect1>
2189
2190  <refsect1>
2191    <title>[DHCPPrefixDelegation] Section Options</title>
2192    <para>The [DHCPPrefixDelegation] section configures subnet prefixes of the delegated prefixes
2193    acquired by a DHCPv6 client, or by a DHCPv4 client through the 6RD option on another interface.
2194    The settings in this section are used only when the <varname>DHCPPrefixDelegation=</varname>
2195    setting in the [Network] section is enabled.</para>
2196
2197    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2198      <varlistentry>
2199        <term><varname>UplinkInterface=</varname></term>
2200        <listitem>
2201          <para>Specifies the name or the index of the uplink interface, or one of the special values
2202          <literal>:self</literal> and <literal>:auto</literal>. When <literal>:self</literal>, the
2203          interface itself is considered the uplink interface, and
2204          <varname>WithoutRA=solicit</varname> is implied if the setting is not explicitly specified.
2205          When <literal>:auto</literal>, the first link which acquired prefixes to be delegated from
2206          the DHCPv6 or DHCPv4 server is selected. Defaults to <literal>:auto</literal>.</para>
2207        </listitem>
2208      </varlistentry>
2209
2210      <varlistentry>
2211        <term><varname>SubnetId=</varname></term>
2212        <listitem>
2213          <para>Configure a specific subnet ID on the interface from a (previously) received prefix
2214          delegation. You can either set "auto" (the default) or a specific subnet ID (as defined in
2215          <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291#section-2.5.4">RFC 4291</ulink>, section
2216          2.5.4), in which case the allowed value is hexadecimal, from 0 to 0x7fffffffffffffff
2217          inclusive.</para>
2218        </listitem>
2219      </varlistentry>
2220
2221      <varlistentry>
2222        <term><varname>Announce=</varname></term>
2223        <listitem>
2224          <para>Takes a boolean. When enabled, and <varname>IPv6SendRA=</varname> in [Network] section
2225          is enabled, the delegated prefixes are distributed through the IPv6 Router Advertisement.
2226          This setting will be ignored when the <varname>DHCPPrefixDelegation=</varname> setting is
2227          enabled on the upstream interface. Defaults to yes.</para>
2228        </listitem>
2229      </varlistentry>
2230
2231      <varlistentry>
2232        <term><varname>Assign=</varname></term>
2233        <listitem>
2234          <para>Takes a boolean. Specifies whether to add an address from the delegated prefixes which
2235          are received from the WAN interface by the DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation. When true (on LAN
2236          interfce), the EUI-64 algorithm will be used by default to form an interface identifier from
2237          the delegated prefixes. See also <varname>Token=</varname> setting below. Defaults to yes.
2238          </para>
2239        </listitem>
2240      </varlistentry>
2241
2242      <varlistentry>
2243        <term><varname>Token=</varname></term>
2244        <listitem>
2245          <para>Specifies an optional address generation mode for assigning an address in each
2246          delegated prefix. This accepts the same syntax as <varname>Token=</varname> in the
2247          [IPv6AcceptRA] section. If <varname>Assign=</varname> is set to false, then this setting will
2248          be ignored. Defaults to unset, which means the EUI-64 algorithm will be used.</para>
2249        </listitem>
2250      </varlistentry>
2251
2252      <varlistentry>
2253        <term><varname>ManageTemporaryAddress=</varname></term>
2254        <listitem>
2255          <para>As in the [Address] section, but defaults to true.</para>
2256        </listitem>
2257      </varlistentry>
2258
2259      <varlistentry>
2260        <term><varname>RouteMetric=</varname></term>
2261        <listitem>
2262          <para>The metric of the route to the delegated prefix subnet. Takes an unsigned integer in
2263          the range 0…4294967295. When set to 0, the kernel's default value is used. Defaults to 256.
2264          </para>
2265        </listitem>
2266      </varlistentry>
2267    </variablelist>
2268  </refsect1>
2269
2270  <refsect1>
2271    <title>[IPv6AcceptRA] Section Options</title>
2272    <para>The [IPv6AcceptRA] section configures the IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) client, if it is enabled
2273    with the <varname>IPv6AcceptRA=</varname> setting described above:</para>
2274
2275    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2276      <varlistentry>
2277        <term><varname>Token=</varname></term>
2278        <listitem>
2279          <para>Specifies an optional address generation mode for the Stateless Address
2280          Autoconfiguration (SLAAC). The following values are supported:</para>
2281
2282          <variablelist>
2283            <varlistentry>
2284              <term><option>eui64</option></term>
2285              <listitem>
2286                <para>
2287                  The EUI-64 algorithm will be used to generate an address for that prefix. Only
2288                  supported by Ethernet or InfiniBand interfaces.
2289                </para>
2290              </listitem>
2291            </varlistentry>
2292            <varlistentry>
2293              <term><option>static:<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
2294              <listitem>
2295                <para>
2296                  An IPv6 address must be specified after a colon (<literal>:</literal>), and the
2297                  lower bits of the supplied address are combined with the upper bits of a prefix
2298                  received in a Router Advertisement (RA) message to form a complete address. Note
2299                  that if multiple prefixes are received in an RA message, or in multiple RA messages,
2300                  addresses will be formed from each of them using the supplied address. This mode
2301                  implements SLAAC but uses a static interface identifier instead of an identifier
2302                  generated by using the EUI-64 algorithm. Because the interface identifier is static,
2303                  if Duplicate Address Detection detects that the computed address is a duplicate
2304                  (in use by another node on the link), then this mode will fail to provide an address
2305                  for that prefix. If an IPv6 address without mode is specified, then
2306                  <literal>static</literal> mode is assumed.
2307                </para>
2308              </listitem>
2309            </varlistentry>
2310            <varlistentry>
2311              <term><option>prefixstable[:<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable>][,<replaceable>UUID</replaceable>]</option></term>
2312              <listitem>
2313                <para>
2314                  The algorithm specified in
2315                  <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7217">RFC 7217</ulink> will be used to
2316                  generate interface identifiers. This mode can optionally take an IPv6 address
2317                  separated with a colon (<literal>:</literal>). If an IPv6 address is specified,
2318                  then an interface identifier is generated only when a prefix received in an RA
2319                  message matches the supplied address.
2320                </para>
2321                <para>
2322                  This mode can also optionally take a non-null UUID in the format which
2323                  <function>sd_id128_from_string()</function> accepts, e.g.
2324                  <literal>86b123b969ba4b7eb8b3d8605123525a</literal> or
2325                  <literal>86b123b9-69ba-4b7e-b8b3-d8605123525a</literal>. If a UUID is specified, the
2326                  value is used as the secret key to generate interface identifiers. If not specified,
2327                  then an application specific ID generated with the system's machine-ID will be used
2328                  as the secret key. See
2329                  <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
2330                  <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_from_string</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
2331                  and
2332                  <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_machine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
2333                </para>
2334                <para>
2335                  Note that the <literal>prefixstable</literal> algorithm uses both the interface
2336                  name and MAC address as input to the hash to compute the interface identifier, so
2337                  if either of those are changed the resulting interface identifier (and address)
2338                  will be changed, even if the prefix received in the RA message has not been
2339                  changed.
2340                </para>
2341              </listitem>
2342            </varlistentry>
2343          </variablelist>
2344
2345          <para>If no address generation mode is specified (which is the default), or a received
2346          prefix does not match any of the addresses provided in <literal>prefixstable</literal>
2347          mode, then the EUI-64 algorithm will be used for Ethernet or InfiniBand interfaces,
2348          otherwise <literal>prefixstable</literal> will be used to form an interface identifier for
2349          that prefix.</para>
2350
2351          <para>This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is assigned, then
2352          the all previous assignments are cleared.</para>
2353
2354          <para>Examples:
2355          <programlisting>Token=eui64
2356Token=::1a:2b:3c:4d
2357Token=static:::1a:2b:3c:4d
2358Token=prefixstable
2359Token=prefixstable:2002:da8:1::</programlisting></para>
2360        </listitem>
2361      </varlistentry>
2362
2363      <varlistentry>
2364        <term><varname>UseDNS=</varname></term>
2365        <listitem>
2366          <para>When true (the default), the DNS servers received in the Router Advertisement will be used.</para>
2367
2368          <para>This corresponds to the <option>nameserver</option> option in <citerefentry
2369          project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
2370        </listitem>
2371      </varlistentry>
2372
2373      <varlistentry>
2374        <term><varname>UseDomains=</varname></term>
2375        <listitem>
2376          <para>Takes a boolean, or the special value <literal>route</literal>. When true, the domain name
2377          received via IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) will be used as DNS search domain over this link, similar to
2378          the effect of the <option>Domains=</option> setting. If set to <literal>route</literal>, the domain name
2379          received via IPv6 RA will be used for routing DNS queries only, but not for searching, similar to the
2380          effect of the <option>Domains=</option> setting when the argument is prefixed with
2381          <literal>~</literal>. Defaults to false.</para>
2382
2383          <para>It is recommended to enable this option only on trusted networks, as setting this affects resolution
2384          of all hostnames, in particular of single-label names. It is generally safer to use the supplied domain
2385          only as routing domain, rather than as search domain, in order to not have it affect local resolution of
2386          single-label names.</para>
2387
2388          <para>When set to true, this setting corresponds to the <option>domain</option> option in <citerefentry
2389          project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>resolv.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
2390        </listitem>
2391      </varlistentry>
2392
2393      <varlistentry>
2394        <term><varname>RouteTable=<replaceable>num</replaceable></varname></term>
2395        <listitem>
2396          <para>The table identifier for the routes received in the Router Advertisement
2397          (a number between 1 and 4294967295, or 0 to unset).
2398          The table can be retrieved using <command>ip route show table <replaceable>num</replaceable></command>.
2399          </para>
2400        </listitem>
2401      </varlistentry>
2402
2403      <varlistentry>
2404        <term><varname>RouteMetric=</varname></term>
2405        <listitem>
2406          <para>Set the routing metric for the routes received in the Router Advertisement. Takes an
2407          unsigned integer in the range 0…4294967295. Defaults to 1024.</para>
2408        </listitem>
2409      </varlistentry>
2410
2411      <varlistentry>
2412        <term><varname>UseMTU=</varname></term>
2413        <listitem>
2414          <para>Takes a boolean. When true, the MTU received in the Router Advertisement will be
2415          used. Defaults to true.</para>
2416        </listitem>
2417      </varlistentry>
2418
2419      <varlistentry>
2420        <term><varname>UseGateway=</varname></term>
2421        <listitem>
2422          <para>When true (the default), the router address will be configured as the default gateway.
2423          </para>
2424        </listitem>
2425      </varlistentry>
2426
2427      <varlistentry>
2428        <term><varname>UseRoutePrefix=</varname></term>
2429        <listitem>
2430          <para>When true (the default), the routes corresponding to the route prefixes received in
2431          the Router Advertisement will be configured.</para>
2432        </listitem>
2433      </varlistentry>
2434
2435      <varlistentry>
2436        <term><varname>UseAutonomousPrefix=</varname></term>
2437        <listitem>
2438          <para>When true (the default), the autonomous prefix received in the Router Advertisement will be used and take
2439          precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
2440        </listitem>
2441      </varlistentry>
2442
2443      <varlistentry>
2444        <term><varname>UseOnLinkPrefix=</varname></term>
2445        <listitem>
2446          <para>When true (the default), the onlink prefix received in the Router Advertisement will be
2447          used and takes precedence over any statically configured ones.</para>
2448        </listitem>
2449      </varlistentry>
2450
2451      <varlistentry>
2452        <term><varname>RouterDenyList=</varname></term>
2453        <listitem>
2454          <para>A whitespace-separated list of IPv6 router addresses. Each address can optionally
2455          take a prefix length after <literal>/</literal>. Any information advertised by the listed
2456          router is ignored.</para>
2457        </listitem>
2458      </varlistentry>
2459
2460      <varlistentry>
2461        <term><varname>RouterAllowList=</varname></term>
2462        <listitem>
2463          <para>A whitespace-separated list of IPv6 router addresses. Each address can optionally
2464          take a prefix length after <literal>/</literal>. Only information advertised by the listed
2465          router is accepted. Note that if <varname>RouterAllowList=</varname> is configured then
2466          <varname>RouterDenyList=</varname> is ignored.</para>
2467        </listitem>
2468      </varlistentry>
2469
2470      <varlistentry>
2471        <term><varname>PrefixDenyList=</varname></term>
2472        <listitem>
2473          <para>A whitespace-separated list of IPv6 prefixes. Each prefix can optionally take its
2474          prefix length after <literal>/</literal>. IPv6 prefixes supplied via router advertisements
2475          in the list are ignored.</para>
2476        </listitem>
2477      </varlistentry>
2478
2479      <varlistentry>
2480        <term><varname>PrefixAllowList=</varname></term>
2481        <listitem>
2482          <para>A whitespace-separated list of IPv6 prefixes. Each prefix can optionally take its
2483          prefix length after <literal>/</literal>. IPv6 prefixes supplied via router advertisements
2484          in the list are allowed. Note that if <varname>PrefixAllowList=</varname> is configured
2485          then <varname>PrefixDenyList=</varname> is ignored.</para>
2486        </listitem>
2487      </varlistentry>
2488
2489      <varlistentry>
2490        <term><varname>RouteDenyList=</varname></term>
2491        <listitem>
2492          <para>A whitespace-separated list of IPv6 route prefixes. Each prefix can optionally take
2493          its prefix length after <literal>/</literal>. IPv6 route prefixes supplied via router
2494          advertisements in the list are ignored.</para>
2495        </listitem>
2496      </varlistentry>
2497
2498      <varlistentry>
2499        <term><varname>RouteAllowList=</varname></term>
2500        <listitem>
2501          <para>A whitespace-separated list of IPv6 route prefixes. Each prefix can optionally take
2502          its prefix length after <literal>/</literal>. IPv6 route prefixes supplied via router
2503          advertisements in the list are allowed. Note that if <varname>RouteAllowList=</varname> is
2504          configured then <varname>RouteDenyList=</varname> is ignored.</para>
2505        </listitem>
2506      </varlistentry>
2507
2508      <varlistentry>
2509        <term><varname>DHCPv6Client=</varname></term>
2510        <listitem>
2511          <para>Takes a boolean, or the special value <literal>always</literal>. When true, the
2512          DHCPv6 client will be started in <literal>solicit</literal> mode if the RA has the
2513          <literal>managed</literal> flag or <literal>information-request</literal> mode if the RA
2514          lacks the <literal>managed</literal> flag but has the
2515          <literal>other configuration</literal> flag. If set to <literal>always</literal>, the
2516          DHCPv6 client will be started in <literal>solicit</literal> mode when an RA is received,
2517          even if neither the <literal>managed</literal> nor the
2518          <literal>other configuration</literal> flag is set in the RA. This will be ignored when
2519          <varname>WithoutRA=</varname> in the [DHCPv6] section is enabled, or
2520          <varname>UplinkInterface=:self</varname> in the [DHCPPrefixDelegation] section is
2521          specified. Defaults to true.</para>
2522        </listitem>
2523      </varlistentry>
2524    </variablelist>
2525  </refsect1>
2526
2527  <refsect1>
2528    <title>[DHCPServer] Section Options</title>
2529    <para>The [DHCPServer] section contains settings for the DHCP server, if enabled via the
2530    <varname>DHCPServer=</varname> option described above:</para>
2531
2532    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2533
2534      <varlistentry>
2535        <term><varname>ServerAddress=</varname></term>
2536        <listitem><para>Specifies server address for the DHCP server. Takes an IPv4 address with prefix
2537        length, for example <literal>192.168.0.1/24</literal>. This setting may be useful when the link on
2538        which the DHCP server is running has multiple static addresses. When unset, one of static addresses
2539        in the link will be automatically selected. Defaults to unset.</para></listitem>
2540      </varlistentry>
2541
2542      <varlistentry>
2543        <term><varname>PoolOffset=</varname></term>
2544        <term><varname>PoolSize=</varname></term>
2545
2546        <listitem><para>Configures the pool of addresses to hand out. The pool
2547        is a contiguous sequence of IP addresses in the subnet configured for
2548        the server address, which does not include the subnet nor the broadcast
2549        address. <varname>PoolOffset=</varname> takes the offset of the pool
2550        from the start of subnet, or zero to use the default value.
2551        <varname>PoolSize=</varname> takes the number of IP addresses in the
2552        pool or zero to use the default value. By default, the pool starts at
2553        the first address after the subnet address and takes up the rest of
2554        the subnet, excluding the broadcast address. If the pool includes
2555        the server address (the default), this is reserved and not handed
2556        out to clients.</para></listitem>
2557      </varlistentry>
2558
2559      <varlistentry>
2560        <term><varname>DefaultLeaseTimeSec=</varname></term>
2561        <term><varname>MaxLeaseTimeSec=</varname></term>
2562
2563        <listitem><para>Control the default and maximum DHCP lease
2564        time to pass to clients. These settings take time values in seconds or
2565        another common time unit, depending on the suffix. The default
2566        lease time is used for clients that did not ask for a specific
2567        lease time. If a client asks for a lease time longer than the
2568        maximum lease time, it is automatically shortened to the
2569        specified time. The default lease time defaults to 1h, the
2570        maximum lease time to 12h. Shorter lease times are beneficial
2571        if the configuration data in DHCP leases changes frequently
2572        and clients shall learn the new settings with shorter
2573        latencies. Longer lease times reduce the generated DHCP
2574        network traffic.</para></listitem>
2575      </varlistentry>
2576
2577      <varlistentry>
2578        <term><varname>UplinkInterface=</varname></term>
2579        <listitem><para>Specifies the name or the index of the uplink interface, or one of the special
2580        values <literal>:none</literal> and <literal>:auto</literal>. When emitting DNS, NTP, or SIP
2581        servers is enabled but no servers are specified, the servers configured in the uplink interface
2582        will be emitted. When <literal>:auto</literal>, the link which has a default gateway with the
2583        highest priority will be automatically selected. When <literal>:none</literal>, no uplink
2584        interface will be selected. Defaults to <literal>:auto</literal>.</para></listitem>
2585      </varlistentry>
2586
2587      <varlistentry>
2588        <term><varname>EmitDNS=</varname></term>
2589        <term><varname>DNS=</varname></term>
2590
2591        <listitem><para><varname>EmitDNS=</varname> takes a boolean. Configures whether the DHCP leases
2592        handed out to clients shall contain DNS server information. Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>.
2593        The DNS servers to pass to clients may be configured with the <varname>DNS=</varname> option,
2594        which takes a list of IPv4 addresses, or special value <literal>_server_address</literal> which
2595        will be converted to the address used by the DHCP server.</para>
2596
2597        <para>If the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> option is enabled but no servers configured, the
2598        servers are automatically propagated from an "uplink" interface that has appropriate servers
2599        set. The "uplink" interface is determined by the default route of the system with the highest
2600        priority. Note that this information is acquired at the time the lease is handed out, and does
2601        not take uplink interfaces into account that acquire DNS server information at a later point.
2602        If no suitable uplink interface is found the DNS server data from
2603        <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> is used. Also, note that the leases are not refreshed if
2604        the uplink network configuration changes. To ensure clients regularly acquire the most current
2605        uplink DNS server information, it is thus advisable to shorten the DHCP lease time via
2606        <varname>MaxLeaseTimeSec=</varname> described above.</para>
2607
2608        <para>This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified, then all
2609        DNS servers specified earlier are cleared.</para></listitem>
2610      </varlistentry>
2611
2612      <varlistentry>
2613        <term><varname>EmitNTP=</varname></term>
2614        <term><varname>NTP=</varname></term>
2615        <term><varname>EmitSIP=</varname></term>
2616        <term><varname>SIP=</varname></term>
2617        <term><varname>EmitPOP3=</varname></term>
2618        <term><varname>POP3=</varname></term>
2619        <term><varname>EmitSMTP=</varname></term>
2620        <term><varname>SMTP=</varname></term>
2621        <term><varname>EmitLPR=</varname></term>
2622        <term><varname>LPR=</varname></term>
2623
2624        <listitem><para>Similar to the <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> and <varname>DNS=</varname> settings
2625        described above, these settings configure whether and what server information for the indicate
2626        protocol shall be emitted as part of the DHCP lease. The same syntax, propagation semantics and
2627        defaults apply as for <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> and <varname>DNS=</varname>.</para></listitem>
2628      </varlistentry>
2629
2630      <varlistentry>
2631        <term><varname>EmitRouter=</varname></term>
2632        <term><varname>Router=</varname></term>
2633
2634        <listitem><para>The <varname>EmitRouter=</varname> setting takes a boolean value, and configures
2635        whether the DHCP lease should contain the router option. The <varname>Router=</varname> setting
2636        takes an IPv4 address, and configures the router address to be emitted. When the
2637        <varname>Router=</varname> setting is not specified, then the server address will be used for
2638        the router option. When the <varname>EmitRouter=</varname> setting is disabled, the
2639        <varname>Router=</varname> setting will be ignored. The <varname>EmitRouter=</varname> setting
2640        defaults to true, and the <varname>Router=</varname> setting defaults to unset.
2641        </para></listitem>
2642      </varlistentry>
2643
2644      <varlistentry>
2645        <term><varname>EmitTimezone=</varname></term>
2646        <term><varname>Timezone=</varname></term>
2647
2648        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether the DHCP leases handed out
2649        to clients shall contain timezone information. Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>. The
2650        <varname>Timezone=</varname> setting takes a timezone string
2651        (such as <literal>Europe/Berlin</literal> or
2652        <literal>UTC</literal>) to pass to clients. If no explicit
2653        timezone is set, the system timezone of the local host is
2654        propagated, as determined by the
2655        <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> symlink.</para></listitem>
2656      </varlistentry>
2657
2658      <varlistentry>
2659        <term><varname>BootServerAddress=</varname></term>
2660
2661        <listitem>
2662          <para>Takes an IPv4 address of the boot server used by e.g. PXE boot systems. When specified, this
2663          address is sent in the <option>siaddr</option> field of the DHCP message header. See <ulink
2664          url="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2131.html">RFC 2131</ulink> for more details. Defaults to
2665          unset.</para>
2666        </listitem>
2667      </varlistentry>
2668
2669      <varlistentry>
2670        <term><varname>BootServerName=</varname></term>
2671
2672        <listitem>
2673          <para>Takes a name of the boot server used by e.g. PXE boot systems. When specified, this name is
2674          sent in the DHCP option 66 ("TFTP server name"). See <ulink
2675          url="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2132.html">RFC 2132</ulink> for more details. Defaults to
2676          unset.</para>
2677
2678          <para>Note that typically setting one of <varname>BootServerName=</varname> or
2679          <varname>BootServerAddress=</varname> is sufficient, but both can be set too, if desired.</para>
2680        </listitem>
2681      </varlistentry>
2682
2683      <varlistentry>
2684        <term><varname>BootFilename=</varname></term>
2685
2686        <listitem>
2687          <para>Takes a path or URL to a file loaded by e.g. a PXE boot loader. When specified, this path is
2688          sent in the DHCP option 67 ("Bootfile name"). See <ulink
2689          url="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2132.html">RFC 2132</ulink> for more details. Defaults to
2690          unset.</para>
2691        </listitem>
2692      </varlistentry>
2693
2694      <varlistentry>
2695        <term><varname>SendOption=</varname></term>
2696        <listitem>
2697          <para>Send a raw option with value via DHCPv4 server. Takes a DHCP option number, data type
2698          and data (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
2699          The option number is an integer in the range 1…254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
2700          <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>ipv4address</literal>, <literal>ipv6address</literal>, or
2701          <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
2702          <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
2703          escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
2704          then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
2705        </listitem>
2706      </varlistentry>
2707
2708      <varlistentry>
2709        <term><varname>SendVendorOption=</varname></term>
2710        <listitem>
2711          <para>Send a vendor option with value via DHCPv4 server. Takes a DHCP option number, data type
2712          and data (<literal><replaceable>option</replaceable>:<replaceable>type</replaceable>:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>).
2713          The option number is an integer in the range 1…254. The type takes one of <literal>uint8</literal>,
2714          <literal>uint16</literal>, <literal>uint32</literal>, <literal>ipv4address</literal>, or
2715          <literal>string</literal>. Special characters in the data string may be escaped using
2716          <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C#Table_of_escape_sequences">C-style
2717          escapes</ulink>. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty string is specified,
2718          then all options specified earlier are cleared. Defaults to unset.</para>
2719        </listitem>
2720      </varlistentry>
2721      <varlistentry>
2722        <term><varname>BindToInterface=</varname></term>
2723        <listitem>
2724          <para>Takes a boolean value. When <literal>yes</literal>, DHCP server socket will be bound
2725          to its network interface and all socket communication will be restricted to this interface.
2726          Defaults to <literal>yes</literal>, except if <varname>RelayTarget=</varname> is used (see below),
2727          in which case it defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
2728        </listitem>
2729      </varlistentry>
2730      <varlistentry>
2731        <term><varname>RelayTarget=</varname></term>
2732        <listitem>
2733          <para>Takes an IPv4 address, which must be in the format described in
2734          <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
2735          Turns this DHCP server into a DHCP relay agent. See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1542">RFC 1542</ulink>.
2736          The address is the address of DHCP server or another relay agent to forward DHCP messages to and from.</para>
2737        </listitem>
2738      </varlistentry>
2739      <varlistentry>
2740        <term><varname>RelayAgentCircuitId=</varname></term>
2741        <listitem>
2742          <para>Specifies value for Agent Circuit ID suboption of Relay Agent Information option.
2743          Takes a string, which must be in the format <literal>string:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>,
2744          where <literal><replaceable>value</replaceable></literal> should be replaced with the value of the suboption.
2745          Defaults to unset (means no Agent Circuit ID suboption is generated).
2746          Ignored if <varname>RelayTarget=</varname> is not specified.</para>
2747        </listitem>
2748      </varlistentry>
2749      <varlistentry>
2750        <term><varname>RelayAgentRemoteId=</varname></term>
2751        <listitem>
2752          <para>Specifies value for Agent Remote ID suboption of Relay Agent Information option.
2753          Takes a string, which must be in the format <literal>string:<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>,
2754          where <literal><replaceable>value</replaceable></literal> should be replaced with the value of the suboption.
2755          Defaults to unset (means no Agent Remote ID suboption is generated).
2756          Ignored if <varname>RelayTarget=</varname> is not specified.</para>
2757        </listitem>
2758      </varlistentry>
2759
2760    </variablelist>
2761  </refsect1>
2762
2763  <refsect1>
2764    <title>[DHCPServerStaticLease] Section Options</title>
2765    <para>The <literal>[DHCPServerStaticLease]</literal> section configures a static DHCP lease to assign a
2766    fixed IPv4 address to a specific device based on its MAC address. This section can be specified multiple
2767    times.</para>
2768
2769    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2770      <varlistentry>
2771        <term><varname>MACAddress=</varname></term>
2772
2773        <listitem><para>The hardware address of a device to match. This key is mandatory.</para></listitem>
2774      </varlistentry>
2775
2776      <varlistentry>
2777        <term><varname>Address=</varname></term>
2778
2779        <listitem><para>The IPv4 address that should be assigned to the device that was matched with
2780        <varname>MACAddress=</varname>. This key is mandatory.</para></listitem>
2781      </varlistentry>
2782    </variablelist>
2783  </refsect1>
2784
2785  <refsect1>
2786    <title>[IPv6SendRA] Section Options</title>
2787    <para>The [IPv6SendRA] section contains settings for sending IPv6 Router Advertisements and whether
2788    to act as a router, if enabled via the <varname>IPv6SendRA=</varname> option described above. IPv6
2789    network prefixes or routes are defined with one or more [IPv6Prefix] or [IPv6RoutePrefix] sections.
2790    </para>
2791
2792    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2793
2794      <varlistentry>
2795        <term><varname>Managed=</varname></term>
2796        <term><varname>OtherInformation=</varname></term>
2797
2798        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Controls whether a DHCPv6 server is used to acquire IPv6
2799        addresses on the network link when <varname>Managed=</varname>
2800        is set to <literal>true</literal> or if only additional network
2801        information can be obtained via DHCPv6 for the network link when
2802        <varname>OtherInformation=</varname> is set to
2803        <literal>true</literal>. Both settings default to
2804        <literal>false</literal>, which means that a DHCPv6 server is not being
2805        used.</para></listitem>
2806      </varlistentry>
2807
2808      <varlistentry>
2809        <term><varname>RouterLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2810
2811        <listitem><para>Takes a timespan. Configures the IPv6 router lifetime in seconds. The value must be 0
2812        seconds, or between 4 seconds and 9000 seconds. When set to 0, the host is not acting as a router.
2813        Defaults to 1800 seconds (30 minutes).</para>
2814        </listitem>
2815      </varlistentry>
2816
2817      <varlistentry>
2818        <term><varname>RouterPreference=</varname></term>
2819
2820        <listitem><para>Configures IPv6 router preference if
2821        <varname>RouterLifetimeSec=</varname> is non-zero. Valid values are
2822        <literal>high</literal>, <literal>medium</literal> and
2823        <literal>low</literal>, with <literal>normal</literal> and
2824        <literal>default</literal> added as synonyms for
2825        <literal>medium</literal> just to make configuration easier. See
2826        <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4191">RFC 4191</ulink>
2827        for details. Defaults to <literal>medium</literal>.</para></listitem>
2828      </varlistentry>
2829
2830      <varlistentry>
2831        <term><varname>UplinkInterface=</varname></term>
2832        <listitem><para>Specifies the name or the index of the uplink interface, or one of the special
2833        values <literal>:none</literal> and <literal>:auto</literal>. When emitting DNS servers or
2834        search domains is enabled but no servers are specified, the servers configured in the uplink
2835        interface will be emitted. When <literal>:auto</literal>, the value specified to the same
2836        setting in the [DHCPPrefixDelegation] section will be used if
2837        <varname>DHCPPrefixDelegation=</varname> is enabled, otherwise the link which has a default
2838        gateway with the highest priority will be automatically selected. When <literal>:none</literal>,
2839        no uplink interface will be selected. Defaults to <literal>:auto</literal>.</para></listitem>
2840      </varlistentry>
2841
2842      <varlistentry>
2843        <term><varname>EmitDNS=</varname></term>
2844        <term><varname>DNS=</varname></term>
2845
2846        <listitem><para><varname>DNS=</varname> specifies a list of recursive DNS server IPv6 addresses
2847        that are distributed via Router Advertisement messages when <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> is true.
2848        <varname>DNS=</varname> also takes special value <literal>_link_local</literal>; in that case
2849        the IPv6 link-local address is distributed. If <varname>DNS=</varname> is empty, DNS servers are
2850        read from the [Network] section. If the [Network] section does not contain any DNS servers
2851        either, DNS servers from the uplink interface specified in <varname>UplinkInterface=</varname>
2852        will be used. When <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> is false, no DNS server information is sent in
2853        Router Advertisement messages. <varname>EmitDNS=</varname> defaults to true.</para></listitem>
2854      </varlistentry>
2855
2856      <varlistentry>
2857        <term><varname>EmitDomains=</varname></term>
2858        <term><varname>Domains=</varname></term>
2859
2860        <listitem><para>A list of DNS search domains distributed via Router Advertisement messages when
2861        <varname>EmitDomains=</varname> is true. If <varname>Domains=</varname> is empty, DNS search
2862        domains are read from the [Network] section. If the [Network] section does not contain any DNS
2863        search domains either, DNS search domains from the uplink interface specified in
2864        <varname>UplinkInterface=</varname> will be used. When <varname>EmitDomains=</varname> is false,
2865        no DNS search domain information is sent in Router Advertisement messages.
2866        <varname>EmitDomains=</varname> defaults to true.</para></listitem>
2867      </varlistentry>
2868
2869      <varlistentry>
2870        <term><varname>DNSLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2871
2872        <listitem><para>Lifetime in seconds for the DNS server addresses listed in
2873        <varname>DNS=</varname> and search domains listed in <varname>Domains=</varname>. Defaults to
2874        3600 seconds (one hour).</para></listitem>
2875      </varlistentry>
2876
2877    </variablelist>
2878    </refsect1>
2879
2880    <refsect1>
2881    <title>[IPv6Prefix] Section Options</title>
2882    <para>One or more [IPv6Prefix] sections contain the IPv6 prefixes that are announced via Router
2883    Advertisements. See <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4861">RFC 4861</ulink> for further
2884    details.</para>
2885
2886    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2887
2888      <varlistentry>
2889        <term><varname>AddressAutoconfiguration=</varname></term>
2890        <term><varname>OnLink=</varname></term>
2891
2892        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean to specify whether IPv6 addresses can be
2893        autoconfigured with this prefix and whether the prefix can be used for
2894        onlink determination. Both settings default to <literal>true</literal>
2895        in order to ease configuration.
2896        </para></listitem>
2897      </varlistentry>
2898
2899      <varlistentry>
2900        <term><varname>Prefix=</varname></term>
2901
2902        <listitem><para>The IPv6 prefix that is to be distributed to hosts.  Similarly to configuring static
2903        IPv6 addresses, the setting is configured as an IPv6 prefix and its prefix length, separated by a
2904        <literal>/</literal> character. Use multiple [IPv6Prefix] sections to configure multiple IPv6
2905        prefixes since prefix lifetimes, address autoconfiguration and onlink status may differ from one
2906        prefix to another.</para></listitem>
2907      </varlistentry>
2908
2909      <varlistentry>
2910        <term><varname>PreferredLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2911        <term><varname>ValidLifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2912
2913        <listitem><para>Preferred and valid lifetimes for the prefix measured in seconds.
2914        <varname>PreferredLifetimeSec=</varname> defaults to 1800 seconds (30 minutes) and
2915        <varname>ValidLifetimeSec=</varname> defaults to 3600 seconds (one hour).</para></listitem>
2916      </varlistentry>
2917
2918      <varlistentry>
2919        <term><varname>Assign=</varname></term>
2920        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. When true, adds an address from the prefix. Default to false.
2921        </para></listitem>
2922      </varlistentry>
2923
2924      <varlistentry>
2925        <term><varname>Token=</varname></term>
2926        <listitem>
2927          <para>Specifies an optional address generation mode for assigning an address in each
2928          prefix. This accepts the same syntax as <varname>Token=</varname> in the [IPv6AcceptRA]
2929          section. If <varname>Assign=</varname> is set to false, then this setting will be ignored.
2930          Defaults to unset, which means the EUI-64 algorithm will be used.</para>
2931        </listitem>
2932      </varlistentry>
2933
2934      <varlistentry>
2935        <term><varname>RouteMetric=</varname></term>
2936        <listitem>
2937          <para>The metric of the prefix route. Takes an unsigned integer in the range 0…4294967295.
2938          When unset or set to 0, the kernel's default value is used. This setting is ignored when
2939          <varname>Assign=</varname> is false.</para>
2940        </listitem>
2941      </varlistentry>
2942    </variablelist>
2943    </refsect1>
2944
2945    <refsect1>
2946    <title>[IPv6RoutePrefix] Section Options</title>
2947    <para>One or more [IPv6RoutePrefix] sections contain the IPv6
2948    prefix routes that are announced via Router Advertisements. See
2949    <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4191">RFC 4191</ulink>
2950    for further details.</para>
2951
2952    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2953
2954      <varlistentry>
2955        <term><varname>Route=</varname></term>
2956
2957        <listitem><para>The IPv6 route that is to be distributed to hosts.  Similarly to configuring static
2958        IPv6 routes, the setting is configured as an IPv6 prefix routes and its prefix route length,
2959        separated by a <literal>/</literal> character. Use multiple [IPv6PrefixRoutes] sections to configure
2960        multiple IPv6 prefix routes.</para></listitem>
2961      </varlistentry>
2962
2963      <varlistentry>
2964        <term><varname>LifetimeSec=</varname></term>
2965
2966        <listitem><para>Lifetime for the route prefix measured in seconds.
2967        <varname>LifetimeSec=</varname> defaults to 3600 seconds (one hour).</para></listitem>
2968      </varlistentry>
2969
2970    </variablelist>
2971    </refsect1>
2972
2973    <refsect1>
2974    <title>[Bridge] Section Options</title>
2975      <para>The [Bridge] section accepts the following keys:</para>
2976      <variablelist class='network-directives'>
2977        <varlistentry>
2978          <term><varname>UnicastFlood=</varname></term>
2979          <listitem>
2980            <para>Takes a boolean. Controls whether the bridge should flood
2981            traffic for which an FDB entry is missing and the destination
2982            is unknown through this port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2983            </para>
2984          </listitem>
2985        </varlistentry>
2986        <varlistentry>
2987          <term><varname>MulticastFlood=</varname></term>
2988          <listitem>
2989            <para>Takes a boolean. Controls whether the bridge should flood
2990            traffic for which an MDB entry is missing and the destination
2991            is unknown through this port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
2992            </para>
2993          </listitem>
2994        </varlistentry>
2995        <varlistentry>
2996          <term><varname>MulticastToUnicast=</varname></term>
2997          <listitem>
2998            <para>Takes a boolean. Multicast to unicast works on top of the multicast snooping feature of
2999            the bridge. Which means unicast copies are only delivered to hosts which are interested in it.
3000            When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
3001            </para>
3002          </listitem>
3003        </varlistentry>
3004        <varlistentry>
3005          <term><varname>NeighborSuppression=</varname></term>
3006          <listitem>
3007            <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether ARP and ND neighbor suppression is enabled for
3008            this port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
3009            </para>
3010          </listitem>
3011        </varlistentry>
3012        <varlistentry>
3013          <term><varname>Learning=</varname></term>
3014          <listitem>
3015            <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether MAC address learning is enabled for
3016            this port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
3017            </para>
3018          </listitem>
3019        </varlistentry>
3020        <varlistentry>
3021          <term><varname>HairPin=</varname></term>
3022          <listitem>
3023            <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether traffic may be sent back out of the port on which it
3024            was received. When this flag is false, then the bridge will not forward traffic back out of the
3025            receiving port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3026          </listitem>
3027        </varlistentry>
3028        <varlistentry>
3029          <term><varname>Isolated=</varname></term>
3030          <listitem>
3031            <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether this port is isolated or not. Within a bridge,
3032            isolated ports can only communicate with non-isolated ports. When set to true, this port can only
3033            communicate with other ports whose Isolated setting is false.  When set to false, this port
3034            can communicate with any other ports. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3035          </listitem>
3036        </varlistentry>
3037        <varlistentry>
3038          <term><varname>UseBPDU=</varname></term>
3039          <listitem>
3040            <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether STP Bridge Protocol Data Units will be
3041            processed by the bridge port. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3042          </listitem>
3043        </varlistentry>
3044        <varlistentry>
3045          <term><varname>FastLeave=</varname></term>
3046          <listitem>
3047            <para>Takes a boolean. This flag allows the bridge to immediately stop multicast
3048            traffic on a port that receives an IGMP Leave message. It is only used with
3049            IGMP snooping if enabled on the bridge. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3050          </listitem>
3051        </varlistentry>
3052        <varlistentry>
3053          <term><varname>AllowPortToBeRoot=</varname></term>
3054          <listitem>
3055            <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether a given port is allowed to
3056            become a root port. Only used when STP is enabled on the bridge.
3057            When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3058          </listitem>
3059        </varlistentry>
3060        <varlistentry>
3061          <term><varname>ProxyARP=</varname></term>
3062          <listitem>
3063            <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether proxy ARP to be enabled on this port.
3064            When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3065          </listitem>
3066        </varlistentry>
3067        <varlistentry>
3068          <term><varname>ProxyARPWiFi=</varname></term>
3069          <listitem>
3070            <para>Takes a boolean. Configures whether proxy ARP to be enabled on this port
3071            which meets extended requirements by IEEE 802.11 and Hotspot 2.0 specifications.
3072            When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3073          </listitem>
3074        </varlistentry>
3075        <varlistentry>
3076          <term><varname>MulticastRouter=</varname></term>
3077          <listitem>
3078            <para>Configures this port for having multicast routers attached. A port with a multicast
3079            router will receive all multicast traffic. Takes one of <literal>no</literal>
3080            to disable multicast routers on this port, <literal>query</literal> to let the system detect
3081            the presence of routers, <literal>permanent</literal> to permanently enable multicast traffic
3082            forwarding on this port, or <literal>temporary</literal> to enable multicast routers temporarily
3083            on this port, not depending on incoming queries. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3084          </listitem>
3085        </varlistentry>
3086        <varlistentry>
3087          <term><varname>Cost=</varname></term>
3088          <listitem>
3089            <para>Sets the "cost" of sending packets of this interface.
3090            Each port in a bridge may have a different speed and the cost
3091            is used to decide which link to use. Faster interfaces
3092            should have lower costs. It is an integer value between 1 and
3093            65535.</para>
3094          </listitem>
3095        </varlistentry>
3096        <varlistentry>
3097          <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
3098          <listitem>
3099            <para>Sets the "priority" of sending packets on this interface.
3100            Each port in a bridge may have a different priority which is used
3101            to decide which link to use. Lower value means higher priority.
3102            It is an integer value between 0 to 63. Networkd does not set any
3103            default, meaning the kernel default value of 32 is used.</para>
3104          </listitem>
3105        </varlistentry>
3106      </variablelist>
3107  </refsect1>
3108  <refsect1>
3109    <title>[BridgeFDB] Section Options</title>
3110      <para>The [BridgeFDB] section manages the forwarding database table of a port and accepts the following
3111      keys. Specify several [BridgeFDB] sections to configure several static MAC table entries.</para>
3112
3113      <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3114        <varlistentry>
3115          <term><varname>MACAddress=</varname></term>
3116          <listitem>
3117            <para>As in the [Network] section. This key is mandatory.</para>
3118          </listitem>
3119        </varlistentry>
3120        <varlistentry>
3121          <term><varname>Destination=</varname></term>
3122          <listitem>
3123            <para>Takes an IP address of the destination VXLAN tunnel endpoint.</para>
3124          </listitem>
3125        </varlistentry>
3126        <varlistentry>
3127          <term><varname>VLANId=</varname></term>
3128          <listitem>
3129            <para>The VLAN ID for the new static MAC table entry. If
3130            omitted, no VLAN ID information is appended to the new static MAC
3131            table entry.</para>
3132          </listitem>
3133        </varlistentry>
3134        <varlistentry>
3135          <term><varname>VNI=</varname></term>
3136          <listitem>
3137            <para>The VXLAN Network Identifier (or VXLAN Segment ID) to use to connect to
3138            the remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint. Takes a number in the range 1…16777215.
3139            Defaults to unset.</para>
3140          </listitem>
3141        </varlistentry>
3142        <varlistentry>
3143          <term><varname>AssociatedWith=</varname></term>
3144          <listitem>
3145            <para>Specifies where the address is associated with. Takes one of <literal>use</literal>,
3146            <literal>self</literal>, <literal>master</literal> or <literal>router</literal>.
3147            <literal>use</literal> means the address is in use. User space can use this option to
3148            indicate to the kernel that the fdb entry is in use. <literal>self</literal> means
3149            the address is associated with the port drivers fdb. Usually hardware. <literal>master</literal>
3150            means the address is associated with master devices fdb. <literal>router</literal> means
3151            the destination address is associated with a router. Note that it's valid if the referenced
3152            device is a VXLAN type device and has route shortcircuit enabled. Defaults to <literal>self</literal>.</para>
3153          </listitem>
3154        </varlistentry>
3155        <varlistentry>
3156          <term><varname>OutgoingInterface=</varname></term>
3157          <listitem>
3158            <para>Specifies the name or index of the outgoing interface for the VXLAN device driver to
3159            reach the remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint. Defaults to unset.</para>
3160          </listitem>
3161        </varlistentry>
3162      </variablelist>
3163  </refsect1>
3164  <refsect1>
3165    <title>[BridgeMDB] Section Options</title>
3166      <para>The [BridgeMDB] section manages the multicast membership entries forwarding database table of a port and accepts the following
3167      keys. Specify several [BridgeMDB] sections to configure several permanent multicast membership entries.</para>
3168
3169      <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3170        <varlistentry>
3171          <term><varname>MulticastGroupAddress=</varname></term>
3172          <listitem>
3173            <para>Specifies the IPv4 or IPv6 multicast group address to add. This setting is mandatory.</para>
3174          </listitem>
3175        </varlistentry>
3176        <varlistentry>
3177          <term><varname>VLANId=</varname></term>
3178          <listitem>
3179            <para>The VLAN ID for the new entry. Valid ranges are 0 (no VLAN) to 4094. Optional, defaults to 0.</para>
3180          </listitem>
3181        </varlistentry>
3182      </variablelist>
3183  </refsect1>
3184
3185  <refsect1>
3186    <title>[LLDP] Section Options</title>
3187      <para>The [LLDP] section manages the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and accepts the following
3188      keys:</para>
3189      <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3190        <varlistentry>
3191          <term><varname>MUDURL=</varname></term>
3192          <listitem>
3193            <para>When configured, the specified Manufacturer Usage Descriptions (MUD) URL will be sent in
3194            LLDP packets. The syntax and semantics are the same as for <varname>MUDURL=</varname> in the
3195            [DHCPv4] section described above.</para>
3196
3197            <para>The MUD URLs received via LLDP packets are saved and can be read using the
3198            <function>sd_lldp_neighbor_get_mud_url()</function> function.</para>
3199          </listitem>
3200        </varlistentry>
3201      </variablelist>
3202  </refsect1>
3203
3204  <refsect1>
3205    <title>[CAN] Section Options</title>
3206      <para>The [CAN] section manages the Controller Area Network (CAN bus) and accepts the
3207      following keys:</para>
3208      <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3209        <varlistentry>
3210          <term><varname>BitRate=</varname></term>
3211          <listitem>
3212            <para>The bitrate of CAN device in bits per second. The usual SI prefixes (K, M) with the base of 1000 can
3213            be used here. Takes a number in the range 1…4294967295.</para>
3214          </listitem>
3215        </varlistentry>
3216        <varlistentry>
3217          <term><varname>SamplePoint=</varname></term>
3218          <listitem>
3219            <para>Optional sample point in percent with one decimal (e.g. <literal>75%</literal>,
3220            <literal>87.5%</literal>) or permille (e.g. <literal>875‰</literal>). This will be ignored when
3221            <varname>BitRate=</varname> is unspecified.</para>
3222          </listitem>
3223        </varlistentry>
3224        <varlistentry>
3225          <term><varname>TimeQuantaNSec=</varname></term>
3226          <term><varname>PropagationSegment=</varname></term>
3227          <term><varname>PhaseBufferSegment1=</varname></term>
3228          <term><varname>PhaseBufferSegment2=</varname></term>
3229          <term><varname>SyncJumpWidth=</varname></term>
3230          <listitem>
3231            <para>Specifies the time quanta, propagation segment, phase buffer segment 1 and 2, and the
3232            synchronization jump width, which allow one to define the CAN bit-timing in a hardware
3233            independent format as proposed by the Bosch CAN 2.0 Specification.
3234            <varname>TimeQuantaNSec=</varname> takes a timespan in nanoseconds.
3235            <varname>PropagationSegment=</varname>, <varname>PhaseBufferSegment1=</varname>,
3236            <varname>PhaseBufferSegment2=</varname>, and <varname>SyncJumpWidth=</varname> take number
3237            of time quantum specified in <varname>TimeQuantaNSec=</varname> and must be an unsigned
3238            integer in the range 0…4294967295. These settings except for
3239            <varname>SyncJumpWidth=</varname> will be ignored when <varname>BitRate=</varname> is
3240            specified.</para>
3241          </listitem>
3242        </varlistentry>
3243        <varlistentry>
3244          <term><varname>DataBitRate=</varname></term>
3245          <term><varname>DataSamplePoint=</varname></term>
3246          <listitem>
3247            <para>The bitrate and sample point for the data phase, if CAN-FD is used. These settings are
3248            analogous to the <varname>BitRate=</varname> and <varname>SamplePoint=</varname> keys.</para>
3249          </listitem>
3250        </varlistentry>
3251        <varlistentry>
3252          <term><varname>DataTimeQuantaNSec=</varname></term>
3253          <term><varname>DataPropagationSegment=</varname></term>
3254          <term><varname>DataPhaseBufferSegment1=</varname></term>
3255          <term><varname>DataPhaseBufferSegment2=</varname></term>
3256          <term><varname>DataSyncJumpWidth=</varname></term>
3257          <listitem>
3258            <para>Specifies the time quanta, propagation segment, phase buffer segment 1 and 2, and the
3259            synchronization jump width for the data phase, if CAN-FD is used. These settings are
3260            analogous to the <varname>TimeQuantaNSec=</varname> or related settings.</para>
3261          </listitem>
3262        </varlistentry>
3263        <varlistentry>
3264          <term><varname>FDMode=</varname></term>
3265          <listitem>
3266            <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, CAN-FD mode is enabled for the interface.
3267            Note, that a bitrate and optional sample point should also be set for the CAN-FD data phase using
3268            the <varname>DataBitRate=</varname> and <varname>DataSamplePoint=</varname> keys, or
3269            <varname>DataTimeQuanta=</varname> and related settings.</para>
3270          </listitem>
3271        </varlistentry>
3272        <varlistentry>
3273          <term><varname>FDNonISO=</varname></term>
3274          <listitem>
3275            <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, non-ISO CAN-FD mode is enabled for the
3276            interface. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3277          </listitem>
3278        </varlistentry>
3279        <varlistentry>
3280          <term><varname>RestartSec=</varname></term>
3281          <listitem>
3282            <para>Automatic restart delay time. If set to a non-zero value, a restart of the CAN controller will be
3283            triggered automatically in case of a bus-off condition after the specified delay time. Subsecond delays can
3284            be specified using decimals (e.g. <literal>0.1s</literal>) or a <literal>ms</literal> or
3285            <literal>us</literal> postfix. Using <literal>infinity</literal> or <literal>0</literal> will turn the
3286            automatic restart off. By default automatic restart is disabled.</para>
3287          </listitem>
3288        </varlistentry>
3289        <varlistentry>
3290          <term><varname>Termination=</varname></term>
3291          <listitem>
3292            <para>Takes a boolean or a termination resistor value in ohm in the range 0…65535. When
3293            <literal>yes</literal>, the termination resistor is set to 120 ohm. When
3294            <literal>no</literal> or <literal>0</literal> is set, the termination resistor is disabled.
3295            When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3296          </listitem>
3297        </varlistentry>
3298        <varlistentry>
3299          <term><varname>TripleSampling=</varname></term>
3300          <listitem>
3301            <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, three samples (instead of one) are used to determine
3302            the value of a received bit by majority rule. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3303          </listitem>
3304        </varlistentry>
3305        <varlistentry>
3306          <term><varname>BusErrorReporting=</varname></term>
3307          <listitem>
3308            <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, reporting of CAN bus errors is activated
3309            (those include single bit, frame format, and bit stuffing errors, unable to send dominant bit,
3310            unable to send recessive bit, bus overload, active error announcement, error occurred on
3311            transmission). When unset, the kernel's default will be used. Note: in case of a CAN bus with a
3312            single CAN device, sending a CAN frame may result in a huge number of CAN bus errors.</para>
3313          </listitem>
3314        </varlistentry>
3315        <varlistentry>
3316          <term><varname>ListenOnly=</varname></term>
3317          <listitem>
3318            <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, listen-only mode is enabled. When the
3319            interface is in listen-only mode, the interface neither transmit CAN frames nor send ACK
3320            bit. Listen-only mode is important to debug CAN networks without interfering with the
3321            communication or acknowledge the CAN frame. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.
3322            </para>
3323          </listitem>
3324        </varlistentry>
3325        <varlistentry>
3326          <term><varname>Loopback=</varname></term>
3327          <listitem>
3328            <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, loopback mode is enabled. When the
3329            loopback mode is enabled, the interface treats messages transmitted by itself as received
3330            messages. The loopback mode is important to debug CAN networks. When unset, the kernel's
3331            default will be used.</para>
3332          </listitem>
3333        </varlistentry>
3334        <varlistentry>
3335          <term><varname>OneShot=</varname></term>
3336          <listitem>
3337            <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, one-shot mode is enabled. When unset,
3338            the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3339          </listitem>
3340        </varlistentry>
3341        <varlistentry>
3342          <term><varname>PresumeAck=</varname></term>
3343          <listitem>
3344            <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, the interface will ignore missing CAN
3345            ACKs. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3346          </listitem>
3347        </varlistentry>
3348        <varlistentry>
3349          <term><varname>ClassicDataLengthCode=</varname></term>
3350          <listitem>
3351            <para>Takes a boolean. When <literal>yes</literal>, the interface will handle the 4bit data
3352            length code (DLC). When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
3353          </listitem>
3354        </varlistentry>
3355      </variablelist>
3356  </refsect1>
3357
3358  <refsect1>
3359    <title>[IPoIB] Section Options</title>
3360      <para>The [IPoIB] section manages the IP over Infiniband and accepts the following keys:</para>
3361      <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3362        <xi:include href="systemd.netdev.xml" xpointer="ipoib_mode" />
3363        <xi:include href="systemd.netdev.xml" xpointer="ipoib_umcast" />
3364      </variablelist>
3365  </refsect1>
3366
3367  <refsect1>
3368    <title>[QDisc] Section Options</title>
3369    <para>The [QDisc] section manages the traffic control queueing discipline (qdisc).</para>
3370
3371    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3372      <varlistentry>
3373        <term><varname>Parent=</varname></term>
3374        <listitem>
3375          <para>Specifies the parent Queueing Discipline (qdisc). Takes one of <literal>clsact</literal>
3376          or <literal>ingress</literal>. This is mandatory.</para>
3377        </listitem>
3378      </varlistentry>
3379
3380      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3381    </variablelist>
3382  </refsect1>
3383
3384  <refsect1>
3385    <title>[NetworkEmulator] Section Options</title>
3386    <para>The [NetworkEmulator] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of the network emulator. It
3387    can be used to configure the kernel packet scheduler and simulate packet delay and loss for UDP or TCP
3388    applications, or limit the bandwidth usage of a particular service to simulate internet connections.
3389    </para>
3390
3391    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3392      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3393      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3394
3395      <varlistentry>
3396        <term><varname>DelaySec=</varname></term>
3397        <listitem>
3398          <para>Specifies the fixed amount of delay to be added to all packets going out of the
3399          interface. Defaults to unset.</para>
3400        </listitem>
3401      </varlistentry>
3402
3403      <varlistentry>
3404        <term><varname>DelayJitterSec=</varname></term>
3405        <listitem>
3406          <para>Specifies the chosen delay to be added to the packets outgoing to the network
3407          interface. Defaults to unset.</para>
3408        </listitem>
3409      </varlistentry>
3410
3411      <varlistentry>
3412        <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
3413        <listitem>
3414          <para>Specifies the maximum number of packets the qdisc may hold queued at a time.
3415          An unsigned integer in the range 0…4294967294. Defaults to 1000.</para>
3416        </listitem>
3417      </varlistentry>
3418
3419      <varlistentry>
3420        <term><varname>LossRate=</varname></term>
3421        <listitem>
3422          <para>Specifies an independent loss probability to be added to the packets outgoing from the
3423          network interface. Takes a percentage value, suffixed with "%". Defaults to unset.</para>
3424        </listitem>
3425      </varlistentry>
3426
3427      <varlistentry>
3428        <term><varname>DuplicateRate=</varname></term>
3429        <listitem>
3430          <para>Specifies that the chosen percent of packets is duplicated before queuing them.
3431          Takes a percentage value, suffixed with "%". Defaults to unset.</para>
3432        </listitem>
3433      </varlistentry>
3434    </variablelist>
3435  </refsect1>
3436
3437  <refsect1>
3438    <title>[TokenBucketFilter] Section Options</title>
3439    <para>The [TokenBucketFilter] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of token bucket filter
3440    (tbf).</para>
3441
3442    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3443      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3444      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3445
3446      <varlistentry>
3447        <term><varname>LatencySec=</varname></term>
3448        <listitem>
3449          <para>Specifies the latency parameter, which specifies the maximum amount of time a
3450          packet can sit in the Token Bucket Filter (TBF). Defaults to unset.</para>
3451        </listitem>
3452      </varlistentry>
3453
3454      <varlistentry>
3455        <term><varname>LimitBytes=</varname></term>
3456        <listitem>
3457          <para>Takes the number of bytes that can be queued waiting for tokens to become available.
3458          When the size is suffixed with K, M, or G, it is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes,
3459          respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset.</para>
3460        </listitem>
3461      </varlistentry>
3462
3463      <varlistentry>
3464        <term><varname>BurstBytes=</varname></term>
3465        <listitem>
3466          <para>Specifies the size of the bucket. This is the maximum amount of bytes that tokens
3467          can be available for instantaneous transfer. When the size is suffixed with K, M, or G, it is
3468          parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to
3469          unset.</para>
3470        </listitem>
3471      </varlistentry>
3472
3473      <varlistentry>
3474        <term><varname>Rate=</varname></term>
3475        <listitem>
3476          <para>Specifies the device specific bandwidth. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified
3477          bandwidth is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively, to the base of 1000.
3478          Defaults to unset.</para>
3479        </listitem>
3480      </varlistentry>
3481
3482      <varlistentry>
3483        <term><varname>MPUBytes=</varname></term>
3484        <listitem>
3485          <para>The Minimum Packet Unit (MPU) determines the minimal token usage (specified in bytes)
3486          for a packet. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes,
3487          Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to zero.</para>
3488        </listitem>
3489      </varlistentry>
3490
3491      <varlistentry>
3492        <term><varname>PeakRate=</varname></term>
3493        <listitem>
3494          <para>Takes the maximum depletion rate of the bucket. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the
3495          specified size is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively, to the base of
3496          1000. Defaults to unset.</para>
3497        </listitem>
3498      </varlistentry>
3499
3500      <varlistentry>
3501        <term><varname>MTUBytes=</varname></term>
3502        <listitem>
3503          <para>Specifies the size of the peakrate bucket. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified
3504          size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024.
3505          Defaults to unset.</para>
3506        </listitem>
3507      </varlistentry>
3508    </variablelist>
3509  </refsect1>
3510
3511  <refsect1>
3512    <title>[PIE] Section Options</title>
3513    <para>The [PIE] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of Proportional Integral
3514    controller-Enhanced (PIE).</para>
3515
3516    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3517      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3518      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3519
3520      <varlistentry>
3521        <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
3522        <listitem>
3523          <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached,
3524          incoming packets are dropped. An unsigned integer in the range 1…4294967294. Defaults to unset and
3525          kernel's default is used.</para>
3526        </listitem>
3527      </varlistentry>
3528    </variablelist>
3529  </refsect1>
3530
3531  <refsect1>
3532    <title>[FlowQueuePIE] Section Options</title>
3533    <para>The <literal>[FlowQueuePIE]</literal> section manages the queueing discipline
3534    (qdisc) of Flow Queue Proportional Integral controller-Enhanced (fq_pie).</para>
3535
3536    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3537      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3538      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3539
3540      <varlistentry>
3541        <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
3542        <listitem>
3543          <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached,
3544          incoming packets are dropped. An unsigned integer ranges 1 to 4294967294. Defaults to unset and
3545          kernel's default is used.</para>
3546        </listitem>
3547      </varlistentry>
3548    </variablelist>
3549  </refsect1>
3550
3551  <refsect1>
3552    <title>[StochasticFairBlue] Section Options</title>
3553    <para>The [StochasticFairBlue] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of stochastic fair blue
3554    (sfb).</para>
3555
3556    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3557      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3558      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3559
3560      <varlistentry>
3561        <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
3562        <listitem>
3563          <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached,
3564          incoming packets are dropped. An unsigned integer in the range 0…4294967294. Defaults to unset and
3565          kernel's default is used.</para>
3566        </listitem>
3567      </varlistentry>
3568    </variablelist>
3569  </refsect1>
3570
3571  <refsect1>
3572    <title>[StochasticFairnessQueueing] Section Options</title>
3573    <para>The [StochasticFairnessQueueing] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of stochastic
3574    fairness queueing (sfq).</para>
3575
3576    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3577      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3578      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3579
3580      <varlistentry>
3581        <term><varname>PerturbPeriodSec=</varname></term>
3582        <listitem>
3583          <para>Specifies the interval in seconds for queue algorithm perturbation. Defaults to unset.</para>
3584        </listitem>
3585      </varlistentry>
3586    </variablelist>
3587  </refsect1>
3588
3589  <refsect1>
3590    <title>[BFIFO] Section Options</title>
3591    <para>The [BFIFO] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of Byte limited Packet First In First
3592    Out (bfifo).</para>
3593
3594    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3595      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3596      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3597
3598      <varlistentry>
3599        <term><varname>LimitBytes=</varname></term>
3600        <listitem>
3601          <para>Specifies the hard limit in bytes on the FIFO buffer size. The size limit prevents overflow
3602          in case the kernel is unable to dequeue packets as quickly as it receives them. When this limit is
3603          reached, incoming packets are dropped. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed
3604          as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and
3605          kernel default is used.</para>
3606        </listitem>
3607      </varlistentry>
3608    </variablelist>
3609  </refsect1>
3610
3611  <refsect1>
3612    <title>[PFIFO] Section Options</title>
3613    <para>The [PFIFO] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of Packet First In First Out
3614    (pfifo).</para>
3615
3616    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3617      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3618      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3619
3620      <varlistentry>
3621        <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
3622        <listitem>
3623          <para>Specifies the hard limit on the number of packets in the FIFO queue. The size limit prevents
3624          overflow in case the kernel is unable to dequeue packets as quickly as it receives them. When this
3625          limit is reached, incoming packets are dropped. An unsigned integer in the range
3626          0…4294967294. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3627        </listitem>
3628      </varlistentry>
3629    </variablelist>
3630  </refsect1>
3631
3632  <refsect1>
3633    <title>[PFIFOHeadDrop] Section Options</title>
3634    <para>The [PFIFOHeadDrop] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of Packet First In First Out
3635    Head Drop (pfifo_head_drop).</para>
3636
3637    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3638      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3639      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3640
3641      <varlistentry>
3642        <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
3643        <listitem>
3644          <para>As in [PFIFO] section.</para></listitem>
3645      </varlistentry>
3646    </variablelist>
3647  </refsect1>
3648
3649  <refsect1>
3650     <title>[PFIFOFast] Section Options</title>
3651     <para>The [PFIFOFast] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of Packet First In First Out Fast
3652     (pfifo_fast).</para>
3653
3654     <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3655       <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3656       <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3657     </variablelist>
3658  </refsect1>
3659
3660  <refsect1>
3661    <title>[CAKE] Section Options</title>
3662    <para>The [CAKE] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of Common Applications Kept Enhanced
3663    (CAKE).</para>
3664
3665    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3666      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3667      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3668
3669      <varlistentry>
3670        <term><varname>Bandwidth=</varname></term>
3671        <listitem>
3672          <para>Specifies the shaper bandwidth. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is
3673          parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively, to the base of 1000. Defaults to
3674          unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3675        </listitem>
3676      </varlistentry>
3677
3678      <varlistentry>
3679        <term><varname>AutoRateIngress=</varname></term>
3680        <listitem>
3681          <para>Takes a boolean value. Enables automatic capacity estimation based on traffic arriving
3682          at this qdisc. This is most likely to be useful with cellular links, which tend to change
3683          quality randomly. If this setting is enabled, the <varname>Bandwidth=</varname> setting is
3684          used as an initial estimate. Defaults to unset, and the kernel's default is used.</para>
3685        </listitem>
3686      </varlistentry>
3687
3688      <varlistentry>
3689        <term><varname>OverheadBytes=</varname></term>
3690        <listitem>
3691          <para>Specifies that bytes to be addeded to the size of each packet. Bytes may be negative.
3692          Takes an integer in the range -64…256. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.
3693          </para>
3694        </listitem>
3695      </varlistentry>
3696
3697      <varlistentry>
3698        <term><varname>MPUBytes=</varname></term>
3699        <listitem>
3700          <para>Rounds each packet (including overhead) up to the specified bytes. Takes an integer in
3701          the range 1…256. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3702        </listitem>
3703      </varlistentry>
3704
3705      <varlistentry>
3706        <term><varname>CompensationMode=</varname></term>
3707        <listitem>
3708          <para>Takes one of <literal>none</literal>, <literal>atm</literal>, or <literal>ptm</literal>.
3709          Specifies the compensation mode for overhead calculation. When <literal>none</literal>, no
3710          compensation is taken into account. When <literal>atm</literal>, enables the compensation for
3711          ATM cell framing, which is normally found on ADSL links. When <literal>ptm</literal>, enables
3712          the compensation for PTM encoding, which is normally found on VDSL2 links and uses a 64b/65b
3713          encoding scheme. Defaults to unset and the kernel's default is used.</para>
3714        </listitem>
3715      </varlistentry>
3716
3717      <varlistentry>
3718        <term><varname>UseRawPacketSize=</varname></term>
3719        <listitem>
3720          <para>Takes a boolean value. When true, the packet size reported by the Linux kernel will be
3721          used, instead of the underlying IP packet size. Defaults to unset, and the kernel's default
3722          is used.</para>
3723        </listitem>
3724      </varlistentry>
3725
3726      <varlistentry>
3727        <term><varname>FlowIsolationMode=</varname></term>
3728        <listitem>
3729          <para>CAKE places packets from different flows into different queues, then packets from each
3730          queue are delivered fairly. This specifies whether the fairness is based on source address,
3731          destination address, individual flows, or any combination of those. The available values are:
3732          </para>
3733
3734          <variablelist>
3735            <varlistentry>
3736              <term><option>none</option></term>
3737              <listitem><para>
3738                The flow isolation is disabled, and all traffic passes through a single queue.
3739              </para></listitem>
3740            </varlistentry>
3741            <varlistentry>
3742              <term><option>src-host</option></term>
3743              <listitem><para>
3744                Flows are defined only by source address. Equivalent to the <literal>srchost</literal>
3745                option for <command>tc qdisc</command> command. See also
3746                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tc-cake</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
3747              </para></listitem>
3748            </varlistentry>
3749            <varlistentry>
3750              <term><option>dst-host</option></term>
3751              <listitem><para>
3752                Flows are defined only by destination address. Equivalent to the
3753                <literal>dsthost</literal> option for <command>tc qdisc</command> command. See also
3754                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tc-cake</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
3755              </para></listitem>
3756            </varlistentry>
3757            <varlistentry>
3758              <term><option>hosts</option></term>
3759              <listitem><para>
3760                Flows are defined by source-destination host pairs. Equivalent to the same option for
3761                <command>tc qdisc</command> command. See also
3762                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tc-cake</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
3763              </para></listitem>
3764            </varlistentry>
3765            <varlistentry>
3766              <term><option>flows</option></term>
3767              <listitem><para>
3768                Flows are defined by the entire 5-tuple of source address, destination address,
3769                transport protocol, source port and destination port. Equivalent to the same option for
3770                <command>tc qdisc</command> command. See also
3771                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tc-cake</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
3772              </para></listitem>
3773            </varlistentry>
3774            <varlistentry>
3775              <term><option>dual-src-host</option></term>
3776              <listitem><para>
3777                Flows are defined by the 5-tuple (see <literal>flows</literal> in the above), and
3778                fairness is applied first over source addresses, then over individual flows. Equivalent
3779                to the <literal>dual-srchost</literal> option for <command>tc qdisc</command> command.
3780                See also
3781                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tc-cake</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
3782              </para></listitem>
3783            </varlistentry>
3784            <varlistentry>
3785              <term><option>dual-dst-host</option></term>
3786              <listitem><para>
3787                Flows are defined by the 5-tuple (see <literal>flows</literal> in the above), and
3788                fairness is applied first over destination addresses, then over individual flows.
3789                Equivalent to the <literal>dual-dsthost</literal> option for
3790                <command>tc qdisc</command> command. See also
3791                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tc-cake</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
3792              </para></listitem>
3793            </varlistentry>
3794            <varlistentry>
3795              <term><option>triple</option></term>
3796              <listitem><para>
3797                Flows are defined by the 5-tuple (see <literal>flows</literal>), and fairness is
3798                applied over source and destination addresses, and also over individual flows.
3799                Equivalent to the <literal>triple-isolate</literal> option for
3800                <command>tc qdisc</command> command. See also
3801                <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>tc-cake</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
3802              </para></listitem>
3803            </varlistentry>
3804          </variablelist>
3805
3806          <para>Defaults to unset and the kernel's default is used.</para>
3807        </listitem>
3808      </varlistentry>
3809
3810      <varlistentry>
3811        <term><varname>NAT=</varname></term>
3812        <listitem>
3813          <para>Takes a boolean value. When true, CAKE performs a NAT lookup before applying
3814          flow-isolation rules, to determine the true addresses and port numbers of the packet, to
3815          improve fairness between hosts inside the NAT. This has no practical effect when
3816          <varname>FlowIsolationMode=</varname> is <literal>none</literal> or <literal>flows</literal>,
3817          or if NAT is performed on a different host. Defaults to unset, and the kernel's default is
3818          used.</para>
3819        </listitem>
3820      </varlistentry>
3821
3822      <varlistentry>
3823        <term><varname>PriorityQueueingPreset=</varname></term>
3824        <listitem>
3825          <para>CAKE divides traffic into <literal>tins</literal>, and each tin has its own independent
3826          set of flow-isolation queues, bandwidth threshold, and priority. This specifies the preset of
3827          tin profiles. The available values are:</para>
3828
3829          <variablelist>
3830            <varlistentry>
3831              <term><option>besteffort</option></term>
3832              <listitem><para>
3833                Disables priority queueing by placing all traffic in one tin.
3834              </para></listitem>
3835            </varlistentry>
3836            <varlistentry>
3837              <term><option>precedence</option></term>
3838              <listitem><para>
3839                Enables priority queueing based on the legacy interpretation of TOS
3840                <literal>Precedence</literal> field. Use of this preset on the modern Internet is
3841                firmly discouraged.
3842              </para></listitem>
3843            </varlistentry>
3844            <varlistentry>
3845              <term><option>diffserv8</option></term>
3846              <listitem><para>
3847                Enables priority queueing based on the Differentiated Service
3848                (<literal>DiffServ</literal>) field with eight tins: Background Traffic, High
3849                Throughput, Best Effort, Video Streaming, Low Latency Transactions, Interactive Shell,
3850                Minimum Latency, and Network Control.
3851              </para></listitem>
3852            </varlistentry>
3853            <varlistentry>
3854              <term><option>diffserv4</option></term>
3855              <listitem><para>
3856                Enables priority queueing based on the Differentiated Service
3857                (<literal>DiffServ</literal>) field with four tins: Background Traffic, Best Effort,
3858                Streaming Media, and Latency Sensitive.
3859              </para></listitem>
3860            </varlistentry>
3861            <varlistentry>
3862              <term><option>diffserv3</option></term>
3863              <listitem><para>
3864                Enables priority queueing based on the Differentiated Service
3865                (<literal>DiffServ</literal>) field with three tins: Background Traffic, Best Effort,
3866                and Latency Sensitive.
3867              </para></listitem>
3868            </varlistentry>
3869          </variablelist>
3870
3871          <para>Defaults to unset, and the kernel's default is used.</para>
3872        </listitem>
3873      </varlistentry>
3874
3875      <varlistentry>
3876        <term><varname>FirewallMark=</varname></term>
3877        <listitem>
3878          <para>Takes an integer in the range 1…4294967295. When specified, firewall-mark-based
3879          overriding of CAKE's tin selection is enabled. Defaults to unset, and the kernel's default is
3880          used.</para>
3881        </listitem>
3882      </varlistentry>
3883
3884      <varlistentry>
3885        <term><varname>Wash=</varname></term>
3886        <listitem>
3887          <para>Takes a boolean value. When true, CAKE clears the DSCP fields, except for ECN bits, of
3888          any packet passing through CAKE. Defaults to unset, and the kernel's default is used.</para>
3889        </listitem>
3890      </varlistentry>
3891
3892      <varlistentry>
3893        <term><varname>SplitGSO=</varname></term>
3894        <listitem>
3895          <para>Takes a boolean value. When true, CAKE will split General Segmentation Offload (GSO)
3896          super-packets into their on-the-wire components and dequeue them individually. Defaults to
3897          unset, and the kernel's default is used.</para>
3898        </listitem>
3899      </varlistentry>
3900
3901    </variablelist>
3902  </refsect1>
3903
3904  <refsect1>
3905    <title>[ControlledDelay] Section Options</title>
3906    <para>The [ControlledDelay] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of
3907    controlled delay (CoDel).</para>
3908
3909    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3910      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3911      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3912
3913      <varlistentry>
3914        <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
3915        <listitem>
3916          <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached,
3917          incoming packets are dropped. An unsigned integer in the range 0…4294967294. Defaults to unset and
3918          kernel's default is used.</para>
3919        </listitem>
3920      </varlistentry>
3921
3922      <varlistentry>
3923        <term><varname>TargetSec=</varname></term>
3924        <listitem>
3925          <para>Takes a timespan. Specifies the acceptable minimum standing/persistent queue delay.
3926          Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3927        </listitem>
3928      </varlistentry>
3929
3930      <varlistentry>
3931        <term><varname>IntervalSec=</varname></term>
3932        <listitem>
3933          <para>Takes a timespan. This is used to ensure that the measured minimum delay does not
3934          become too stale. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3935        </listitem>
3936      </varlistentry>
3937
3938      <varlistentry>
3939        <term><varname>ECN=</varname></term>
3940        <listitem>
3941          <para>Takes a boolean. This can be used to mark packets instead of dropping them. Defaults to
3942          unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3943        </listitem>
3944      </varlistentry>
3945
3946      <varlistentry>
3947        <term><varname>CEThresholdSec=</varname></term>
3948        <listitem>
3949          <para>Takes a timespan. This sets a threshold above which all packets are marked with ECN
3950          Congestion Experienced (CE). Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
3951        </listitem>
3952      </varlistentry>
3953    </variablelist>
3954  </refsect1>
3955
3956  <refsect1>
3957    <title>[DeficitRoundRobinScheduler] Section Options</title>
3958    <para>The [DeficitRoundRobinScheduler] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of Deficit Round
3959    Robin Scheduler (DRR).</para>
3960
3961    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3962      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3963      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3964    </variablelist>
3965  </refsect1>
3966
3967  <refsect1>
3968    <title>[DeficitRoundRobinSchedulerClass] Section Options</title>
3969    <para>The [DeficitRoundRobinSchedulerClass] section manages the traffic control class of Deficit Round
3970    Robin Scheduler (DRR).</para>
3971
3972    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3973      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-parent" />
3974      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-classid" />
3975
3976      <varlistentry>
3977        <term><varname>QuantumBytes=</varname></term>
3978        <listitem>
3979          <para>Specifies the amount of bytes a flow is allowed to dequeue before the scheduler moves
3980          to the next class. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes,
3981          Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to the MTU of the
3982          interface.</para>
3983        </listitem>
3984      </varlistentry>
3985
3986    </variablelist>
3987  </refsect1>
3988
3989  <refsect1>
3990    <title>[EnhancedTransmissionSelection] Section Options</title>
3991    <para>The [EnhancedTransmissionSelection] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of Enhanced
3992    Transmission Selection (ETS).</para>
3993
3994    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
3995      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
3996      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
3997
3998      <varlistentry>
3999        <term><varname>Bands=</varname></term>
4000        <listitem>
4001          <para>Specifies the number of bands. An unsigned integer in the range 1…16. This value has to be at
4002          least large enough to cover the strict bands specified through the <varname>StrictBands=</varname>
4003          and bandwidth-sharing bands specified in <varname>QuantumBytes=</varname>.</para>
4004        </listitem>
4005      </varlistentry>
4006
4007      <varlistentry>
4008        <term><varname>StrictBands=</varname></term>
4009        <listitem>
4010          <para>Specifies the number of bands that should be created in strict mode. An unsigned integer in
4011          the range 1…16.</para>
4012        </listitem>
4013      </varlistentry>
4014
4015      <varlistentry>
4016        <term><varname>QuantumBytes=</varname></term>
4017        <listitem>
4018          <para>Specifies the white-space separated list of quantum used in band-sharing bands. When
4019          suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes,
4020          respectively, to the base of 1024. This setting can be specified multiple times. If an empty
4021          string is assigned, then the all previous assignments are cleared.</para>
4022        </listitem>
4023      </varlistentry>
4024
4025      <varlistentry>
4026        <term><varname>PriorityMap=</varname></term>
4027        <listitem>
4028          <para>The priority map maps the priority of a packet to a band. The argument is a whitespace
4029          separated list of numbers. The first number indicates which band the packets with priority 0 should
4030          be put to, the second is for priority 1, and so on. There can be up to 16 numbers in the list. If
4031          there are fewer, the default band that traffic with one of the unmentioned priorities goes to is
4032          the last one. Each band number must be in the range 0…255. This setting can be specified multiple
4033          times. If an empty string is assigned, then the all previous assignments are cleared.</para>
4034        </listitem>
4035      </varlistentry>
4036    </variablelist>
4037  </refsect1>
4038
4039  <refsect1>
4040    <title>[GenericRandomEarlyDetection] Section Options</title>
4041    <para>The [GenericRandomEarlyDetection] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of Generic Random
4042    Early Detection (GRED).</para>
4043
4044    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
4045      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
4046      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
4047
4048      <varlistentry>
4049        <term><varname>VirtualQueues=</varname></term>
4050        <listitem>
4051          <para>Specifies the number of virtual queues. Takes an integer in the range 1…16. Defaults to unset
4052          and kernel's default is used.</para>
4053        </listitem>
4054      </varlistentry>
4055
4056      <varlistentry>
4057        <term><varname>DefaultVirtualQueue=</varname></term>
4058        <listitem>
4059          <para>Specifies the number of default virtual queue. This must be less than <varname>VirtualQueue=</varname>.
4060          Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4061        </listitem>
4062      </varlistentry>
4063
4064      <varlistentry>
4065        <term><varname>GenericRIO=</varname></term>
4066        <listitem>
4067          <para>Takes a boolean. It turns on the RIO-like buffering scheme. Defaults to
4068          unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4069        </listitem>
4070      </varlistentry>
4071    </variablelist>
4072  </refsect1>
4073
4074  <refsect1>
4075    <title>[FairQueueingControlledDelay] Section Options</title>
4076    <para>The [FairQueueingControlledDelay] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of fair queuing
4077    controlled delay (FQ-CoDel).</para>
4078
4079    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
4080      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
4081      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
4082
4083      <varlistentry>
4084        <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
4085        <listitem>
4086          <para>Specifies the hard limit on the real queue size. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
4087          dropped. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4088        </listitem>
4089      </varlistentry>
4090
4091      <varlistentry>
4092        <term><varname>MemoryLimitBytes=</varname></term>
4093        <listitem>
4094          <para>Specifies the limit on the total number of bytes that can be queued in this FQ-CoDel instance.
4095          When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes,
4096          respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4097        </listitem>
4098      </varlistentry>
4099
4100      <varlistentry>
4101        <term><varname>Flows=</varname></term>
4102        <listitem>
4103          <para>Specifies the number of flows into which the incoming packets are classified.
4104          Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4105        </listitem>
4106      </varlistentry>
4107
4108      <varlistentry>
4109        <term><varname>TargetSec=</varname></term>
4110        <listitem>
4111          <para>Takes a timespan. Specifies the acceptable minimum standing/persistent queue delay.
4112          Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4113        </listitem>
4114      </varlistentry>
4115
4116      <varlistentry>
4117        <term><varname>IntervalSec=</varname></term>
4118        <listitem>
4119          <para>Takes a timespan. This is used to ensure that the measured minimum delay does not
4120          become too stale. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4121        </listitem>
4122      </varlistentry>
4123
4124      <varlistentry>
4125        <term><varname>QuantumBytes=</varname></term>
4126        <listitem>
4127          <para>Specifies the number of bytes used as the "deficit" in the fair queuing algorithm timespan.
4128          When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes,
4129          respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4130        </listitem>
4131      </varlistentry>
4132
4133      <varlistentry>
4134        <term><varname>ECN=</varname></term>
4135        <listitem>
4136          <para>Takes a boolean. This can be used to mark packets instead of dropping them. Defaults to
4137          unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4138        </listitem>
4139      </varlistentry>
4140
4141      <varlistentry>
4142        <term><varname>CEThresholdSec=</varname></term>
4143        <listitem>
4144          <para>Takes a timespan. This sets a threshold above which all packets are marked with ECN
4145          Congestion Experienced (CE). Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4146        </listitem>
4147      </varlistentry>
4148    </variablelist>
4149  </refsect1>
4150
4151  <refsect1>
4152    <title>[FairQueueing] Section Options</title>
4153    <para>The [FairQueueing] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of fair queue traffic policing
4154    (FQ).</para>
4155
4156    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
4157      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
4158      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
4159
4160      <varlistentry>
4161        <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
4162        <listitem>
4163          <para>Specifies the hard limit on the real queue size. When this limit is reached, incoming packets are
4164          dropped. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4165        </listitem>
4166      </varlistentry>
4167
4168      <varlistentry>
4169        <term><varname>FlowLimit=</varname></term>
4170        <listitem>
4171          <para>Specifies the hard limit on the maximum number of packets queued per flow. Defaults to
4172          unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4173        </listitem>
4174      </varlistentry>
4175
4176      <varlistentry>
4177        <term><varname>QuantumBytes=</varname></term>
4178        <listitem>
4179          <para>Specifies the credit per dequeue RR round, i.e. the amount of bytes a flow is allowed
4180          to dequeue at once. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes,
4181          Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and kernel's
4182          default is used.</para>
4183        </listitem>
4184      </varlistentry>
4185
4186      <varlistentry>
4187        <term><varname>InitialQuantumBytes=</varname></term>
4188        <listitem>
4189          <para>Specifies the initial sending rate credit, i.e. the amount of bytes a new flow is
4190          allowed to dequeue initially. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as
4191          Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024. Defaults to unset and
4192          kernel's default is used.</para>
4193        </listitem>
4194      </varlistentry>
4195
4196      <varlistentry>
4197        <term><varname>MaximumRate=</varname></term>
4198        <listitem>
4199          <para>Specifies the maximum sending rate of a flow. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the
4200          specified size is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively, to the base of
4201          1000. Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4202        </listitem>
4203      </varlistentry>
4204
4205      <varlistentry>
4206        <term><varname>Buckets=</varname></term>
4207        <listitem>
4208          <para>Specifies the size of the hash table used for flow lookups. Defaults to unset and
4209          kernel's default is used.</para>
4210        </listitem>
4211      </varlistentry>
4212
4213      <varlistentry>
4214        <term><varname>OrphanMask=</varname></term>
4215        <listitem>
4216          <para>Takes an unsigned integer. For packets not owned by a socket, fq is able to mask a part
4217          of hash and reduce number of buckets associated with the traffic. Defaults to unset and
4218          kernel's default is used.</para>
4219        </listitem>
4220      </varlistentry>
4221
4222      <varlistentry>
4223        <term><varname>Pacing=</varname></term>
4224        <listitem>
4225          <para>Takes a boolean, and enables or disables flow pacing. Defaults to unset and kernel's
4226          default is used.</para>
4227        </listitem>
4228      </varlistentry>
4229
4230      <varlistentry>
4231        <term><varname>CEThresholdSec=</varname></term>
4232        <listitem>
4233          <para>Takes a timespan. This sets a threshold above which all packets are marked with ECN
4234          Congestion Experienced (CE). Defaults to unset and kernel's default is used.</para>
4235        </listitem>
4236      </varlistentry>
4237    </variablelist>
4238  </refsect1>
4239
4240  <refsect1>
4241    <title>[TrivialLinkEqualizer] Section Options</title>
4242    <para>The [TrivialLinkEqualizer] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of trivial link
4243    equalizer (teql).</para>
4244
4245    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
4246      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
4247      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
4248
4249      <varlistentry>
4250        <term><varname>Id=</varname></term>
4251        <listitem>
4252          <para>Specifies the interface ID <literal>N</literal> of teql. Defaults to <literal>0</literal>.
4253          Note that when teql is used, currently, the module <constant>sch_teql</constant> with
4254          <constant>max_equalizers=N+1</constant> option must be loaded before
4255          <command>systemd-networkd</command> is started.</para>
4256        </listitem>
4257      </varlistentry>
4258    </variablelist>
4259  </refsect1>
4260
4261  <refsect1>
4262    <title>[HierarchyTokenBucket] Section Options</title>
4263    <para>The [HierarchyTokenBucket] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of hierarchy token
4264    bucket (htb).</para>
4265
4266    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
4267      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
4268      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
4269
4270      <varlistentry>
4271        <term><varname>DefaultClass=</varname></term>
4272        <listitem>
4273          <para>Takes the minor id in hexadecimal of the default class. Unclassified traffic gets sent
4274          to the class. Defaults to unset.</para>
4275        </listitem>
4276      </varlistentry>
4277
4278      <varlistentry>
4279        <term><varname>RateToQuantum=</varname></term>
4280        <listitem>
4281          <para>Takes an unsigned integer. The DRR quantums are calculated by dividing the value
4282          configured in <varname>Rate=</varname> by <varname>RateToQuantum=</varname>.</para>
4283        </listitem>
4284      </varlistentry>
4285    </variablelist>
4286  </refsect1>
4287
4288  <refsect1>
4289    <title>[HierarchyTokenBucketClass] Section Options</title>
4290    <para>The [HierarchyTokenBucketClass] section manages the traffic control class of hierarchy token bucket
4291    (htb).</para>
4292
4293    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
4294      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-parent" />
4295      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-classid" />
4296
4297      <varlistentry>
4298        <term><varname>Priority=</varname></term>
4299        <listitem>
4300          <para>Specifies the priority of the class. In the round-robin process, classes with the lowest
4301          priority field are tried for packets first.</para>
4302        </listitem>
4303      </varlistentry>
4304
4305      <varlistentry>
4306        <term><varname>QuantumBytes=</varname></term>
4307        <listitem>
4308          <para>Specifies how many bytes to serve from leaf at once. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the
4309          specified size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of
4310          1024.</para>
4311        </listitem>
4312      </varlistentry>
4313
4314      <varlistentry>
4315        <term><varname>MTUBytes=</varname></term>
4316        <listitem>
4317          <para>Specifies the maximum packet size we create. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified
4318          size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024.</para>
4319        </listitem>
4320      </varlistentry>
4321
4322      <varlistentry>
4323        <term><varname>OverheadBytes=</varname></term>
4324        <listitem>
4325          <para>Takes an unsigned integer which specifies per-packet size overhead used in rate
4326          computations. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes,
4327          Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of 1024.</para>
4328        </listitem>
4329      </varlistentry>
4330
4331      <varlistentry>
4332        <term><varname>Rate=</varname></term>
4333        <listitem>
4334          <para>Specifies the maximum rate this class and all its children are guaranteed. When suffixed
4335          with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits, respectively,
4336          to the base of 1000. This setting is mandatory.</para>
4337        </listitem>
4338      </varlistentry>
4339
4340      <varlistentry>
4341        <term><varname>CeilRate=</varname></term>
4342        <listitem>
4343          <para>Specifies the maximum rate at which a class can send, if its parent has bandwidth to spare.
4344          When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobits, Megabits, or Gigabits,
4345          respectively, to the base of 1000. When unset, the value specified with <varname>Rate=</varname>
4346          is used.</para>
4347        </listitem>
4348      </varlistentry>
4349
4350      <varlistentry>
4351        <term><varname>BufferBytes=</varname></term>
4352        <listitem>
4353          <para>Specifies the maximum bytes burst which can be accumulated during idle period. When suffixed
4354          with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively,
4355          to the base of 1024.</para>
4356        </listitem>
4357      </varlistentry>
4358
4359      <varlistentry>
4360        <term><varname>CeilBufferBytes=</varname></term>
4361        <listitem>
4362          <para>Specifies the maximum bytes burst for ceil which can be accumulated during idle period.
4363          When suffixed with K, M, or G, the specified size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes,
4364          respectively, to the base of 1024.</para>
4365        </listitem>
4366      </varlistentry>
4367    </variablelist>
4368  </refsect1>
4369
4370  <refsect1>
4371    <title>[HeavyHitterFilter] Section Options</title>
4372    <para>The [HeavyHitterFilter] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of Heavy Hitter Filter
4373    (hhf).</para>
4374
4375    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
4376      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
4377      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
4378
4379      <varlistentry>
4380        <term><varname>PacketLimit=</varname></term>
4381        <listitem>
4382          <para>Specifies the hard limit on the queue size in number of packets. When this limit is reached,
4383          incoming packets are dropped. An unsigned integer in the range 0…4294967294. Defaults to unset and
4384          kernel's default is used.</para>
4385        </listitem>
4386      </varlistentry>
4387    </variablelist>
4388  </refsect1>
4389
4390  <refsect1>
4391    <title>[QuickFairQueueing] Section Options</title>
4392    <para>The [QuickFairQueueing] section manages the queueing discipline (qdisc) of Quick Fair Queueing
4393    (QFQ).</para>
4394
4395    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
4396      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-parent" />
4397      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="qdisc-handle" />
4398    </variablelist>
4399  </refsect1>
4400
4401  <refsect1>
4402    <title>[QuickFairQueueingClass] Section Options</title>
4403    <para>The [QuickFairQueueingClass] section manages the traffic control class of Quick Fair Queueing
4404    (qfq).</para>
4405
4406    <variablelist class='network-directives'>
4407      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-parent" />
4408      <xi:include href="tc.xml" xpointer="tclass-classid" />
4409
4410      <varlistentry>
4411        <term><varname>Weight=</varname></term>
4412        <listitem>
4413          <para>Specifies the weight of the class. Takes an integer in the range 1…1023. Defaults to
4414          unset in which case the kernel default is used.</para>
4415        </listitem>
4416      </varlistentry>
4417
4418      <varlistentry>
4419        <term><varname>MaxPacketBytes=</varname></term>
4420        <listitem>
4421          <para>Specifies the maximum packet size in bytes for the class. When suffixed with K, M, or G, the
4422          specified size is parsed as Kilobytes, Megabytes, or Gigabytes, respectively, to the base of
4423          1024. When unset, the kernel default is used.</para>
4424        </listitem>
4425      </varlistentry>
4426    </variablelist>
4427  </refsect1>
4428
4429  <refsect1>
4430    <title>[BridgeVLAN] Section Options</title>
4431      <para>The [BridgeVLAN] section manages the VLAN ID configuration of a bridge port and accepts the
4432      following keys. Specify several [BridgeVLAN] sections to configure several VLAN entries. The
4433      <varname>VLANFiltering=</varname> option has to be enabled, see the [Bridge] section in
4434      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
4435
4436      <variablelist class='network-directives'>
4437        <varlistentry>
4438          <term><varname>VLAN=</varname></term>
4439          <listitem>
4440            <para>The VLAN ID allowed on the port. This can be either a single ID or a range M-N. Takes
4441            an integer in the range 1…4094.</para>
4442          </listitem>
4443        </varlistentry>
4444        <varlistentry>
4445          <term><varname>EgressUntagged=</varname></term>
4446          <listitem>
4447            <para>The VLAN ID specified here will be used to untag frames on egress. Configuring
4448            <varname>EgressUntagged=</varname> implicates the use of <varname>VLAN=</varname> above and will enable the
4449            VLAN ID for ingress as well. This can be either a single ID or a range M-N.</para>
4450          </listitem>
4451        </varlistentry>
4452        <varlistentry>
4453          <term><varname>PVID=</varname></term>
4454          <listitem>
4455            <para>The Port VLAN ID specified here is assigned to all untagged frames at ingress.
4456            <varname>PVID=</varname> can be used only once. Configuring <varname>PVID=</varname> implicates the use of
4457            <varname>VLAN=</varname> above and will enable the VLAN ID for ingress as well.</para>
4458          </listitem>
4459        </varlistentry>
4460      </variablelist>
4461  </refsect1>
4462
4463  <refsect1>
4464    <title>Examples</title>
4465    <example>
4466      <title>Static network configuration</title>
4467
4468      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/50-static.network
4469[Match]
4470Name=enp2s0
4471
4472[Network]
4473Address=192.168.0.15/24
4474Gateway=192.168.0.1</programlisting>
4475
4476      <para>This brings interface <literal>enp2s0</literal> up with a static address. The
4477      specified gateway will be used for a default route.</para>
4478    </example>
4479
4480    <example>
4481      <title>DHCP on ethernet links</title>
4482
4483      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/80-dhcp.network
4484[Match]
4485Name=en*
4486
4487[Network]
4488DHCP=yes</programlisting>
4489
4490      <para>This will enable DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 on all interfaces with names starting with
4491      <literal>en</literal> (i.e. ethernet interfaces).</para>
4492    </example>
4493
4494    <example>
4495      <title>IPv6 Prefix Delegation (DHCPv6 PD)</title>
4496
4497      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/55-dhcpv6-pd-upstream.network
4498[Match]
4499Name=enp1s0
4500
4501[Network]
4502DHCP=ipv6
4503
4504# The below setting is optional, to also assign an address in the delegated prefix
4505# to the upstream interface. If not necessary, then comment out the line below and
4506# the [DHCPPrefixDelegation] section.
4507DHCPPrefixDelegation=yes
4508
4509# If the upstream network provides Router Advertisement with Managed bit set,
4510# then comment out the line below and WithoutRA= setting in the [DHCPv6] section.
4511IPv6AcceptRA=no
4512
4513[DHCPv6]
4514WithoutRA=solicit
4515
4516[DHCPPrefixDelegation]
4517UplinkInterface=:self
4518SubnetId=0
4519Announce=no</programlisting>
4520
4521      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/55-dhcpv6-pd-downstream.network
4522[Match]
4523Name=enp2s0
4524
4525[Network]
4526DHCPPrefixDelegation=yes
4527IPv6SendRA=yes
4528
4529# It is expected that the host is acting as a router. So, usually it is not
4530# necessary to receive Router Advertisement from other hosts in the downstream network.
4531IPv6AcceptRA=no
4532
4533[DHCPPrefixDelegation]
4534UplinkInterface=enp1s0
4535SubnetId=1
4536Announce=yes</programlisting>
4537
4538      <para>This will enable DHCPv6-PD on the interface enp1s0 as an upstream interface where the
4539      DHCPv6 client is running and enp2s0 as a downstream interface where the prefix is delegated to.
4540      The delegated prefixes are distributed by IPv6 Router Advertisement on the downstream network.
4541      </para>
4542    </example>
4543
4544    <example>
4545      <title>IPv6 Prefix Delegation (DHCPv4 6RD)</title>
4546
4547      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/55-dhcpv4-6rd-upstream.network
4548[Match]
4549Name=enp1s0
4550
4551[Network]
4552DHCP=ipv4
4553
4554# When DHCPv4-6RD is used, the upstream network does not support IPv6.
4555# Hence, it is not necessary to wait for Router Advertisement, which is enabled by default.
4556IPv6AcceptRA=no
4557
4558[DHCPv4]
4559Use6RD=yes</programlisting>
4560
4561      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/55-dhcpv4-6rd-downstream.network
4562[Match]
4563Name=enp2s0
4564
4565[Network]
4566DHCPPrefixDelegation=yes
4567IPv6SendRA=yes
4568
4569# It is expected that the host is acting as a router. So, usually it is not
4570# necessary to receive Router Advertisement from other hosts in the downstream network.
4571IPv6AcceptRA=no
4572
4573[DHCPPrefixDelegation]
4574UplinkInterface=enp1s0
4575SubnetId=1
4576Announce=yes</programlisting>
4577
4578      <para>This will enable DHCPv4-6RD on the interface enp1s0 as an upstream interface where the
4579      DHCPv4 client is running and enp2s0 as a downstream interface where the prefix is delegated to.
4580      The delegated prefixes are distributed by IPv6 Router Advertisement on the downstream network.
4581      </para>
4582    </example>
4583
4584    <example>
4585      <title>A bridge with two enslaved links</title>
4586
4587      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-static.network
4588[Match]
4589Name=bridge0
4590
4591[Network]
4592Address=192.168.0.15/24
4593Gateway=192.168.0.1
4594DNS=192.168.0.1</programlisting>
4595
4596      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-slave-interface-1.network
4597[Match]
4598Name=enp2s0
4599
4600[Network]
4601Bridge=bridge0</programlisting>
4602
4603      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-slave-interface-2.network
4604[Match]
4605Name=wlp3s0
4606
4607[Network]
4608Bridge=bridge0</programlisting>
4609
4610      <para>This creates a bridge and attaches devices <literal>enp2s0</literal> and
4611      <literal>wlp3s0</literal> to it. The bridge will have the specified static address
4612      and network assigned, and a default route via the specified gateway will be
4613      added. The specified DNS server will be added to the global list of DNS resolvers.
4614      </para>
4615    </example>
4616
4617    <example>
4618      <title>Bridge port with VLAN forwarding</title>
4619
4620      <programlisting>
4621# /etc/systemd/network/25-bridge-slave-interface-1.network
4622[Match]
4623Name=enp2s0
4624
4625[Network]
4626Bridge=bridge0
4627
4628[BridgeVLAN]
4629VLAN=1-32
4630PVID=42
4631EgressUntagged=42
4632
4633[BridgeVLAN]
4634VLAN=100-200
4635
4636[BridgeVLAN]
4637EgressUntagged=300-400</programlisting>
4638
4639    <para>This overrides the configuration specified in the previous example for the
4640    interface <literal>enp2s0</literal>, and enables VLAN on that bridge port. VLAN IDs
4641    1-32, 42, 100-400 will be allowed. Packets tagged with VLAN IDs 42, 300-400 will be
4642    untagged when they leave on this interface. Untagged packets which arrive on this
4643    interface will be assigned VLAN ID 42.</para>
4644    </example>
4645
4646    <example>
4647      <title>Various tunnels</title>
4648
4649      <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnels.network
4650[Match]
4651Name=ens1
4652
4653[Network]
4654Tunnel=ipip-tun
4655Tunnel=sit-tun
4656Tunnel=gre-tun
4657Tunnel=vti-tun
4658      </programlisting>
4659
4660      <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-ipip.netdev
4661[NetDev]
4662Name=ipip-tun
4663Kind=ipip
4664      </programlisting>
4665
4666      <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-sit.netdev
4667[NetDev]
4668Name=sit-tun
4669Kind=sit
4670      </programlisting>
4671
4672      <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-gre.netdev
4673[NetDev]
4674Name=gre-tun
4675Kind=gre
4676      </programlisting>
4677
4678      <programlisting>/etc/systemd/network/25-tunnel-vti.netdev
4679[NetDev]
4680Name=vti-tun
4681Kind=vti
4682      </programlisting>
4683
4684      <para>This will bring interface <literal>ens1</literal> up and create an IPIP tunnel,
4685      a SIT tunnel, a GRE tunnel, and a VTI tunnel using it.</para>
4686    </example>
4687
4688    <example>
4689      <title>A bond device</title>
4690
4691      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1.network
4692[Match]
4693Name=bond1
4694
4695[Network]
4696DHCP=ipv6
4697</programlisting>
4698
4699      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1.netdev
4700[NetDev]
4701Name=bond1
4702Kind=bond
4703</programlisting>
4704
4705      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1-dev1.network
4706[Match]
4707MACAddress=52:54:00:e9:64:41
4708
4709[Network]
4710Bond=bond1
4711</programlisting>
4712
4713      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/30-bond1-dev2.network
4714[Match]
4715MACAddress=52:54:00:e9:64:42
4716
4717[Network]
4718Bond=bond1
4719</programlisting>
4720
4721    <para>This will create a bond device <literal>bond1</literal> and enslave the two
4722    devices with MAC addresses 52:54:00:e9:64:41 and 52:54:00:e9:64:42 to it. IPv6 DHCP
4723    will be used to acquire an address.</para>
4724    </example>
4725
4726    <example>
4727      <title>Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)</title>
4728      <para>Add the <literal>bond1</literal> interface to the VRF master interface
4729      <literal>vrf1</literal>. This will redirect routes generated on this interface to be
4730      within the routing table defined during VRF creation. For kernels before 4.8 traffic
4731      won't be redirected towards the VRFs routing table unless specific ip-rules are added.
4732      </para>
4733      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/25-vrf.network
4734[Match]
4735Name=bond1
4736
4737[Network]
4738VRF=vrf1
4739</programlisting>
4740    </example>
4741
4742    <example>
4743      <title>MacVTap</title>
4744      <para>This brings up a network interface <literal>macvtap-test</literal>
4745      and attaches it to <literal>enp0s25</literal>.</para>
4746      <programlisting># /usr/lib/systemd/network/25-macvtap.network
4747[Match]
4748Name=enp0s25
4749
4750[Network]
4751MACVTAP=macvtap-test
4752</programlisting>
4753    </example>
4754
4755    <example>
4756      <title>A Xfrm interface with physical underlying device.</title>
4757
4758      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/27-xfrm.netdev
4759[NetDev]
4760Name=xfrm0
4761Kind=xfrm
4762
4763[Xfrm]
4764InterfaceId=7</programlisting>
4765
4766      <programlisting># /etc/systemd/network/27-eth0.network
4767[Match]
4768Name=eth0
4769
4770[Network]
4771Xfrm=xfrm0</programlisting>
4772
4773      <para>This creates a <literal>xfrm0</literal> interface and binds it to the <literal>eth0</literal> device.
4774      This allows hardware based ipsec offloading to the <literal>eth0</literal> nic.
4775      If offloading is not needed, xfrm interfaces can be assigned to the <literal>lo</literal> device.
4776      </para>
4777    </example>
4778  </refsect1>
4779
4780  <refsect1>
4781    <title>See Also</title>
4782    <para>
4783      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
4784      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-networkd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
4785      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.link</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
4786      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.netdev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
4787      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-network-generator.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
4788      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
4789    </para>
4790  </refsect1>
4791
4792</refentry>
4793