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Setup Policy Based Routing with NetworkManager

How To


Summary

Setup Policy Based Routing with NetworkManager

Objective

Traffic must route back out the interface it is received on --  No asymmetric routing. 

Traffic in         Traffic out
bond1       ->   bond1
bond0       ->   bond0 
 

Steps

# nmcli con add type ethernet con-name <IFACE> ifname <IFACE>
# nmcli con add type ethernet con-name <IFACE> ifname <IFACE>
# nmcli con mod <IFACE> ip4 <ip-addresss/prefix> gw4 <ip-addresss>
# nmcli con mod <IFACE> ip4 <ip-addresss/prefix> gw4 <ip-addresss>
# nmcli con mod <IFACE> ipv4.route-table <N> 
# nmcli con mod <IFACE> ipv4.routing-rules 'priority <N> iif <IFACE> table <N>'
# nmcli con mod <IFACE> ipv4.routing-rules 'priority <N> from <ip-addresss> table <N>'
# nmcli device reapply <IFACE>

/// ***** Example ***** ///


(From a console or logged in via bond0 IP)

# nmcli con add type ethernet con-name bond0 ifname bond0
# nmcli con add type ethernet con-name bond1 ifname bond1
# nmcli con mod bond0 ip4 192.168.2.180/24 gw4 192.168.2.1
# nmcli con mod bond1 ip4 192.168.1.180/24 gw4 192.168.1.1
# nmcli con mod bond1 ipv4.route-table 10
# nmcli con mod bond1 ipv4.routing-rules "priority 10 iif bond1 table 10"
# nmcli con mod bond1 +ipv4.routing-rules "priority 10 from 192.168.1.180 table 10"
# nmcli device reapply bond1

 

/// ***** verify routing table ***** ///
 
# ip route show table main
default via <ip-addresss> dev <IFACE> proto static metric 100 
<NETWORK/PREFIX> dev <IFACE> proto kernel scope link src <ip-addresss> metric 100 
 
# ip route show table 10
default via <ip-addresss> dev <IFACE> proto static metric 101 
<NETWORK/PREFIX> dev <IFACE> proto kernel scope link src <ip-addresss> metric 101 

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Document Information

More support for:
SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER

Component:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux->NetworkManager

Software version:
All Versions

Document number:
6599935

Modified date:
05 July 2022

UID

ibm16599935

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