MirredAction

The MirredAction supports packet mirroring and packet rediection.

class MirredAction(action_index: Optional[int] = None, *, mirred_action: str, direction: str, to_dev: str)

This class supports the tc(8) mirred action as documented in tc-mirred(8).

Parameters:

• action_index – an integer that effectively names the action

• mirred_action – either mirror or redirect

• direction – either ingress or egress

• to_dev – destination interface

MIRROR = 'mirror'

mirred mirroring action

REDIRECT = 'redirect'

mirred redirect action

EGRESS = 'egress'

Direction for packets to be sent out

INGRESS = 'ingress'

Direction for packets to be received

get_destination_interface() → str

Returns the name of the destination interface

get_mirred_action() → str

Returns the mirred action, either MirredAction.MIRROR or MirredAction.REDIRECT

get_direction() → Optional[int]

Returns the direction of the packet when it arrives at the destination interface, either MirredAction.INGRESS or MirredAction.EGRESS

action_creation_args() → List[str]

Returns a list of tc(8) arguments to create this filter

get_action_index() → Optional[int]

Returns the action index

get_kind() → str

Returns the action type