HarishPillay

h.pillay@ieee.org

This is a cookbook recipe on how to set up and run IP aliasing on a Linux box and how to set up the machine to receive e-mail on the aliased IP addresses.2001-01-231.22001-01-26JEY1.12001-01-24JEY1.01997-01-13HPJoyYokleyConverted document from HTML to DocBook v4.1 (SGML)IP Alias is standard in kernels 2.0.x and 2.2.x, and available as a compile-time option in 2.4.x (IP Alias has been deprecated in 2.4.x and replaced by a more powerful firewalling mechanism.) IP Alias compiled as a loadable module. You would have indicated in the "make config" command to make your kernel, that you want the IP Masq to be compiled as a (M)odule. Check the Modules HOW-TO (if that exists) or check the info in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/modules.txt.I have to support 2 additional IPs over and above the IP already allocated to me.A D-Link DE620 pocket adapter (not important, works with any Linux supported network adapter).Load the IP Alias module (you can skip this step if you compiled the module into the kernel):/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ipv4/ip_alias.oSetup the loopback, eth0, and all the IP addresses beginning with the main IP address for the eth0 interface:/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 172.16.3.1 /sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 172.16.3.10 /sbin/ifconfig eth0:1 172.16.3.100172.16.3.1 is the main IP address, while .10 and .100 are the aliases. The magic is the eth0:x where x=0,1,2,...n for the different IP addresses. The main IP address does not need to be aliased.Setup the routes. First route the loopback, then the net, and finally, the various IP addresses starting with the default (originally allocated) one:/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 /sbin/route add -net 172.16.3.0 dev eth0 /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.1 dev eth0 /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.10 dev eth0:0 /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.100 dev eth0:1 /sbin/route add default gw 172.16.3.200That's it.In the example IP address above, I am using the Private IP addresses (RFC 1918) for illustrative purposes. Substitute them with your own official or private IP addresses.The example shows only 3 IP addresses. The max is defined to be 256 in /usr/include/linux/net_alias.h. 256 IP addresses on ONE card is a lot :-)!Here's what my /sbin/ifconfig looks like:lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:5088 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:5088 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 eth0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:8E:B8:83:19:20 inet addr:172.16.3.1 Bcast:172.16.3.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:334036 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:11605 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 Interrupt:7 Base address:0x378 eth0:0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:8E:B8:83:19:20 inet addr:172.16.3.10 Bcast:172.16.3.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 eth0:1 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:8E:B8:83:19:20 inet addr:172.16.3.100 Bcast:172.16.3.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0And /proc/net/aliases:device family address eth0:0 2 172.16.3.10 eth0:1 2 172.16.3.100And /proc/net/alias_types: type name n_attach 2 ip 2Of course, the stuff in /proc/net was created by the ifconfig command and not by hand!Answer: Whether you are using BSD-style or SysV-style (Redhatent for example) init, you can always include it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Here's what I have on my SysV init system (Redhatent 3.0.3 and 4.0):My /etc/rc.d/rc.local: (edited to show the relevant portions)#setting up IP alias interfaces echo "Setting 172.16.3.1, 172.16.3.10, 172.16.3.100 IP Aliases ..." /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 172.16.3.1 /sbin/ifconfig eth0:0 172.16.3.10 /sbin/ifconfig eth0:1 172.16.3.100 #setting up the routes echo "Setting IP routes ..." /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 /sbin/route add -net 172.16.3.0 dev eth0 /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.1 eth0 /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.10 eth0:0 /sbin/route add -host 172.16.3.100 eth0:1 /sbin/route add default gw 172.16.3.200 # Answer: Create (if it doesn't already exist) a file called, /etc/mynames.cw,for example. The file does not have to be this exact name nor in the /etc directory.In that file, place the official domain names of the aliased IP addresses. If these aliased IP addresses do not have a domain name, then you can place the IP address itself. The /etc/mynames.cw might look like this:# /etc/mynames.cw - include all aliases for your machine here; # is a comment domain.one.net domain.two.com domain.three.org 4.5.6.7 In your sendmail.cf file, where it defines a file class macro Fw, add the following: ################## # local info # ################## # file containing names of hosts for which we receive email Fw/etc/mynames.cw That should do it. Test out the new setting by invoking sendmail in test mode. The following is an example:ganymede$ /usr/lib/sendmail -bt ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked) Enter ent rulesetent ent addressent ent 0 me@4.5.6.7 rewrite: ruleset 0 input: me @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 rewrite: ruleset 98 input: me @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 rewrite: ruleset 98 returns: me @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 rewrite: ruleset 97 input: me @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 rewrite: ruleset 3 input: me @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 rewrite: ruleset 96 input: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 ent rewrite: ruleset 96 returns: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . ent rewrite: ruleset 3 returns: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . ent rewrite: ruleset 0 input: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . ent rewrite: ruleset 98 input: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . ent rewrite: ruleset 98 returns: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . ent rewrite: ruleset 0 returns: $# local $: me rewrite: ruleset 97 returns: $# local $: me rewrite: ruleset 0 returns: $# local $: me ent 0 me@4.5.6.8 rewrite: ruleset 0 input: me @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 rewrite: ruleset 98 input: me @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 rewrite: ruleset 98 returns: me @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 rewrite: ruleset 97 input: me @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 rewrite: ruleset 3 input: me @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 rewrite: ruleset 96 input: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 ent rewrite: ruleset 96 returns: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 ent rewrite: ruleset 3 returns: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 ent rewrite: ruleset 0 input: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 ent rewrite: ruleset 98 input: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 ent rewrite: ruleset 98 returns: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 ent rewrite: ruleset 95 input: ent ent me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 ent rewrite: ruleset 95 returns: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 ent rewrite: ruleset 0 returns: $# smtp $@ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 $: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 ent rewrite: ruleset 97 returns: $# smtp $@ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 $: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 ent rewrite: ruleset 0 returns: $# smtp $@ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 $: me ent @ 4 . 5 . 6 . 8 ent entNotice when I tested me@4.5.6.7, it delivered the mail to the local machine, while me@4.5.6.8 was handed off to the smtp mailer. That is the correct response.You are all set now.Thanks to all those who have done this great work on Linux and IP Aliasing. And especially to Juan Jose Ciarlante for clarifying my questions.Kudos to the ace programmers!If you find this document useful or have suggestions on improvements, email me at h.pillay@ieee.org.Enjoy.For additional information on networking, you may want to consult the The Linux Networking Overview HOWTO.