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Use unique interface name prefix for each tunnel type
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Description

Currently, whatever the encapsulation used, tunnel interfaces are called tunX. This is problematic.

For all other interfaces, the name can be used to figure out the python interface class that should be used to manipulate the underlying Linux interface.
GRE and SIT interfaces are not the same and are not built the same way but both are called tunX.

Having a unique name prefix per interface type is a good feature to have as it make the code generic and consistent.

I would therefore suggest that tunnels should have different names for different interfaces, removing the need for the “encapsulation” keyword.

The first step could be to not allow the creation of tunnel interfaces with the name tun and infer the encapsulation from the name, with perhaps a view down the line to move each tunnel type to a unique "interface" section.

Details

Difficulty level
Hard (possibly days)
Version
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Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
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dmbaturin subscribed.

It may be a good idea, but it sure needs a serious and broad discussion. I'm moving it to 1.4 for now, though we may move it back if we have time before the freeze.

dmbaturin renamed this task from change the syntax for tunnel interfaces to Use unique interface name prefix for each tunnel type.Jun 25 2020, 5:39 AM
Viacheslav changed Difficulty level from Unknown (require assessment) to Hard (possibly days).
dmbaturin set Issue type to Unspecified (please specify).