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docs, passt: Clarify some niche passt usage

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Change example logfile path and clarify how complicated all things passt
are.  I chose not to create the non-existing directory because it could
open a whole new can of worms.

Also explain missing `dev` attribute of `<portForward/>`

Resolves: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-1833

Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
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Martin Kletzander 2023-09-02 00:27:05 +02:00
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@ -4902,14 +4902,23 @@ When the passt backend is used, the ``<backend>`` attribute
``logFile`` can be used to tell the passt process for this interface
where to write its message log, and the ``<source>`` attribute ``dev``
can tell it to use a particular host interface to derive the routes
given to the guest for forwarding traffic upstream.
given to the guest for forwarding traffic upstream. Due to the design
decisions of passt, if using SELinux, the log file is recommended to
reside in the runtime directory of a user under which the passt
process will run, most probably ``/run/user/$UID`` where ``$UID`` is
the UID of the user, e.g. ``qemu``. Beware that libvirt does not
create this directory if it does not already exist to avoid possible,
however unlikely, issues, especially since this logfile attribute is
meant mostly for debugging.
Additionally, when passt is used, multiple ``<portForward>`` elements
can be added to forward incoming network traffic for the host to this
guest interface. Each ``<portForward>`` must have a ``proto``
attribute (set to ``tcp`` or ``udp``) and optional original
``address`` (if not specified, then all incoming sessions to any host
IP for the given proto/port(s) will be forwarded to the guest).
attribute (set to ``tcp`` or ``udp``), optional original ``address``
(if not specified, then all incoming sessions to any host IP for the
given proto/port(s) will be forwarded to the guest), and an optional
``dev`` attribute to limit the forwarded traffic to a specific host
interface.
The decision of which ports to forward is described with zero or more
``<range>`` subelements of ``<portForward>`` (if there is no
@ -4934,7 +4943,7 @@ ports **with the exception of some subset**.
<devices>
...
<interface type='user'>
<backend type='passt' logFile='/tmp/passt.log'/>
<backend type='passt' logFile='/run/user/$UID/passt-domain.log'/>
<mac address="00:11:22:33:44:55"/>
<source dev='eth0'/>
<ip family='ipv4' address='172.17.2.4' prefix='24'/>
@ -4946,7 +4955,7 @@ ports **with the exception of some subset**.
<range start='5000' end='5020' to='6000'/>
<range start='5010' end='5015' exclude='yes'/>
</portForward>
<portForward proto='tcp' address='2001:db8:ac10:fd01::1:10'>
<portForward proto='tcp' address='2001:db8:ac10:fd01::1:10' dev='eth0'>
<range start='80'/>
<range start='443' to='344'/>
</portForward>