Markers no longer disqualify the kernel datapath. They ride the NIO like
on the relay path and attach to the veth host end through uBridge's
marker add_kernel/delete_kernel/enable_kernel commands (AF_PACKET taps,
same BPF/direction/signal semantics as the relay mark filter).
- base_node: marker anchors are now polymorphic (relay bridge name or
kernel veth host interface); the reconcile loop is datapath-agnostic
and DockerVM overrides the add/delete/enable primitives to translate
the commands. Marker-name validation extracted for both add paths.
- docker_vm: kernel NIO connect/update apply markers on the veth anchor;
link deletion tears markers down explicitly (the veth survives the
link, unlike a relay bridge whose death drops its filters).
- controller: eligibility and start_marker no longer exclude markers or
project-level marker definitions; the kernel NIO carries the capture
node's marker specs.
- NIO creation accepts markers on kernel NIOs (filters still rejected).
Replace the capture rejection with wiring to uBridge's capture module:
an AF_PACKET socket bound to the veth host end writes into the same pcap
file the relay path uses (capture start_kernel <if> "<pcap>" /
capture stop_kernel), so the pcap streaming to clients is unchanged.
- capture survives node restarts: _connect_nio re-arms it when the NIO
is already capturing, mirroring the relay path
- uBridge's kernel capture is a singleton per process: a concurrent
second capture on the same node surfaces uBridge's EALREADY error
- update the datapath docs: filters and markers remain relay-only,
capture is now served on both datapaths
Eligible links (both endpoints Docker, same compute, no filters/markers,
stopped nodes, no unix-socket NIO containers) are wired as veth pairs
enslaved into a per-link Linux kernel bridge (gns3 + 11 hex of the link
id, filling IFNAMSIZ) instead of the uBridge UDP relay, so frames flow
entirely in the kernel.
- NIOBridge NIO type: the controller decides the datapath in
UDPLink._prepare and both computes enslave their deterministic gv*/gc*
veth pair via uBridge's docker/brctl modules
- carrier/suspend = host-end admin state; both endpoints race-safely
create/delete the bridge (EEXIST/EBUSY/ENOENT tolerated)
- veth adapters can still attach relay (UDP) links on a running node:
lazy relay bridge over AF_PACKET on the host end (add_nio_ethernet)
- filters/markers/capture are rejected with explicit errors on this
datapath (they live in the uBridge relay); vendor unix-socket
containers are excluded; Server.enable_kernel_datapath is the
kill-switch (default on)
- host-end veths survive container death and are removed on stop plus
swept by name on the next start (crash/stale recovery)
Preserve image reconciliation, locking, and regression coverage while integrating upstream release, dependency, typing, and formatting updates. Align feature code with the new Ruff checks.
Only relying on the image name lets a moved tag (e.g. a newer :latest)
silently serve stale content from a compute that already has an image
under the same name. When creating a Docker node, the controller now
pins the image id (Id from the Docker daemon on the controller host)
into the create payload. A compute holding a different image under the
same tag reports the image as missing, which routes it through the
image sync added by the previous commit and re-aligns the tag.
No new template fields or database changes: the controller host daemon
remains the source of truth and the pin is resolved per creation. When
the image is not available on the controller host the pin is omitted
and behavior is unchanged (the compute pulls from the repository).
Templates reference a config file with the GNS3_IOL_STARTUP_CONFIG
environment knob; the controller materializes the file content into
startup_config_content on node creation (sent once, knob consumed —
the same pattern as the IOU startup_config mapping). The compute builds
the content into the node's nvram_<app id> at the next start using the
IOU nvram_import utility (IOL and IOU share the nvram container format,
verified against iol-xe 17.18.02): valid config at boot, no setup
dialog, %h hostname substitution, hostname rewrite on rename.
Semantics verified against the runner: IOL boots from NVRAM whenever it
holds a config, so a plain stop/start never re-applies the startup
config and 'write memory' survives restarts; an explicit content edit
(PUT) is re-applied on the next start and wins over the saved config,
like IOU.
IOL interface MACs derive from the application ID (aabb.cc{app}{iface}),
so ids must be unique across opened projects sharing computes — the same
reason IOU has its allocator. IOL Docker nodes draw from the upper half
(512-1022, netiomux's fixed peer is 1023) so the two node types can
neither collide nor starve each other; IOU behavior is unchanged.
The controller sniffs the same GNS3_IOL_RUNNER environment marker the
compute uses to select IOLDockerVM (both the nested-properties and
template/top-level-kwarg shapes), stores the id in node properties like
IOU does, and passes it through the Docker create payload. Without an
allocation the compute falls back to a stable node-derived id in the
same upper range.
The default_admin_username/password descriptions now state that the
values are applied when the controller database is created and only
take effect again after it is re-created (resetting the account).
secrets_dir, certfile and certkey were typed FilePath/DirectoryPath
with a None default, and several str fields (jwt_secret_key,
iourc_path, resources_path, default_nat_interface, vboxmanage_path,
vmrun_path) had the same mismatch. Serializing the unset values
emitted PydanticSerializationUnexpectedValue warnings on every
GET /v3/settings (two lines per request with SSL disabled).
Document all 70 configuration fields with pydantic Field
descriptions, ported from the config sample comments and verified
against the actual consumers (allow_remote_console and local had
no documentation anywhere). The descriptions flow into the
OpenAPI schema of GET /v3/settings, giving the Web UI tooltips,
defaults and validation bounds from a single source. Response
models re-declare six path fields as plain strings, which drops
the inherited description — restore them explicitly.
Sync the config sample: document local and allow_remote_console,
drop hardware_virtualization_check which no longer exists in the
schema.
GET returns all settings sections except the deprecated
VirtualBox/VMware ones (Server.Audit privilege); secrets are
masked and Controller.jwt_secret_key is excluded entirely.
PUT applies a partial update (Server.Modify privilege): masked
or empty secrets mean unchanged, null removes the option, the
response carries the new values plus restart_required, and a
settings.updated notification is emitted. New
Server.Audit/Server.Modify privileges are seeded into the
Administrator role at table creation.
YueGuobin
Mark Paronyan
Jeremy Grossmann
Cristi