.TH LIBVDEPLUG_VDE 1 "August 23, 2016" "Virtual Distributed Ethernet"
.SH NAME
libvdeplug_vde - vdeplug module for vde_switch based networks
.SH SYNOPSIS
libvdeplug_vde.so
.SH DESCRIPTION
This is the standard vdeplug module for vde_switch based networks.
This module of libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting vde like
\fBvde_plug\fR, \fBkvm\fR, \fBqemu\fR, \fBuser-mode-linux\fR and \fBvirtualbox\fR.
The vde_plug_url syntax of the module is the following:
.RS
.br
\fBvde://\fIpath_of_the_switch\fR[\fB[\fIport#_or_portgroup\fB]\fR]
.RE

This is the default module for libvdeplug, any string not containing '://' (like a path)
is processes by libvdeplug_vde. (e.g. /tmp/vde.ctl is equivalent to  vde:///tmp/vde.ctl).

.SH EXAMPLES
.B vde:///tmp/myswitch
.br
This vde_plug_url refers to the vde_switch identified by the directory \fB/tmp/vde_switch\fR.
Please note that there are three slashes '///' as 'vde://' is the prefix and the third slash is
the first character of the absolute path.
.br
.B vde://thisswitch[3]
.br
this means the port #3 of the switch whose identifier is \fBthisswitch\fR in the current directory
.br
.B vde:///var/run/vde.ctl[privatelan]
.br
this is used to create a connetion to the pertgroup \fBprivatelan\fR of the switch \fB/var/run/vde.ctl\fR.
.SH NOTICE
Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way with
www.vde.com ("Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik"
i.e. the German "Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information
Technologies").
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBvde_switch\fP(1),
\fBvde_plug\fP(1),