remove runtime.LockOSThread() because it makes things worse now
remove the "custom" Write() method from tun_linux.go, the stdlib path via os.File performs better
We should change our guidance around number of routines, ~2 per thread (that you wish to use for Nebula) seems to be about right now
* Added firewall.rules.hash metric
Added a FNV-1 hash of the firewall rules as a Prometheus value.
* Switch FNV has to int64, include both hashes in log messages
* Use a uint32 for the FNV hash
Let go-metrics cast the uint32 to a int64, so it won't be lossy
when it eventually emits a float64 Prometheus metric.
This adds a few build targets to compile with `GOEXPERIMENT=boringcrypto`:
- `bin-boringcrypto`
- `release-boringcrypto`
It also adds a field to the intial start up log indicating if
boringcrypto is enabled in the binary.
These new helpers make the code a lot cleaner. I confirmed that the
simple helpers like `atomic.Int64` don't add any extra overhead as they
get inlined by the compiler. `atomic.Pointer` adds an extra method call
as it no longer gets inlined, but we aren't using these on the hot path
so it is probably okay.
The goal of this work is to send packets between two hosts using more than one
5-tuple. When running on networks like AWS where the underlying network driver
and overlay fabric makes routing, load balancing, and failover decisions based
on the flow hash, this enables more than one flow between pairs of hosts.
Multiport spreads outgoing UDP packets across multiple UDP send ports,
which allows nebula to work around any issues on the underlay network.
Some example issues this could work around:
- UDP rate limits on a per flow basis.
- Partial underlay network failure in which some flows work and some don't
Agreement is done during the handshake to decide if multiport mode will
be used for a given tunnel (one side must have tx_enabled set, the other
side must have rx_enabled set)
NOTE: you cannot use multiport on a host if you are relying on UDP hole
punching to get through a NAT or firewall.
NOTE: Linux only (uses raw sockets to send). Also currently only works
with IPv4 underlay network remotes.
This is implemented by opening a raw socket and sending packets with
a source port that is based on a hash of the overlay source/destiation
port. For ICMP and Nebula metadata packets, we use a random source port.
Example configuration:
multiport:
# This host support sending via multiple UDP ports.
tx_enabled: false
# This host supports receiving packets sent from multiple UDP ports.
rx_enabled: false
# How many UDP ports to use when sending. The lowest source port will be
# listen.port and go up to (but not including) listen.port + tx_ports.
tx_ports: 100
# NOTE: All of your hosts must be running a version of Nebula that supports
# multiport if you want to enable this feature. Older versions of Nebula
# will be confused by these multiport handshakes.
#
# If handshakes are not getting a response, attempt to transmit handshakes
# using random UDP source ports (to get around partial underlay network
# failures).
tx_handshake: false
# How many unresponded handshakes we should send before we attempt to
# send multiport handshakes.
tx_handshake_delay: 2
By default, Nebula replies to packets it has no tunnel for with a `recv_error` packet. This packet helps speed up re-connection
in the case that Nebula on either side did not shut down cleanly. This response can be abused as a way to discover if Nebula is running
on a host though. This option lets you configure if you want to send `recv_error` packets always, never, or only to private network remotes.
valid values: always, never, private
This setting is reloadable with SIGHUP.
Wade Simmons