grout use-cases for host traffic
Christoph
cm at appliedprivacy.net
Sat May 23 21:29:58 CEST 2026
Robin Jarry wrote:
>> If so where can I find documentation for how to setup grout <-> linux
>> host services communication for TCP/UDP communication?
>
> Yes, TCP/UDP termination is supported. This is what allows FRR daemons
> to exchange routes with other peers. See this presentation from the DPDK
> summit for more details (slide 7):
>
> https://hosted-files.sched.co/dpdksummit2026/f3/frr-grout-dpdk-summit-2026.pdf
Thank you for the direct link, looking forward to the summit talks to
show up on youtube :)
Will there be documentation / guides on how to configure host traffic
termination?
> If you need
> high performance (nginx or any other high bandwidth use cases), you
> should use direct termination via another Linux interface (a virtual
> function on the same NIC can work).
Yes we are looking at high bandwidth use cases (>10Gbps).
Since frr (bgp)/grout is expected to decide where to route the traffic
(which grout interface), this can't be done using a separate non-grout
interface on the same system, correct? So we would use the TUN/TAP setup
I guess or am I missing something? :)
best regards,
Christoph
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