IFCFG-IPVLAN(5)

💅 ifcfg-ipvlan(5) — the glow-up edition ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Wicked User Manual, and it's all about ifcfg-ipvlan, like, the IPVLAN interface configuration situation. buckle up 🎀

---

🌸 NAME 🌸

ifcfg-ipvlan — IPVLAN interface configuration. that's it, that's the name, she's iconic 👑

---

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-*

literally just the config files in that directory, that's the whole vibe check 💖

---

🦋 IPVLAN interface 🦋

okay so to set up an IPVLAN interface, you need a configuration file with the IPVLAN=yes variable set. like, that's non-negotiable bestie, it's the whole personality 💅

an IPVLAN interface is conceptually similar to MACVLAN — think of them as sisters, but very different sisters. here's the comparison, and yes i'm keeping every detail 👇

• MACVLAN operates at Layer 2 and assigns a unique MAC address to each MACVLAN. 🎀
  • Management support on most (L3+) managed switches
  • Common DHCP support
• IPVLAN operates at Layer 3 and shares the MAC address with the underlying interface. 🦋
  • Supposed to be used with Advanced Router Configuration when the switches restrict the maximum number of mac addresses (or ACLs) per physical port.
  • Limited SLAAC and DHCPv6 support

for detailed information (and i mean detailed), refer to the kernel documentation: https://docs.kernel.org/networking/ipvlan.html 🧚

---

💜 OPTIONS 💜

• IPVLAN <yes|no> — this option must be set to yes to identify this configuration type as IPVLAN. no yes, no IPVLAN, periodt ✋
• IPVLAN_DEVICE — mandatory option to specify the lower (parent) interface for this IPVLAN interface. mandatory, bestie, like the homework you can't skip 😭
• IPVLAN_MODE <l2|l3|l3s> — specifies the operational mode for the IPVLAN interface. for a given lower device, you can select one of these modes and all linked devices will operate in the same mode. no mixing and matching, she's a package deal 💫
  • Default: l3
• IPVLAN_FLAGS <bridge|private|vepa> — specifies the mode flags. only one flag at a time is allowed. similar to IPVLAN_MODE, a given flag will be applied to all linked devices of one lower interface. one flag, one vibe, that's the rule 🚩
  • Default: bridge

---

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

example ifcfg-<name> config file for an IPVLAN interface — steal this, it's cute:

STARTMODE=auto
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=10.0.0.100/24

IPVLAN=yes
IPVLAN_DEVICE=eth0
IPVLAN_MODE=l3s
IPVLAN_FLAGS=bridge

---

🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

Copyright (C) 2024 SUSE LLC. protect the intellectual property, we love to see it 💖

---

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? please report bugs as described at https://bugs.opensuse.org — don't suffer in silence bestie, tell the maintainers 🫶

---

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

routes (5), ifcfg (5), wicked (8) — go read those too, iykyk 📚

---

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Clemens Famulla-Conrad. absolute legend, we stan 🌟

---

and that's the page!! fr fr, ifcfg-ipvlan really ate and left no crumbs 🍓

sign-off szn: this was the Wicked User Manual, dated November 2024. see you in the next manpage, bestie 💜✨