Emulate a Hetzner root with mininet
Emulate a Hetzner root with mininet.
I manage some root server from friends at Hetzner, as Hetzner has a "special" setup by blocking unknown Mac Addresses at theier switches, its not that easy to configure that.
The last days i played around with OpenVSwitch (A Virtual Switch, featuring VLAN's, OpenFlow, Switch To Switch Tunnels).
OpenVSwitch would allow me to add features like Firewall as a Service or IDS as a Service and it also allows me to link multiple Servers together.
BUT these servers are all in production, i can't play on them, this is where Mininet comes in use, it allows me to emulate a full network on a single VM, without touching these root Servers.
Have a look at this Script if you also need a lab to test your Hetzner Networking.
Setup from start:
- At first get and install a Mininet Download and Guide also see this Guide
- Learn howto use Mininet Sample Workflow.
- Edit the Script parameters in "root_network" (get the gw mac with
$ arp -non your root. - Next copy the Script to your VM:
$ scp hetzner.py mininet@<vm-ip>:/home/mininet/(you might want to use sshfs). - Run hetzner.py as root
$ sudo ./hetzner.py - Play arround with it:
h1 ping gw
Have fun and please tell me when you found bugs or you have improvement ideas.