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Ability to choose the direction of Mirroring
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Description

We can mirror only incoming direction to some port.

show interfaces ethernet eth0 
Possible completions:
...
   mirror       Incoming packet mirroring destination

It is necessary to provide directions (in/out/both).

Old code for the handler mirror actions in the file.
https://github.com/vyos/vyatta-cfg-qos/blob/current/scripts/vyatta-qos.pl

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Unknown (require assessment)
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Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Feature (new functionality)

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 Resolved N/AFEATURE REQUESTNoneT2424 Ability to choose the direction of Mirroring
 ResolvedFEATURE REQUESTjack9603301T3030 Support ERSPAN Tunnel Protocol

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Viacheslav created this task.May 4 2020, 7:43 AM
jack9603301 added a subscriber: jack9603301.Oct 29 2020, 4:22 PM
jack9603301 mentioned this in T3030: Support ERSPAN Tunnel Protocol.Oct 29 2020, 4:26 PM
jack9603301 added a comment.Oct 30 2020, 9:51 AM

I found some interesting information, it seems that inbound/outbound port mirroring can be achieved

https://adamkuj.net/blog/2016/05/18/pro-tip-port-mirroring-in-linux/

jack9603301 added a subtask: T3030: Support ERSPAN Tunnel Protocol.Feb 5 2021, 4:49 AM
jack9603301 closed subtask T3030: Support ERSPAN Tunnel Protocol as Resolved.Feb 5 2021, 4:16 PM
erkin set Issue type to Feature (new functionality).Aug 30 2021, 6:20 AM
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Implemented in previous versions, https://github.com/vyos/vyos-1x/blob/a5c5998a84917cc45f9fb3234607f53b27a109fc/interface-definitions/include/interface/mirror.xml.i#L1-L25

vyos@r1# set interfaces ethernet eth0 mirror 
Possible completions:
   egress       Mirror the egress traffic of the interface to the destination interface
   ingress      Mirror the ingress traffic of the interface to the destination interface
Viacheslav closed this task as Resolved N/A.Aug 28 2023, 1:22 PM
syncer moved this task from Need Triage to Finished on the VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.4) board.Dec 17 2023, 11:35 PM