OpenWRT in the role of upstream

OpenWRT in the role of upstream
Pavel Simerda
pavlix@pavlix.net
InstallFest.CZ 2014, Praha
http://data.pavlix.net/installfest/2014/

Software used in OpenWRT

System initialization

Current OpenWRT
procd, ubox
Former OpenWRT
busybox-init, hotplug2, block-mount
Classic distributions
systemd
upstart, udev
sysvinit, rc, udev

Interprocess communication service
Current OpenWRT
ubusd
Classic distributions
dbus-daemon

Common con guration database
Current OpenWRT
uci
Classic distributions
none

Network con guration service
Current OpenWRT
netifd, busybox-udhcpc, odhcp6c
Classic distributions
NetworkManager, dhclient

Client con guration provider
Current OpenWRT
odhcpd (dnsmasq is still default for IPv4)
Classic distributions
dhcp
dnsmasq (for NetworkManager and libvirt)

DNS cache
Current OpenWRT
dnsmasq
Classic distributions
none
dnsmasq
unbound (supports DNSSEC)

Remote shell access
Current OpenWRT
dropbear, telnetd
Classic distributions
openssh

Remote web access
Current OpenWRT
uhttpd, luci
Classic distributions
apache, webmin

OpenWRT software worth considering

Networking software
netifd { the network con guration daemon
odhcpd { DHCPv4, DHCPv6 and RA server
odhcp6c { RA and DHCPv6 client

Networking software: con guration example
/etc/con g/network
config interface lan
option ifname enp0s25
option type bridge
option proto static
option ipaddr 192.168.1.1
option netmask 255.255.255.0

Networking software: con guration example
ip address show
2: enp0s25: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP>
mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
master br-lan state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether f0:de:f1:24:97:32
brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
9: br-lan: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP>
mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN
link/ether f0:de:f1:24:97:32
brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.1.1/24 brd 192.168.1.255
scope global br-lan
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Other software, dependencies
procd, ubox, libubox -- the base system
ubusd, libubus -- interprocess communication
uci, libuci -- common con guration access
uhttpd, luci -- web interface