firecracker-orchestrator/orchestrator/network.go

package orchestrator

import (
	"bytes"
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net"
	"net/http"
	"os/exec"
	"strings"
)

// setupBridge creates the host bridge + enables NAT if it doesn't exist.
func (o *Orchestrator) setupBridge() error {
	if o.cfg.Bridge == "none" {
		return nil
	}

	// check if bridge already exists
	if err := run("ip", "link", "show", o.cfg.Bridge); err == nil {
		return nil // already up
	}

	if err := run("ip", "link", "add", o.cfg.Bridge, "type", "bridge"); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("create bridge: %w", err)
	}
	if err := run("ip", "addr", "add", o.cfg.BridgeCIDR, "dev", o.cfg.Bridge); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("add bridge addr: %w", err)
	}
	if err := run("ip", "link", "set", o.cfg.Bridge, "up"); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("bring bridge up: %w", err)
	}

	// find default route interface for NAT
	out, err := exec.Command("ip", "-4", "route", "show", "default").Output()
	if err == nil {
		fields := strings.Fields(string(out))
		for i, f := range fields {
			if f == "dev" && i+1 < len(fields) {
				iface := fields[i+1]
				_ = run("sysctl", "-qw", "net.ipv4.ip_forward=1")
				// idempotent: ignore error if rule exists
				_ = run("iptables", "-t", "nat", "-A", "POSTROUTING",
					"-o", iface, "-j", "MASQUERADE")
				break
			}
		}
	}
	o.log.Infof("bridge %s up on %s", o.cfg.Bridge, o.cfg.BridgeCIDR)
	return nil
}

// createTap creates a tap device and attaches it to the bridge.
func (o *Orchestrator) createTap(name string) error {
	if err := run("ip", "tuntap", "add", "dev", name, "mode", "tap"); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("create tap %s: %w", name, err)
	}
	if err := run("ip", "link", "set", name, "up"); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("bring tap %s up: %w", name, err)
	}
	if o.cfg.Bridge != "none" {
		if err := run("ip", "link", "set", name, "master", o.cfg.Bridge); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("attach tap %s to bridge: %w", name, err)
		}
	}
	return nil
}

func destroyTap(name string) {
	_ = run("ip", "link", "del", name)
}

// configureMmds writes per-clone IP config to the Firecracker MMDS so that
// the fc-net-init daemon running inside the guest can read and apply it.
// It makes two API calls to the Firecracker Unix socket:
//
//  1. PUT /mmds/config — associates MMDS with the guest's first NIC ("1")
//  2. PUT /mmds        — stores ip/gw/dns values the guest daemon will read
func configureMmds(ctx context.Context, sockPath, ip, gw, dns string) error {
	httpClient := &http.Client{
		Transport: &http.Transport{
			DialContext: func(ctx context.Context, _, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
				return net.Dial("unix", sockPath)
			},
		},
	}

	doJSON := func(method, path string, body any) error {
		data, err := json.Marshal(body)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("marshal %s: %w", path, err)
		}
		req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, method,
			"http://localhost"+path, bytes.NewReader(data))
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("build request %s: %w", path, err)
		}
		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
		resp, err := httpClient.Do(req)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("%s %s: %w", method, path, err)
		}
		defer resp.Body.Close()
		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusNoContent {
			b, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
			return fmt.Errorf("%s %s failed (%d): %s", method, path, resp.StatusCode, b)
		}
		return nil
	}

	// Store the network config the guest daemon will poll for.
	// PUT /mmds/config (interface association) was already handled by the SDK
	// via AllowMMDS: true on the NetworkInterface before the VM started.
	return doJSON(http.MethodPut, "/mmds", map[string]string{
		"ip":  ip,
		"gw":  gw,
		"dns": dns,
	})
}

// run executes a command, returning an error if it fails.
func run(name string, args ...string) error {
	return exec.Command(name, args...).Run()
}