Networking Overview

Vapor provides extensive capabilities for managing the host's networking stack, from physical hardware interfaces to complex software-defined topologies.

Core Concepts

Vapor's networking configuration is divided into several abstractions:

1. Physical Interfaces: The actual hardware NICs installed on the host.
2. Bridges: Standard Linux bridges used to connect virtual machines to physical networks.
3. Bonds: Link aggregation (LACP, Active-Backup) for redundancy and increased throughput.
4. VLANs: Virtual LAN tagging for traffic isolation.
5. Open vSwitch (OVS): An advanced, multi-layer virtual switch offering enterprise-grade network automation.

In the following sections, we will explore how to configure each of these components.