Namespace

class wattson.networking.namespaces.namespace.Namespace(name: str, logger: Logger | None = None)

Bases: object

Methods

__init__
call	Executes a function in this namespace.
clean	Cleans up the networking namespace :return:
create	Creates a new networking namespace with the specified name
exec	Executes a command in the network namespace
exists	Checks whether the namespace exists :return: True if the namespace exists
file_get_contents
file_put_contents
from_pid
get_namespaces
loopback_up	Sets the loopback interface in the namespace up :return:
popen	Spawns a new process in the network namespace
process_attach	Moves the given process to this networking namespace.
set_name_servers
thread_attach	Moves the calling thread to this networking namespace :return:

Attributes

NAMESPACE_PATH_ETC
NAMESPACE_PATH_RUN
NAMESPACE_PATH_VAR
is_network_namespace

__init__(name: str, logger: Logger | None = None)

call(function: Callable, arguments: Tuple | None = None) → Any

Executes a function in this namespace.

Parameters:

• function (Callable) – The function (callable) to run

• arguments (Optional[Tuple], optional) – (Optional) parameters to pass to the function (Default value = None)

Returns:

The return value of the called function

Return type:

Any

clean() → bool

Cleans up the networking namespace :return:

create(clean: bool = True) → bool

Creates a new networking namespace with the specified name

Parameters:

clean (bool, optional) – Whether to try to clean any existing namespace with the same name (Default value = True)

exec(command: str | List[str], **kwargs) → Tuple[bool, List[str]]

Executes a command in the network namespace

Parameters:

• command (Union[str, List[str]]) –

• **kwargs –

exists() → bool

Checks whether the namespace exists :return: True if the namespace exists

loopback_up() → bool

Sets the loopback interface in the namespace up :return:

popen(cmd: str | List[str], **kwargs) → Popen

Spawns a new process in the network namespace

Parameters:

• cmd (Union[str, List[str]]) – The cmd to execute

• **kwargs –

Returns:

Popen

Return type:

subprocess.Popen

process_attach(pid: int | None = None)

Moves the given process to this networking namespace. If no PID is given, moves the current process.

Parameters:

pid (Optional[int], optional) – The PID of the process to attach. None for current process (Default value = None)

thread_attach()

Moves the calling thread to this networking namespace :return: