Ubuntu Manpage: nbd_connect_uri - connect to NBD URI

NAME

       nbd_connect_uri - connect to NBD URI

SYNOPSIS

        #include <libnbd.h>

        int nbd_connect_uri (
              struct nbd_handle *h, const char *uri
            );

DESCRIPTION

Connect (synchronously) to an NBD server and export by specifying the NBD URI. NBD URIs are a standard
way to specify a network block device endpoint, using a syntax like "nbd://example.com" which is
convenient, well defined and future proof.

This call works by parsing the URI parameter and calling nbd_set_export_name(3) and nbd_set_tls(3) and
other calls as needed, followed by nbd_connect_tcp(3), nbd_connect_unix(3) or nbd_connect_vsock(3).

This call returns when the connection has been made. By default, this proceeds all the way to
transmission phase, but nbd_set_opt_mode(3) can be used for manual control over option negotiation
performed before transmission phase.

Example URIs supported
"nbd://example.com"
Connect over TCP, unencrypted, to "example.com" port 10809.

"nbds://example.com"
Connect over TCP with TLS, to "example.com" port 10809. If the server does not support TLS then this
will fail.

"nbd+unix:///foo?socket=/tmp/nbd.sock"
Connect over the Unix domain socket /tmp/nbd.sock to an NBD server running locally. The export name
is set to "foo" (note without any leading "/" character).

"nbds+unix://alice@/?socket=/tmp/nbd.sock&tls-certificates=certs"
Connect over a Unix domain socket, enabling TLS and setting the path to a directory containing
certificates and keys.

"nbd+vsock:///"
In this scenario libnbd is running in a virtual machine. Connect over "AF_VSOCK" to an NBD server
running on the hypervisor.

Supported URI formats
The following schemes are supported in the current version of libnbd:

"nbd:"
Connect over TCP without using TLS.

"nbds:"
Connect over TCP. TLS is required and the connection will fail if the server does not support TLS.

"nbd+unix:"
"nbds+unix:"
Connect over a Unix domain socket, without or with TLS respectively. The "socket" parameter is
required.

"nbd+vsock:"
"nbds+vsock:"
Connect over the "AF_VSOCK" transport, without or with TLS respectively. You can use
nbd_supports_vsock(3) to see if this build of libnbd supports "AF_VSOCK".

The authority part of the URI ("[username@][servername][:port]") is parsed depending on the transport.
For TCP it specifies the server to connect to and optional port number. For "+unix" it should not be
present. For "+vsock" the server name is the numeric CID (eg. 2 to connect to the host), and the
optional port number may be present. If the "username" is present it is used for TLS authentication.

For all transports, an export name may be present, parsed in accordance with the NBD URI specification.

Finally the query part of the URI can contain:

socket=SOCKET
Specifies the Unix domain socket to connect on. Must be present for the "+unix" transport and must
not be present for the other transports.

tls-certificates=DIR
Set the certificates directory. See nbd_set_tls_certificates(3). Note this is not allowed by
default - see next section.

tls-psk-file=PSKFILE
Set the PSK file. See nbd_set_tls_psk_file(3). Note this is not allowed by default - see next
section.

Disable URI features
For security reasons you might want to disable certain URI features. Pre-filtering URIs is error-prone
and should not be attempted. Instead use the libnbd APIs below to control what can appear in URIs. Note
you must call these functions on the same handle before calling nbd_connect_uri(3) or
nbd_aio_connect_uri(3).

TCP, Unix domain socket or "AF_VSOCK" transports
Default: all allowed

To select which transports are allowed call nbd_set_uri_allow_transports(3).

TLS Default: both non-TLS and TLS connections allowed

To force TLS off or on in URIs call nbd_set_uri_allow_tls(3).

Connect to Unix domain socket in the local filesystem
Default: allowed

To prevent this you must disable the "+unix" transport using nbd_set_uri_allow_transports(3).

Read from local files
Default: denied

To allow URIs to contain references to local files (eg. for parameters like "tls-psk-file") call
nbd_set_uri_allow_local_file(3).

Overriding the export name
It is possible to override the export name portion of a URI by using nbd_set_opt_mode(3) to enable option
mode, then using nbd_set_export_name(3) and nbd_opt_go(3) as part of subsequent negotiation.

Optional features
This call will fail if libnbd was not compiled with libxml2; you can test whether this is the case with
nbd_supports_uri(3).

Support for URIs that require TLS will fail if libnbd was not compiled with gnutls; you can test whether
this is the case with nbd_supports_tls(3).

Constructing a URI from an existing connection
See nbd_get_uri(3).

RETURN VALUE

       If the call is successful the function returns 0.

ERRORS

       On error -1 is returned.

       Refer to "ERROR HANDLING" in libnbd(3) for how to get further details of the error.

       The following parameters must not be NULL: "h", "uri".  For more information see "Non-NULL parameters" in
       libnbd(3).

HANDLE STATE

       nbd_connect_uri can be called when the handle is in the following state:

        ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
        │ Handle created, before connecting   │ ✅ allowed              │
        │ Connecting                          │ ❌ error                │
        │ Connecting & handshaking (opt_mode) │ ❌ error                │
        │ Connected to the server             │ ❌ error                │
        │ Connection shut down                │ ❌ error                │
        │ Handle dead                         │ ❌ error                │
        └─────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘

VERSION

       This function first appeared in libnbd 1.0.

       If  you  need  to  test  if  this  function  is available at compile time check if the following macro is
       defined:

        #define LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_CONNECT_URI 1

EXAMPLE

       This example is also available as examples/connect-uri.c in the libnbd source code.

        /* This example shows how to connect to an NBD
         * server using the server's NBD URI.
         *
         * To test this with a recent version of nbdkit
         * that supports the '$uri' syntax, do:
         *
         * nbdkit -U - random 1M \
         *   --run './connect-uri $uri'
         *
         * To test connecting to a remote NBD server
         * listening on port 10809, do:
         *
         * ./connect-uri nbd://remote/
         */

        #include <stdio.h>
        #include <stdlib.h>
        #include <string.h>
        #include <stdint.h>
        #include <inttypes.h>

        #include <libnbd.h>

        int
        main (int argc, char *argv[])
        {
          struct nbd_handle *nbd;
          char *s;
          int64_t size;

          if (argc != 2) {
            fprintf (stderr, "usage: %s URI\n",
                     argv[0]);
            exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
          }

          /* Create the libnbd handle. */
          nbd = nbd_create ();
          if (nbd == NULL) {
            fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
            exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
          }

          /* Request full information
           * (for nbd_get_canonical_export_name below)
           */
        #if LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_SET_FULL_INFO
          if (nbd_set_full_info (nbd, true) == -1) {
            fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
            exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
          }
        #endif

          /* Connect to the NBD URI. */
          printf ("connecting to %s ...\n", argv[1]);
          fflush (stdout);
          if (nbd_connect_uri (nbd, argv[1]) == -1) {
            fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
            exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
          }
          printf ("connected\n");

          /* Print the URI, export name, size and other info. */
          printf ("requested URI: %s\n", argv[1]);
          s = nbd_get_uri (nbd);
          printf ("generated URI: %s\n", s ? s : "NULL");
          free (s);
          size = nbd_get_size (nbd);
          if (size == -1) {
            fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", nbd_get_error ());
            exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
          }
          printf ("size: %" PRIi64 "\n", size);
          s = nbd_get_export_name (nbd);
          printf ("requested export name: %s\n", s ? s : "NULL");
          free (s);
        #if LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_GET_CANONICAL_EXPORT_NAME
          s = nbd_get_canonical_export_name (nbd);
          printf ("canonical export name: %s\n", s ? s : "NULL");
          free (s);
        #endif
        #if LIBNBD_HAVE_NBD_GET_EXPORT_DESCRIPTION
          s = nbd_get_export_description (nbd);
          printf ("export description: %s\n", s ? s : "NULL");
          free (s);
        #endif

          /* Close the libnbd handle. */
          nbd_close (nbd);

          exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
        }

AUTHORS

       Eric Blake

       Richard W.M. Jones

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright Red Hat

LICENSE

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser
       General  Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
       (at your option) any later version.

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libnbd-1.20.0                                      2024-04-05                                 nbd_connect_uri(3)