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Network Info

Provides Network Information

Processing

The step puts information about network configuration into its results.

Settings

Name Type Description
Lookup Names boolean

If true, the step tries to determine hostname and canonical hostname information. Depending on your network configuration this may involve address reverse lookups that take a long time or time out.

If false, the step returns network configuration omitting hostname and canonical hostname information.

Evaluated for each input row

Results

Name Type Description
network_interfaces list

A list of dict values, each describing a network interface of the system:

Each network interface has the following keys:

Key Type Description
is_up boolean true if the interface is active, false otherwise
is_virtual boolean true if the interface is virtual, false otherwise
is_loopback boolean true if the interface is the loopback interface, false otherwise
is_point_to_point boolean true if the interface is a p2p interface, such as a network tunnel, false otherwise
name string the name of the interface
display_name string the display name of the interface
hardware_address binary the hardware address of the network interface, typically a MAC address
index long the index number of this interface as assigned by the operating system
mtu long the maximal trasfer unit size of this interface
supports_multicast boolean true if the interface supports multicast, false otherwise
addresses list a list of network addresses assigned to the network interface
sub_interfaces list a list of sub-interfaces of this interface

Each network address is a dict of the following structure:

Key Type Description
type string IPv4 or IPv6
address dict internet address structure
net_prefix_length long length of the network prefix (size of netmask)
broadcast dict internet address structure (omitted for IPv6 networks)

Each internet address is a dict of the following structure

Key Type Description
type string IPv4 or IPv6
ip string IP address as string
ip_bin binary IP address bytes, most significant byte first
hostname string hostname assigned to IP address (omitted for IPv4 broadcast addresses)
canonical_hostname string canonical hostname assigned to IP address (omitted for IPv4 broadcast addresses)
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