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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""van-failover — multi-WAN health-probe + metric-based failover for the campervan router.
Each WAN gets a base route-metric defining priority (lower = preferred). The daemon
probes each WAN's *real* internet reachability independently (HTTP 204 bound to the
interface, so it catches "link up but no internet" AND captive portals), and demotes
a failed WAN by raising its NM route-metric so the kernel routes via the next-best
healthy WAN. Auto fail-back on recovery, with hysteresis. Writes /run/van-failover/state.json
for the Cockpit dashboard. NAT (nftables masquerade oifname != AP) already follows
whatever the active default route is, so nothing else is needed.
"""
import json
import os
import subprocess
import tempfile
import time
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
CONFIG = "/etc/van-failover/config.json"
STATE = "/run/van-failover/state.json"
PREFER = "/run/van-failover/prefer" # optional: a device name the Cockpit UI asks us to prefer
PENALTY = 10000 # added to a WAN's metric while it is unhealthy
PREFER_METRIC = 50 # base metric given to the user-preferred WAN (below every config metric)
def sh(args, timeout=10):
try:
return subprocess.run(args, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout)
except (subprocess.TimeoutExpired, OSError):
return None
def active_connections():
"""List of {name, device, type} for currently-active NM connections."""
r = sh(["nmcli", "-t", "-f", "NAME,DEVICE,TYPE", "connection", "show", "--active"])
out = []
if r and r.returncode == 0:
for line in r.stdout.splitlines():
# nmcli -t escapes ':' inside fields as '\:'; split on unescaped ':'
parts = _split_nmcli(line)
if len(parts) >= 3:
out.append({"name": parts[0], "device": parts[1], "type": parts[2]})
return out
def _split_nmcli(line):
parts, cur, esc = [], "", False
for ch in line:
if esc:
cur += ch
esc = False
elif ch == "\\":
esc = True
elif ch == ":":
parts.append(cur)
cur = ""
else:
cur += ch
parts.append(cur)
return parts
def resolve(wan, actives):
"""Return (device, connection) for a WAN, using whichever identifier is configured."""
if wan.get("device"):
dev = wan["device"]
conn = next((a["name"] for a in actives if a["device"] == dev), None)
return dev, conn
conn = wan.get("connection")
dev = next((a["device"] for a in actives if a["name"] == conn), None)
return dev, conn
def probe_one(dev, url, timeout):
"""True if URL returns HTTP 204 out the bound device (if! forces SO_BINDTODEVICE)."""
r = sh(["curl", "-s", "-m", str(timeout), "--interface", "if!" + dev,
"-o", "/dev/null", "-w", "%{http_code}", url], timeout=timeout + 2)
return bool(r and r.stdout.strip() == "204")
def default_routes():
"""dict device -> metric for current default routes."""
r = sh(["ip", "-j", "route", "show", "default"])
out = {}
if r and r.stdout.strip():
try:
for rt in json.loads(r.stdout):
if rt.get("dev"):
out[rt["dev"]] = rt.get("metric", 0)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
pass
return out
def routes_on(dev):
"""List of {metric, gw} for default routes currently on a device."""
r = sh(["ip", "-j", "route", "show", "default", "dev", dev])
out = []
if r and r.stdout.strip():
try:
for rt in json.loads(r.stdout):
out.append({"metric": rt.get("metric", 0), "gw": rt.get("gateway")})
except json.JSONDecodeError:
pass
return out
def enforce_route(dev, metric):
"""Ensure exactly one default route on dev at the desired metric, via `ip route`.
NEVER use `nmcli device reapply` — it resets r8152 USB-ethernet carriers and causes
a failover flap. This is a pure routing change (carrier-safe, verified)."""
if not dev:
return
rts = routes_on(dev)
if any(r["metric"] == metric for r in rts):
# desired metric already present; just prune any stale others
for r in rts:
if r["metric"] != metric and r["gw"]:
sh(["ip", "route", "del", "default", "via", r["gw"], "dev", dev, "metric", str(r["metric"])])
return
# Prefer the gw from an existing default route; fall back to NM's known gateway so we can
# also *restore* a route that went missing while the carrier is still up (not just rebase one).
gw = next((r["gw"] for r in rts if r["gw"]), None) or device_gateway(dev)
if not gw:
return # no gateway known (carrier down); profile metric still set
r = sh(["ip", "route", "add", "default", "via", gw, "dev", dev, "metric", str(metric), "proto", "static"])
if not (r and r.returncode == 0):
# Add failed — most likely another dev transiently holds this exact metric during a
# preference swap. Leave the existing route intact and retry next loop; do NOT prune,
# or we'd strand this dev with no default route at all.
return
for old in rts:
if old["metric"] != metric and old["gw"]:
sh(["ip", "route", "del", "default", "via", old["gw"], "dev", dev, "metric", str(old["metric"])])
def device_gateway(dev):
"""NM's gateway for a device — available even when its default route is missing."""
r = sh(["nmcli", "-g", "IP4.GATEWAY", "device", "show", dev])
if r and r.returncode == 0:
return r.stdout.strip() or None
return None
def set_profile_metric(conn, metric):
"""Update the NM profile's route-metric (no reapply) so NM re-assertions stay consistent."""
if conn:
sh(["nmcli", "connection", "modify", conn, "ipv4.route-metric", str(metric)])
def read_prefer():
"""Device name the UI wants preferred, or None. Ephemeral (cleared on reboot)."""
try:
with open(PREFER) as f:
return f.read().strip() or None
except OSError:
return None
def write_state(state):
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(STATE), exist_ok=True)
fd, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=os.path.dirname(STATE))
with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as f:
json.dump(state, f, indent=2)
os.chmod(tmp, 0o644)
os.replace(tmp, STATE)
def main():
with open(CONFIG) as f:
cfg = json.load(f)
interval = cfg.get("probe_interval", 5)
fail_th = cfg.get("fail_threshold", 3)
ok_th = cfg.get("ok_threshold", 2)
ptimeout = cfg.get("probe_timeout", 4)
urls = cfg["probe_urls"]
wans = cfg["wans"]
# Optimistic start: assume up so healthy WANs immediately get their base metric.
rt = {w["name"]: {"up": True, "ok": ok_th, "fail": 0, "applied": None} for w in wans}
print(f"van-failover started: {[w['name'] for w in wans]}", flush=True)
pool = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max(4, len(wans) * len(urls)))
while True:
actives = active_connections()
resolved = {w["name"]: resolve(w, actives) for w in wans}
prefer_dev = read_prefer()
# A WAN is "present" (probeable/manageable) only with both an active device and connection.
present = {w["name"]: bool(resolved[w["name"]][0]) and bool(resolved[w["name"]][1]) for w in wans}
# Probe every (present WAN x url) pair concurrently; a WAN is healthy if ANY url
# returns 204. Concurrency bounds a failed WAN to ~one timeout, not N serial timeouts.
health = {w["name"]: (False if present[w["name"]] else None) for w in wans}
tasks = [(w["name"], pool.submit(probe_one, resolved[w["name"]][0], url, ptimeout))
for w in wans if present[w["name"]] for url in urls]
for name, fut in tasks:
if fut.result():
health[name] = True
for w in wans:
name = w["name"]
dev, conn = resolved[name]
# The preferred WAN gets the lowest base so it wins while healthy; the
# health PENALTY still applies on top, so failover/fail-back is unchanged.
base = PREFER_METRIC if prefer_dev and dev == prefer_dev else w["metric"]
s = rt[name]
if not present[name]:
# Absent (e.g. modem unplugged): don't probe/penalize; just keep the
# profile's base metric so it lands at the right priority when it connects.
if conn and s["applied"] != base:
set_profile_metric(conn, base)
s["applied"] = base
continue
if health[name]:
s["ok"] += 1
s["fail"] = 0
if s["ok"] >= ok_th:
s["up"] = True
else:
s["fail"] += 1
s["ok"] = 0
if s["fail"] >= fail_th:
s["up"] = False
desired = base if s["up"] else base + PENALTY
# Enforce the live route every loop (carrier-safe, corrects any NM drift);
# update the NM profile only on an actual state change.
enforce_route(dev, desired)
if s["applied"] != desired:
print(f"{name}: {'UP' if s['up'] else 'DOWN'} -> metric {desired}", flush=True)
set_profile_metric(conn, desired)
s["applied"] = desired
routes = default_routes()
active_dev = min(routes, key=routes.get) if routes else None
report = []
for w in wans:
name = w["name"]
dev, conn = resolved[name]
report.append({
"name": name, "priority": w["metric"], "device": dev, "connection": conn,
"present": present[name], "up": rt[name]["up"] if present[name] else False,
"healthy": health[name], "preferred": dev is not None and dev == prefer_dev,
"route_metric": routes.get(dev), "active": dev is not None and dev == active_dev,
})
write_state({"updated": time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z"),
"active_device": active_dev, "wans": report})
time.sleep(interval)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()