Drop netifaces (replaced by psutil). Fixes #344.

README.rst

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Dependencies:
 - Python 3.4 or above
 - aiohttp
 - setuptools
-- netifaces
+- psutil
 - jsonschema
 
 The following commands will install some of these dependencies:

gns3server/modules/docker/docker_vm.py

@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ Docker container instance.
 
 import asyncio
 import shutil
-import docker
+import psutil
-import netifaces
 
 from docker.utils import create_host_config
 from gns3server.ubridge.hypervisor import Hypervisor
@@ -271,10 +270,8 @@ class Container(BaseVM):
                     name=self.name, adapter_number=adapter_number))
 
         if nio and isinstance(nio, NIOUDP):
-            ifcs = netifaces.interfaces()
             for index in range(128):
-                ifcs = netifaces.interfaces()
+                if "gns3-veth{}ext".format(index) not in psutil.net_if_addrs():
-                if "gns3-veth{}ext".format(index) not in ifcs:
                     adapter.ifc = "eth{}".format(str(index))
                     adapter.host_ifc = "gns3-veth{}ext".format(str(index))
                     adapter.guest_ifc = "gns3-veth{}int".format(str(index))

gns3server/utils/interfaces.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import sys
 import aiohttp
 import socket
 import struct
+import psutil
 
 import logging
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -114,8 +115,7 @@ def is_interface_up(interface):
 
     if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
 
-        import netifaces
+        if interface not in psutil.net_if_addrs():
-        if interface not in netifaces.interfaces():
             return False
 
         import fcntl
@@ -143,13 +143,13 @@ def interfaces():
 
     results = []
     if not sys.platform.startswith("win"):
-        import netifaces
+        for interface in sorted(psutil.net_if_addrs().keys()):
-        for interface in netifaces.interfaces():
             ip_address = ""
-            ip_addresses = netifaces.ifaddresses(interface)
+            for addr in psutil.net_if_addrs()[interface]:
-            if netifaces.AF_INET in ip_addresses and ip_addresses[netifaces.AF_INET]:
+                # get the first available IPv4 address only
-                # get the first IPv4 address only
+                if addr.family == socket.AF_INET:
-                ip_address = ip_addresses[netifaces.AF_INET][0]["addr"]
+                    ip_address = addr.address
+                    break
             results.append({"id": interface,
                             "name": interface,
                             "ip_address": ip_address})

requirements.txt

@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ jsonschema>=2.4.0
 aiohttp==0.17.4
 Jinja2>=2.7.3
 raven>=5.2.0
-gns3-netifaces==0.10.4.1
 docker-py==1.4.0
-psutil>=2.2.1
+psutil>=3.0.0

setup.py

@@ -44,18 +44,10 @@ dependencies = [
     "Jinja2>=2.7.3",
     "raven>=5.2.0",
     "docker-py>=1.4.0",
-    "psutil>=2.2.1"
+    "psutil>=3.0.0"
 ]
 
-if not sys.platform.startswith("win"):
+if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
-    # netifaces if not used on Windows
-    try:
-        import netifaces
-    except ImportError:
-        # add gns3-netifaces only if netifaces isn't already installed
-        # for instance via a Debian package.
-        dependencies.append("gns3-netifaces>=0.10.4.1")
-else:
     dependencies.append("pywin32>=219")
 
 setup(

tests/conftest.py

@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ def free_console_port(request, port_manager, project):
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def ethernet_device():
-    import netifaces
+    import psutil
-    return netifaces.interfaces()[0]
+    return sorted(psutil.net_if_addrs().keys())[0]
 
 
 @pytest.yield_fixture(autouse=True)

tests/utils/test_interfaces.py

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import sys
-import netifaces
 
 from gns3server.utils.interfaces import interfaces, is_interface_up
 
@@ -28,7 +27,8 @@ def test_interfaces():
 
 def test_is_interface_up():
     if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
-        assert is_interface_up(netifaces.interfaces[0]) is True
+        # is_interface_up() always returns True on Windows
+        pass
     elif sys.platform.startswith("darwin"):
         assert is_interface_up("lo0") is True
     else: