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Make NAT translation reporting generic
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Update NAT model minor version number
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Add passthrough NAT type enum
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190 changes: 146 additions & 44 deletions release/models/nat/openconfig-nat.yang
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Expand Up @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ module openconfig-nat {
- Destination NAT (DNAT) for inbound traffic translation
- Static and dynamic address/port mappings
- Policy-based NAT using ACLs
- Active translation table showing current NAT entries
- Active translation table showing current NAT translations,
including original and post-NAT 5-tuples for all traffic
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- Multiple address families (IPv4/NAT44, IPv6/NAT66).";

oc-ext:openconfig-version "0.1.0";
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"Protocol types supported for NAT translation.";
}

typedef nat-translation-type {
type enumeration {
enum SOURCE {
description
"Source address/port was translated (SNAT/PAT).";
}
enum DESTINATION {
description
"Destination address/port was translated (DNAT).";
}
enum BOTH {
description
"Both source and destination were translated (double NAT).";
}
}
description
"Which packet fields were modified by NAT in this entry.";
}
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typedef nat-action {
type enumeration {
enum TRANSLATE {
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grouping nat-translation-entry-state {
description
"Operational state data for active NAT translation entries.";
"Operational state data for active NAT translation entries.

leaf internal-address {
type inet:ip-address;
Each entry tracks the full bidirectional flow using two 5-tuples:
'original' contains the packet fields as sent by the initiator
(pre-NAT), and 'translated' contains those fields after NAT has
been applied (post-NAT). For fields not modified by NAT the
values in both containers are identical, making it straightforward
to determine exactly what was changed.

This representation covers SNAT, DNAT, double NAT, and
pass-through entries without any special casing. For ICMP,
src-port and dst-port carry the ICMP query identifier,
consistent with RFC 8512 Section 4.1.";

leaf protocol {
type protocol-type;
description
"Internal (private) IP address being translated.";
"IP protocol of the translation entry.";
}

leaf internal-port {
type inet:port-number;
leaf nat-type {
type nat-translation-type;
description
"Internal port number being translated.";
"Which address/port fields were modified by NAT.";
}

leaf external-address {
type inet:ip-address;
leaf interface {
type oc-if:base-interface-ref;
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The interface leaf uses oc-if:base-interface-ref, which only allows referencing a top-level interface. Since NAT is frequently applied to subinterfaces (where L3 configuration resides in OpenConfig), this type may be too restrictive. Consider using a type that allows referencing subinterfaces (like a simple string or a more complex interface-ref structure), or clarify if only base interfaces are intended to be reported here.

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oc-if:base-interface-ref is used in several other places already in the model - should I update all instances of it to use oc-if:interface-ref-common ?

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Let's leave it as is for now. If subinterface-level NAT is needed in the future, both the config and state references should be upgraded to interface-ref together in a follow-up PR.

description
"External (public) IP address used for translation.";
"Interface on which this translation was created. Corresponds
to the 'Interface/Profile' column in Arista output and the
IDB field in Cisco verbose output.";
}

leaf external-port {
type inet:port-number;
container original {
description
"External port number used for translation.";
"The original 5-tuple as seen from the initiating side,
before any NAT transformation. Corresponds to Cisco
'inside local' (src) and 'outside global' (dst), and to
the forward tuple in Linux conntrack.";

leaf src-address {
type inet:ip-address;
description
"Source IP address before NAT.";
}

leaf src-port {
type inet:port-number;
description
"Source port before NAT, or ICMP query identifier
when protocol is ICMP.";
}

leaf dst-address {
type inet:ip-address;
description
"Destination IP address before NAT.";
}

leaf dst-port {
type inet:port-number;
description
"Destination port before NAT, or ICMP query identifier
when protocol is ICMP.";
}
}

leaf protocol {
type protocol-type;
container translated {
description
"Protocol of the translation entry.";
"The 5-tuple after NAT has been applied, as seen by the
remote side. Corresponds to Cisco 'inside global' (src)
and 'outside local' (dst), and to the post-NAT fields in
Linux conntrack. Fields unchanged by NAT will have the
same value as in the original container.";

leaf src-address {
type inet:ip-address;
description
"Source IP address after NAT.";
}

leaf src-port {
type inet:port-number;
description
"Source port after NAT, or ICMP query identifier
when protocol is ICMP.";
}

leaf dst-address {
type inet:ip-address;
description
"Destination IP address after NAT.";
}

leaf dst-port {
type inet:port-number;
description
"Destination port after NAT, or ICMP query identifier
when protocol is ICMP.";
}
}

leaf creation-time {
Expand All @@ -679,18 +770,18 @@ module openconfig-nat {
type uint32;
units "seconds";
description
"Remaining time before this translation entry expires
due to inactivity.";
"Remaining time before this entry expires due to inactivity.
Counts down to zero, at which point the entry is removed.";
}

leaf source-pool {
leaf nat-pool {
type string;
description
"Name of the dynamic NAT pool that allocated this
translation, if applicable.";
"Name of the dynamic NAT pool that allocated this translation,
if applicable.";
}

leaf source-mapping {
leaf nat-mapping {
type string;
description
"Name of the static NAT mapping that created this translation,
Expand All @@ -699,34 +790,45 @@ module openconfig-nat {

container counters {
description
"Counters for NAT translation entry operations.";
"Per-direction packet and byte counters for this translation
entry. 'original-direction' counts traffic from initiator to
responder; 'reply-direction' counts traffic from responder
back to initiator.";

leaf packet-count-inbound {
type yang:counter64;
container original-direction {
description
"Number of inbound packets (external to internal) for
this translation.";
}
"Counters for packets travelling in the original (initiator
to responder) direction.";

leaf packet-count-outbound {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Number of outbound packets (internal to external) for
this translation.";
}
leaf packets {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Number of packets seen in the original direction.";
}

leaf byte-count-inbound {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Number of inbound bytes (external to internal) for
this translation.";
leaf bytes {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Number of bytes seen in the original direction.";
}
}

leaf byte-count-outbound {
type yang:counter64;
container reply-direction {
description
"Number of outbound bytes (internal to external) for
this translation.";
"Counters for packets travelling in the reply (responder
to initiator) direction.";

leaf packets {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Number of packets seen in the reply direction.";
}

leaf bytes {
type yang:counter64;
description
"Number of bytes seen in the reply direction.";
}
}
}
}
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