socket_wrapper

It is a library passing all socket communications through unix sockets.

Features

socket_wrapper aims to help client/server software development teams willing to gain full functional test coverage. It makes possible to run several instances of the full software stack on the same machine and perform locally functional testing of complex network configurations.

• Redirects all network communication to happen over unix sockets.
• Support for IPv4 and IPv6 socket and addressing emulation.
• Ablility to capture network traffic in pcap format.

Documentation

See manual page of socket_wrapper for details.

Installation

Instructions to build and install can be found in README.install file.

Development

Contributions to socket_wrapper in the form of patches can be made via official GitLab mirror as merge requests. It is backed by CI/CD pipelines.

License

BSD 3-Clause License.

Please visit cwrap web page to find out more about socket_wrapper.