Chapter 36. Managing the mptcpd service

The mptcpd service is a component of the mptcp protocol which provides an instrument to configure mptcp endpoints. The mptcpd service creates a subflow endpoint for each address by default. The endpoint list is updated dynamically according to IP addresses modification on the running host. The mptcpd service creates the list of endpoints automatically. It enables multiple paths as an alternative to using the ip utility.

Note, that the endpoint, which mptcpd service creates, lasts till the host shutdown.

Using the mptcpize tool manage applications and services.

The instruction below shows how to use the mptcpize tool to manage applications in the TCP environment.

Assuming, you need to run the iperf3 utility with the enabled MPTCP socket. You can achieve this goal by following the procedure below.

The following set of commands instruct you how to manage services using the mptcpize tool. You can enable or disable the mptcp socket for a service.

Assuming, you need to manage mptcp socket for the nginx service. You can achieve this goal by following the procedure below.