envoyproxy/envoy

Ability to use SOCK_DGRAM sockets

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#11,239 opened on May 18, 2020

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Description

I want to route UDP traffic to a Unix Domain Socket, but I can't do that right now because there is no way to open the socket in SOCK_DGRAM mode. I think it would be a very useful feature if it cloud do that. Is there any chance that you will be able to support it in the near future?

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Research direction
Investigate Envoy's socket creation code and add support for SOCK DGRAM mode when creating Unix Domain Sockets.
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cpp
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backend
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3
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1-3 hours
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