doca-socket-relay - Bridge host socket applications to a BlueField DPU
Bridges a socket-oriented host application to a BlueField DPU peer through the DOCA Socket Relay without rewriting the application.
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Updated: 2026-10-01Capabilities
Typical Inputs
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What this skill does
- Select deployment shape
- Configure socket endpoints
- Run relay smoke tests
- Diagnose relay failures
- Check version compatibility
Inputs
- Socket-oriented host application
- Deployment shape
- Socket type
- Host-side socket endpoint
- DPU forwarding endpoint
- DPU-side terminator
- DOCA installation details
Outputs
- Forwarded host-to-DPU traffic
- Relay configuration state
- Smoke-test results
- Diagnostic findings
- Version compatibility results
Requirements
- Linux host
- DOCA SDK at /opt/mellanox/doca
- Attached BlueField DPU
- Socket-oriented host application
- BlueField kubelet-standalone runtime for container deployment