Message forwarding method and VXLAN gateway

The embodiment of the invention provides a message forwarding method and a VXLAN gateway, and relates to the technical field of networks. The method is used in a VXLAN processing module; and the VXLANprocessing module is a module arranged in a gateway node. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining a first message sent by a first virtual machine VM from a data link layer, performing one-time de-encapsulation processing on an outer Ethernet header, an outer IP header and an outer UDP header in the first message header of the first message, so that UDP effective load is obtained, stripping the VXLAN header of the UDP effective load to obtain an inner message, and re-encapsulating the inner message to obtain a second message. Thereby, one-time de-encapsulation processing on the three message headers can be carried out through the VXLAN processing module; therefore, the de-encapsulation processing time is shortened; and thus, the performance of the VXLAN gateway while forwarding a message can be improved. 本申请实