Difference between revisions of "Setup an eth0 interface for OpenVZ container"

Latest revision as of 17:39, 22 January 2015

From the node:

vzctl set 101 --netif_add eth0 --save

where 101 is a container ID.

How to remove eth0:

vzctl set 101 --netif_del eth0 --save

Login to the container and create an eth0 config file

nano /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=yes
IPADDR=X.X.X.X
NETMASK=255.255.255.255

Where X.X.X.X is desired IP address.

service network restart

No need to reboot the VPS.

Login to the container and create/edit interfaces config file

nano /etc/network/interfaces.head

Add the following lines and save:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
       address X.X.X.X
       netmask 255.255.255.255

Where X.X.X.X is desired IP address.

Restart network interfaces

/etc/init.d/networking restart

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
   vzctl set 101 --netif_add eth0 --save
 where '''101''' is a container ID.
+How to remove eth0:
+ vzctl set 101 --netif_del eth0 --save
+== Centos: ==
 Login to the container and create an eth0 config file
@@ Line 13: / Line 20: @@
-Where '''X.X.X.X''' is a desired IP address.
+Where '''X.X.X.X''' is desired IP address.
   service network restart
@@ Line 19: / Line 26: @@
 No need to reboot the VPS.
-How to remove eth0:
-  vzctl set 101 --netif_del eth0 --save
+== Debian: ==
+Login to the container and create/edit interfaces config file
+ nano /etc/network/interfaces.head
+Add the following lines and save:
+ auto eth0
+  iface eth0 inet static
+        address X.X.X.X
+        netmask 255.255.255.255
+Where '''X.X.X.X''' is desired IP address.
+Restart network interfaces
+ /etc/init.d/networking restart
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