[lxc-devel] lxc and network namespace

[Stéphane Graber]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:11:19PM -0800, Arjun Sambamoorthy wrote:
> [Trying dev list as there was no response from user list]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am using lxc with a couple of veths on ubuntu. I'd like to know its
> network namespace name so that i can dynamically add/remove veths to the
> netns after the lxc is started. Could this be done in lxc? Also, executing
> "ip netns list" returns empty. Why would that be?
> 
> Any insight or help would be great.
> 
> Regards,
> Arjun

Network namespaces don't have name, ip netns simply symlinks the net
attach point (/proc/PID/ns/net) under /run/netns to give them names and
list them.

lxc-device already lets you move a network device inside the container.
Patches to also allow moving them out of the container are welcome.

-- 
Stéphane Graber
Ubuntu developer
http://www.ubuntu.com
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