[Lxc-users] Dual NIC support

[Matt Rechenburg]

Great ! thx for info, very useful

Matt

On 07/21/2010 11:15 AM, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On 07/21/2010 10:05 AM, Matt Rechenburg wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 07/21/2010 09:57 AM, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>>> On 07/21/2010 03:03 AM, Nirmal Guhan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Assuming I have a two NIC system, is it possible to assign a NIC
>>>> exclusively per container  ? Traffic to NIC 1 get routed to container
>>>> 1 and NIC 2 to container 2 ? Please let me know.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Yes, it is possible but with a 2.6.35 kernel.
>>>
>>> The configuration is:
>>>
>>>        lxc.network.type=phys
>>>        lxc.network.link=eth1
>>>        lxc.network.name=eth1
>>>
>>
>> Cool!
>>
>> Maybe a stupid question but is it also possible to have 2 (or more) nics
>> within a container connected to different bridges ?
>>   From the naming convention of the lxc.* parameters I for now thought
>> each container supports just one nic.
>
> Yes, you can repeat the configuration lines:
>
> lxc.network.type=veth
> lxc.network.link=br0
> lxc.network.flags=up
> lxc.network.ipv4=1.2.3.4/24
>
> lxc.network.type=veth
> lxc.network.link=br1
> lxc.network.flags=up
> lxc.network.ipv4=4.3.2.1/24
>
> etc ...
>
> You can create more network interfaces than you have on your host and 
> you can mix the configurations like in the lxc-complex.conf 
> configuration example.
>
> If the lxc.network.name is not specified, the interfaces will be 
> created in the reverse order they were specified, it's a bug and will 
> be fixed very soon.
>
> Thanks
>   -- Daniel
>
>
>> Many thanks + have a great day,
>>
>> Matt
>> ... likes lxc
>>
>>> the latter line will be optional in a few commits.
>>>
>>>      -- Daniel
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