[Lxc-users] [lxc-users] How to bridge network to connect to multiple containers

Sujay M sujay.m17 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 11 10:21:31 UTC 2013


Containers are able to ping other containers but container to host and host
to container is not working. Please help me.


On 11 January 2013 14:20, Sujay M <sujay.m17 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am using Ubuntu 12.04 as Host OS. I have 4 LXC containers setup namely
> vm0, vm1, vm2, vm3. I want to establish a network between these so that the
> containers and host can communicate with each other. How can i do this? I
> have pasted some of the outputs which may be useful.
>
> *root at host:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface (VirtualBox Adapter 1 - NAT)
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> *
> *# To to ssh to the ubuntu host (VirtualBox Adapter 2 - Host only)
> *
> *auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet static
> address 192.168.56.2
> netmask 255.255.255.0
>
> auto lxcbr0
> iface lxcbr0 inet dhcp
> bridge_ports eth0
> bridge_stp off
> bridge_maxwait 5
> post-up /usr/sbin/brtcl setfd lxcbr0 0
>
>
> root at host:~# ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:93:1c:ac
>           inet addr:10.0.2.15  Bcast:10.0.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe93:1cac/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:2877 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:2584 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:1691148 (1.6 MB)  TX bytes:141792 (141.7 KB)
>
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:6c:2e:6a
>           inet addr:192.168.56.2  Bcast:192.168.56.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe6c:2e6a/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:5684 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:4444 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:481447 (481.4 KB)  TX bytes:648016 (648.0 KB)
>
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:671 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:671 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:113342 (113.3 KB)  TX bytes:113342 (113.3 KB)
>
> lxcbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:93:1c:ac
>           inet addr:10.0.2.15  Bcast:10.0.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe93:1cac/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:1262 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:60342 (60.3 KB)  TX bytes:2442 (2.4 KB)
>
> veth08H1r9 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr ba:9b:26:18:6c:83
>           inet6 addr: fe80::b89b:26ff:fe18:6c83/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:1365 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:1803 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:81055 (81.0 KB)  TX bytes:1622144 (1.6 MB)
>
> virbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 8a:3b:79:38:63:9e
>           inet addr:192.168.122.1  Bcast:192.168.122.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
>
>
> *
> *
>
> *
> All vm0, vm1, vm2, vm3 have same config, IP address and all produce the
> same output
> *
> *
> *root at vm0:~# ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:3e:4b:89:83
>           inet addr:10.0.2.29  Bcast:10.0.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::216:3eff:fe4b:8983/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:1850 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:1370 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:1625024 (1.6 MB)  TX bytes:81485 (81.4 KB)
>
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:672 (672.0 B)  TX bytes:672 (672.0 B)
> *
>
> *root at vm0:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
>
> root at vm0:~# ping 192.168.56.2
> PING 192.168.56.2 (192.168.56.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 192.168.56.2: icmp_req=1 ttl=63 time=1.63 ms
>
> root at vm0:~# ping google.com
> PING google.com (173.194.36.4) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from bom04s01-in-f4.1e100.net (173.194.36.4): icmp_req=1 ttl=63
> time=172 ms
> *
> *
> root at vm0:~# ping 10.0.2.15
> PING 10.0.2.15 (10.0.2.15) 56(84) bytes of data.
> From 10.0.2.29 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
>
>
> *
> also,
> *
> root at ubuntu:~# ping 10.0.2.29
> PING 10.0.2.29 (10.0.2.29) 56(84) bytes of data.
> From 10.0.2.15 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable*
>
>
> Please Help. Thanks in advance.
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> Sujay M
> Final year B.Tech
> Computer Engineering
> NITK Surathkal
>
> contact: +918971897571
>



-- 
Best Regards,

Sujay M
Final year B.Tech
Computer Engineering
NITK Surathkal

contact: +918971897571
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