[lxc-users] Networking: virtual interface name

[Tamas Papp]

On 08/13/2014 07:31 PM, Garrett Gauthier wrote:
>
> To keep accounting for network traffic for each container, I need to 
> know the virtual interface name.  The problem is that each time my 
> container starts I get a new interface created on the host, something 
> like vethCSR894, it is never the same.   I have tried by using 
> lxc.network.veth.pair but that parameter is ignored and a new interace 
> pair is cerated each time VETH##### (Host) ↔ ETH0 (Container).
>
> So bottom line I want to create a virtual interface that is connected 
> to my bridge and force the container to use that interface each time.
>
>  I used Cacti but any tool has the same issue as the interface name is 
> randomly generated each time the container starts.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>

It works for me:

lxc.network.veth.pair = veth_da-ipa-0


veth_da-ipa-0 Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr fe:b4:38:ea:b4:bd
           inet6 addr: fe80::fcb4:38ff:feea:b4bd/64 Scope:Link
           UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
           RX packets:454968 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:539471 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
           RX bytes:31878374 (31.8 MB)  TX bytes:39564227 (39.5 MB)





tamas
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