[lxc-users] lx-start taking a long time if veth is not added to lxcbr0Š

Anjali Kulkarni anjali at juniper.net
Thu Oct 2 23:29:44 UTC 2014


Ok, I found it(lxcbr0), its defined and created via /etc/default/lxc-net.

On 10/2/14 4:20 PM, "Anjali Kulkarni" <anjali at juniper.net> wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>What I found was that if I keep lxcbr0, but add more bridges, it works and
>boots fine(very quickly).
>Eg.
> 
>lxc.network.type = veth
>lxc.network.flags = up
>lxc.network.link = lxcbr0
>lxc.network.hwaddr = 00:16:3e:dc:33:4e
>
>lxc.network.type = veth
>lxc.network.flags = up
>lxc.network.link = br-int
>lxc.network.ipv4 = 172.16.0.2
>lxc.network.hwaddr = 00:0a:0e:cd:13:1e
> 
>
>I created the ubuntu container using lxc-create -t ubuntu. It looks like
>lxcbr0 is created in the background and perhaps if it does not find it,
>there is a problem?
>Is there any way to get rid of lxcbr0? I really don't want that bridge
>name, but want to use my own..
>
>Thanks,
>Anjali
> 
>
>
>On 10/2/14 11:50 AM, "Anjali Kulkarni" <anjali at juniper.net> wrote:
>
>>Thanks Guido, very good point! I don't know where that other MAC is
>>coming
>>from.
>>Also, lxcbr0 works, that is boots quickly, so something is different
>>about
>>br-int.
>>However, looking at the console logs, just shows it hangs (waits for a
>>long time) after the statement:
>>* Starting Bridge socket events into upstart   ...done.
>>
>>
>>Are there any other logs I can look at for the dhcp or dnsmasq stuff?
>>Also, it seems that the container interfaces file is coming from the
>>host's /etc/netowrk/interface, and is completely ignoring the IP and
>>other
>>static info I supply in the container's config file - is this expected?
>>
>>Anjali
>>
>>On 10/1/14 11:50 PM, "Jäkel, Guido" <G.Jaekel at dnb.de> wrote:
>>
>>>Dear Anjali,
>>>
>>>i noticed that in your posted snippets, there are different MACs for
>>>what's you're want to use to get the IP from the DHCP-daemon and the one
>>>the Containers veth got.
>>>
>>>you wrote
>>>><ip address="172.16.0.3" netmask="255.255.0.0">
>>>>    <dhcp>
>>>>      <host ip="172.16.0.1" mac="0A:00:DE:C0:DE:01" name="vRE" />
>>>>    </dhcp>
>>>>
>>>> I added the foll. Line to br-int, but does not help:
>>>>
>>>><host ip="172.16.0.2" mac="00:16:3e:d9:c0:ce" name="vpfe" />
>>>
>>>and 
>>>
>>>> # Network configuration
>>>> lxc.network.type = veth
>>>> lxc.network.link = br-int
>>>> lxc.network.ipv4 = 172.16.0.2
>>>> lxc.network.name = eth0
>>>> lxc.network.flags = up
>>>> lxc.network.hwaddr = 00:16:3e:d9:c0:ce
>>>
>>>
>>>but in your Container, you see another MAC.
>>>
>>>>ubuntu at vpfe:~$ ifconfig eth0
>>>>eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:3e:4c:45:ae
>>>>          inet addr:172.16.0.2  Bcast:172.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
>>>
>>>
>>>I guess that's the reason why the containers DHCPD-client still wait
>>>until timeout. Maybe you should take a look at the containers console
>>>log
>>>while startup to clarify where the intermission occurs.
>>>
>>>Greetings
>>>
>>>Guido
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: lxc-users [mailto:lxc-users-bounces at lists.linuxcontainers.org] On
>>>>Behalf Of Anjali Kulkarni
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 11:38 PM
>>>>To: LXC users mailing-list
>>>>Subject: Re: [lxc-users] lx-start taking a long time if veth is not
>>>>added to lxcbr0Š
>>>>
>>>>Veth interface does get added to the br-int. It gets the IP 172.16.0.2
>>>>that it was given in the config file. On the container ifconfig eth0
>>>>shows:
>>>>
>>>>ubuntu at vpfe:~$ ifconfig eth0
>>>>eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:3e:4c:45:ae
>>>>          inet addr:172.16.0.2  Bcast:172.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I can ping from host to the container eth0 172.16.0.2.
>>>>However, I am using a combination of libvirt for the br-int bridge and
>>>>adding the entry manually in the /var/lib/lxc/$lxc_name/config file
>>>>(not
>>>>using libvirt to start the lxc)- is this causing some conflicts/issues?
>>>>
>>>>Anjali
>>>>
>>>>On 10/1/14 2:21 PM, "Serge Hallyn" <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>If it takes  along time to boot then it likely isn't
>>>>>getting an ip address from dnmasq.  Now last I checked
>>>>>br-int does have a dnsmasq running, but double-check that.
>>>>>You can lxc-attach to the container and manually do
>>>>>sudo dhclient eth0
>>>>>
>>>>>This is assuming that you are on a new enough lxc so that
>>>>>the other veth endpoint is in fact being attached to br-int.
>>>>>Which version are you using?
>>>>>
>>>>>Quoting Anjali Kulkarni (anjali at juniper.net):
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I notice that If I add my beth link to any other bridge except
>>>>>>lxcbr0,
>>>>>>my ubuntu container takes a really long time to boot up, and seems to
>>>>>>hang/wait for a long time after this statement:
>>>>>>  * Starting Bridge socket events into upstart   ...done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My config file is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ŠŠ.
>>>>>> # Network configuration
>>>>>> lxc.network.type = veth
>>>>>> lxc.network.link = br-int
>>>>>> lxc.network.ipv4 = 172.16.0.2
>>>>>> lxc.network.name = eth0
>>>>>> lxc.network.flags = up
>>>>>> lxc.network.hwaddr = 00:16:3e:d9:c0:ce
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I found out, that if I keep
>>>>>> lxc.network.link = lxcbr0
>>>>>> Instead of
>>>>>> lxc.network.link = br-int
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It boots up really fast.
>>>>>> Is there any way to get around this? I don't want to add the veth
>>>>>>interface to lxcbr0, but to br-int..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anjali
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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