[lxc-users] Q: Connecting a container to a static IP alias?

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Michael Peek!

> Thank you for your time!  But whatever I'm doing, it doesn't seem to be
> working:

> # lxc init images:ubuntu/xenial/amd64 my-ubuntu-1 \
> --config lxc.network.type=macvlan \
> --config lxc.network.link=enp0s10 \
> --config lxc.network.ipv4=X.X.X.117
> Creating my-ubuntu-1
> error: Bad key: lxc.network.ipv4

> # lxc init images:ubuntu/xenial/amd64 my-ubuntu-1
> --config lxc.network.type=macvlan \
> --config lxc.network.link=enp0s10
> Creating my-ubuntu-1
> error: Bad key: lxc.network.link

> I've found sources online in several places that say lxc.network.link
> and lxc.network.type are valid configuration keys.

They are valid for LXC.
For LXD, you'd need to configure instances differently.

> The same sources speak of editing files in /var/lib/lxc/ to change these
> configuration settings too, but the installation of lxc (version 2.0.4) on
> my Ubuntu host (version 16.04) doesn't have a /var/lib/lxc/ directory.

Doesn't look like you have LXC installed.

> I'm sorry to keep pestering the list, but I'm pretty confused.

> Michael

> On 09/28/2016 05:16 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> Greetings, Michael Peek!
>>
>>> On 09/27/2016 12:01 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
>>>> Just remove alias from host and configure the address inside a VM. 
>>> Thanks, that gets me one step closer.  The VM has the right address on
>>> the inside.  But how do I get the *.117 address on the outside?
>> There's no inside or outside. It either have it or not.
>>
>>> I tried creating the container with several variations of:
>>> lxc init images:ubuntu/xenial/amd64 my-ubuntu-1 --config
>>> lxc.network.type=[phys|maclan] --config lxc.network.link=enp0s10:testvm1
>> Same mistake.
>>
>>> --config lxc.network.ipv4=X.X.X.117
>>> Thanks for any help you can give!
>> macvlan and ***enp0s10*** … Which is your real physical adapter.
>>
>>

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-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Thursday, September 29, 2016 22:27:49

Sorry for my terrible english...