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

[Michael Peek]

Ah, well that at least explains some of my confusion.  Purging all lxd
packages and installing just lxc, then I'll see if I can figure things out.

Thank you!

Michael

On 09/29/2016 04:09 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> 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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