[lxc-users] DHCP or static ip address?

[Sjoerd]

On 04-03-17 12:07, Yuri Kanivetsky wrote:
> Which way is better? Can it be any simpler? Is there any better way?
>
> Can you explain how to make use of dhcp? Without using lxd if possible.
>
> Meanwhile, I'm going to look into making CentOS work.
>
>
I just installed dnsmasq on the (ubuntu 16.04) host and use it as dhcp 
(and dns) server.

Define a dhcp range in /etc/dnsmasq.conf :
   dhcp-range=10.0.0.100,10.0.0.200,24h

And a fixed ip like:
   dhcp-host=<hostname>,10.0.0.11,24h

where hostname is by default the container name

Cheer,
Sjoerd