Here you go, I followed the FAQ strictly applying option 4
instructions again. Weirdly, I can't reach the network from
the vm if I use the following vm.conf:
switch "my_switch" { interface veb0 }
vm alpine {
memory 4G
boot device cdrom
disk /var/www/jellyfin/alpine.qcow2
#cdrom /var/www/jellyfin/alpine-virt-3.24.2-x86_64.iso
local interface { switch "my_switch" }
}
Instead, I have to launch the vm using the following command:
vmctl start -c -L -i 1 -B disk -d alpine.qcow2 -m 4G alpine
This is not a big deal, but then I have the same problem as
before (in the configuration I had prior to the previous mail):
I can reach (ping) any local machine or remote website from the
vm, yet the opposite is not true.
How should I configure the Alpine vm / OpenBSD server host so
that the former can be reached through the LAN ?
Here is my current configuration:
srv$ ifconfig
lo0: flags=2008049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,LRO> mtu 32768
index 4 priority 0 llprio 3
groups: lo
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
re0: flags=8b43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
mtu 1500
lladdr 08:60:6e:eb:54:8b
index 1 priority 0 llprio 3
media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT
full-duplex,master,rxpause,txpause)
status: active
athn0:
flags=a48843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,AUTOCONF6TEMP,AUTOCONF6,AUTOCONF4>
mtu 1500
lladdr 00:26:b6:f5:be:78
index 2 priority 4 llprio 3
groups: wlan egress
media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (HT-MCS1 mode 11n)
status: active
ieee80211: join sylvainsab chan 100 bssid c0:3c:04:fc:d5:94
-67dBm wpakey wpaprotos wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers ccmp wpagroupcipher
ccmp
inet6 fe80::226:b6ff:fef5:be78%athn0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
inet6 2001:861:2c20:70:2e50:4d99:c696:826e prefixlen 64 autoconf
temporary pltime 13995 vltime 85995
inet6 2001:861:2c20:70:fade:a8c6:347a:3d91 prefixlen 64 autoconf
pltime 13995 vltime 85995
enc0: flags=0<>
index 3 priority 0 llprio 3
groups: enc
status: active
veb0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
description: switch1-my_switch
index 5 llprio 3
encap: vnetid 1 txprio packet rxprio outer
groups: veb
re0 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
port 1 ifpriority 0 ifcost 0 untagged 1
tagged: none
vport0 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
port 6 ifpriority 0 ifcost 0 untagged 1
vport0:
flags=a48943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,AUTOCONF6TEMP,AUTOCONF6,AUTOCONF4>
mtu 1500
lladdr 0e:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee
index 6 priority 0 llprio 3
groups: vport egress
inet6 fe80::caa:bbff:fecc:ddee%vport0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
inet6 2001:861:2c20:70:6183:a02e:8347:97ea prefixlen 64 autoconf
pltime 13995 vltime 85995
inet6 2001:861:2c20:70:9a19:8207:d5c9:5d50 prefixlen 64 autoconf
temporary pltime 13995 vltime 85995
inet 10.0.0.111 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
pflog0: flags=141<UP,RUNNING,PROMISC> mtu 33136
index 7 priority 0 llprio 3
groups: pflog
srv$ cat /etc/hostname.athn0
join sylvainsab wpakey cee93RAJ34npqNzf4G
inet autoconf
inet6 autoconf
srv$ cat /etc/hostname.re0
up
srv$ cat /etc/hostname.veb0
add re0
add vport0
up
srv$ cat /etc/hostname.vport0
lladdr 0E:AA:BB:CC:DD:EE
inet autoconf
inet6 autoconf
up
media:~# ifconfig
docker0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr DA:C6:BF:90:51:3D
inet addr:172.17.0.1 Bcast:172.17.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::d8c6:bfff:fe90:513d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:77 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:91 errors:0 dropped:2 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7608 (7.4 KiB) TX bytes:217425 (212.3 KiB)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:E1:BB:D1:29:99
inet addr:100.64.1.3 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.254
inet6 addr: fe80::fce1:bbff:fed1:2999/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:196 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:130 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:226495 (221.1 KiB) TX bytes:14614 (14.2 KiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:140 (140.0 B) TX bytes:140 (140.0 B)
vetha5b71ac Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 2E:86:1D:4A:16:D8
inet6 addr: fe80::2c86:1dff:fe4a:16d8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:77 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:102 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:8686 (8.4 KiB) TX bytes:218291 (213.1 KiB)
On 2026-10-06 06:40, Sylvain Saboua wrote:
Following on that vmm/Alpine/Docker/Jellyfin install:
I should now be able, according to the Docker documentation,
to log into the Jellyfin server administration interface
through http://myalpinevm:8096/ (in place of localhost)
However, for this I need my vm to be accessible through
the local network as if it were any other regular device
connected to my ISP's box that acts as a router. If I
understand correctly, this is described in the last section
(Option 4 - VMs on the real network) of the FAQ.
Following that tutorial, I have tried various configurations
without success.
As of now, I have omitted vport0 in the configuration as per
the last sentence in the FAQ. Not sure if I should have been
doing something else as well.
Currently my ethernet device eth0 has been disconnected.
I can still access my server through the wireless athn0 device.
Here is what I have:
srv$ more /etc/hostname.re0
inet autoconf
inet6 autoconf
srv$ more /etc/hostname.veb0
add re0
up
srv$ ifconfig
lo0: flags=2008049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,LRO> mtu 32768
index 4 priority 0 llprio 3
groups: lo
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
re0:
flags=a48b43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,AUTOCONF6TEMP,AUTOCONF6,AUTOCONF4>
mtu 1500
lladdr 08:60:6e:eb:54:8b
index 1 priority 0 llprio 3
media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT
full-duplex,rxpause,txpause)
status: active
inet6 fe80::a60:6eff:feeb:548b%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
athn0:
flags=a48843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,AUTOCONF6TEMP,AUTOCONF6,AUTOCONF4>
mtu 1500
lladdr 00:26:b6:f5:be:78
index 2 priority 4 llprio 3
groups: wlan egress
media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (HT-MCS3 mode 11n)
status: active
ieee80211: join sylvainsab chan 100 bssid c0:3c:04:fc:d5:94
-71dBm wpakey wpaprotos wpa2 wpaakms psk wpaciphers ccmp wpagroupcipher
ccmp
inet6 fe80::226:b6ff:fef5:be78%athn0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet 10.0.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
inet6 2001:861:2c20:70:36ec:9a07:7fcd:50c5 prefixlen 64
autoconf temporary pltime 14397 vltime 86397
inet6 2001:861:2c20:70:fade:a8c6:347a:3d91 prefixlen 64
autoconf pltime 14397 vltime 86397
enc0: flags=0<>
index 3 priority 0 llprio 3
groups: enc
status: active
veb0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
description: switch1-my_switch
index 5 llprio 3
encap: vnetid 1 txprio packet rxprio outer
groups: veb
re0 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
port 1 ifpriority 0 ifcost 0 untagged 1
tagged: none
tap0 flags=3<LEARNING,DISCOVER>
port 7 ifpriority 0 ifcost 0 untagged 1
tagged: none
pflog0: flags=141<UP,RUNNING,PROMISC> mtu 33136
index 6 priority 0 llprio 3
groups: pflog
tap0: flags=8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu
1500
lladdr fe:e1:ba:d0:a7:aa
description: vm1-if0-alpine
index 7 priority 0 llprio 3
groups: tap
status: active
I might try exactly following the FAQ as I did before,
i.e. not omitting vport0, but I am not very hopeful.
In any case, can you confirm that there is a way to
configure the network so that I can access my vm to
and from my other LAN machines ? Previously I was able
to ping any machine from the vm but not vice-versa.
Does it have to do with the limitations of using one's
ISP's box as router ?
Cheers
--
Sylvain Saboua
looking for a PDP-11
