There is the option to create secondary ip addresses in the NICs, but that does not look very convenient. A common use case for several NICs is to connect the VM to different subnets, and that does not seem right with secondary ip addresses. That's why I implemented the multiple IP configurations as new NICs. There is also a limitation on the number of NICs you can attach to a VM depending on the size you select, but that validation is also out of the scope of this PR.
I agree that some OSs need to be prepared to enable the network interfaces on boot, but that can easily be achieved with bootstrap scripts and/or cloud init? -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/jclouds/jclouds-labs/pull/386#issuecomment-297727393
