Hi Tom,
Can you raise this issue here? https://github.com/joyent/sdc-vmtools/issues Thanks! --Christopher Horrell Manager, Solutions Engineering Joyent Inc. http://www.joyent.com/ On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 2:05 AM, Tom Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm not sure if this is a CentOS-7 or SmartOS issue and it is driving me > batty. > I've installed three KVM CentOS-7 images (using image > d8e65ea2-1f3e-11e5-8557-6b43e0a88b38) but I > can't get them configured with fixed IPv4 address in the guest. > My understanding is that to assign a static IP within the guest itself (i.e. > no DHCP magic from QEMU > - all networking to be configured in the guest), I should set the guest's > JSON "ip" property to > "dhcp" and configure the network in the guest. I have tried this and it > fails, clobbering my network > configs in the guest. > For example, the nics are configured in JSON like this: > vmadm get 58a4e021-bc65-4eb8-8f2f-d12b82c3946d | json nics > [ > { > "interface": "net0", > "mac": "62:3c:de:b7:52:76", > "nic_tag": "vswitch6", > "ip": "dhcp", > "model": "virtio", > "primary": true > } > ] > And in the guest I've configured the > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file with a fixed IP > setting: > DEVICE=eth0 > TYPE=Ethernet > HWADDR=62:3c:de:b7:52:76 > ONBOOT=yes > BOOTPROTO=static > IPADDR=x.x.x.x > NETMASK=x.x.x.x > Now, every time I start/reboot the guest it clobbers the ifcfg-eth0 file > reverting it to just three > lines the guest: > DEVICE=eth0 > ONBOOT=yes > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > Has anyone experienced this before? Is it a CentOS-7/SmartOS issue or just my > own ignorance? > Any help is appreciated. > Kind regards, > Tom > -- > Tom Robinson > IT Manager/System Administrator > MoTeC Pty Ltd > 121 Merrindale Drive > Croydon South > 3136 Victoria > Australia > T: +61 3 9761 5050 > F: +61 3 9761 5051 > E: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
