Murali, That's awesome to hear and eagerly anticipated!!! a lot of nice features in 4.2. Still wish there was features like being able to change networks, migrate hosts between networks, and the likes. That's a common task I see on my side.
Thanks! On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 5:06 AM, Murali Reddy <murali.re...@citrix.com>wrote: > On 27/06/13 2:46 AM, "Geoff Higginbottom" > <geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > > >@Dave: you are right about advanced networks but the original question > >was in relation to basic networking. > > > >@All: I did some testing over a year ago around changing IPs for guest. > >For a VM on and advanced network you can edit the IP directly in the > >database but restarting the VM is not enough, you have to also restart > >the virtual Router for that network. > > > >The new 4.1 add NIC API call Dave is referring to is great and to me one > >of the best new features of 4.1, but again it's only for advanced > >networking so no good for the original problem. > > > >The multiple IPs to a single NIC has been discussed a lot, but I believe > >it is still in development. > > Multiple Ip per nic is going in 4.2 [1]. Also in 4.2, you can reserve a > sub-range of guest CIDR that user can control and assign to the VM's [2] > but again this is only in advanced network. > > [1] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Multiple+IP+address+ > per+NIC > [2] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/IP+Range+Reservation > +within+a+Network > > > > > >Regards > > > >Geoff Higginbottom > >CTO / Cloud Architect > > > >D: +44 20 3603 0542<tel:+442036030542> | S: +44 20 3603 > >0540<tel:+442036030540>| M: +447968161581<tel:+447968161581> > > > >geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com<mailto:geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com> > >|www.shapeblue.com | Twitter:@shapeblue<https://twitter.com/#!/shapeblue> > > > >ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS > > > > > >On 26 Jun 2013, at 11:22, "Dave Dunaway" > ><dave.duna...@gmail.com<mailto:dave.duna...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > >@Geoff: Of course we are talking advanced networking, and having > >consideration of what your networks are that you can use. If someone wants > >to put a 10.x.x.x ip on a VM that is on a 192.x.x.x network, then they can > >gladly shoot themselves in the foot. Ideally the person making such a > >change understands the 'basic's of advanced networking in CloudPlatform. > >Otherwise they should stick the UI.;) > > > >@Jason: Look in the cloud.nics table. The nics for VMs are defined here. > >Modify as needed. A restart of the VM to make sure it all works is highly > >recommended. > > > >In our testing environment I can move a VM from one network to another, > >add > >nics, change IP's etc quite easily. Some of the 4.1 API will add this > >functionality (add nics for example to an existing VM). But there's still > >a > >lot of immutable things in CloudPlatform that shouldn't be, and that > >maybe > >one day will be a feature. We just need to make the requests for those > >features. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Jason Pavao > ><jason.pa...@oracle.com<mailto:jason.pa...@oracle.com>> wrote: > > > >Do you by chance have a sample sql query that would perform this? > > > > > > > >On 6/26/2013 8:51 AM, Dave Dunaway wrote: > > > >There should be a way to have the ability to reserve an IP and still have > >DHCP assign the IP by mac reservation. There's no technical reason this > >wouldn't work and likely a feature a lot of people would love to see. The > >only hold back is the UI not allowing you to do so. > > > >Ultimately, you can go to the DB and change the VM's IP in the nics table > >to what you want (reboot the VM and the IP change will occur). Which is > >not > >the preferred way to do so, but ultimately that functionality from the UI > >would be ideal. > > > >Even going as far as intergrating IPAM functionality into the product > >would > >be ideal. > > > > > >On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Geoff Higginbottom < > >geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.**com > ><geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com<mailto:geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com > > > >>> > >wrote: > > > >Simple answer - you can't. > > > >In an advanced zone, you can specify the IP address when you create a new > >VM using the API, however in a basic zone, because the IP will depend on > >which POD your VM ends up in, and as a user you cannot influence this, > >there is no way to specific the IP, even if you are a root admin. > > > >The reason it still fails when you manually change the IP is that the > >security groups feature is expecting the VM to have the IP CloudStack > >allocated it via DHCP. > > > >Regards > > > >Geoff Higginbottom > >CTO / Cloud Architect > > > > > >D: +44(0)20 3603 0542<tel:+442036030542> | S: +44(0)20 3603 0540<tel: > >+442036030540> | M: +44(0)7968161581<tel:+447968161581> > > > >geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.**com > ><geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com<mailto:geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com > > > >> > ><mailto:geoff.higginbottom@**shapeblue.com<http://shapeblue.com > ><geoff.hig > >ginbot...@shapeblue.com<mailto:geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com>> > > > >| www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com> > > > >ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS > > > > > > > >On 26 Jun 2013, at 05:02, "WXR" > ><474745...@qq.com<http://qq.com><http://qq.**com<http://qq.com>>> > >wrote: > > > >cloudstack version: 4.1 > >network type: basic network > > > >When I create a new instance,the vm will get a random IP from the DHCP > >server on vrouter. > > > >If I want to: > >1.allocate a specific ip to the vm. > >2.allocate multiple ips to the vm. > >3.change the vm ip from one to another. > > > >How can I achieve it? I try to bind the ip to the vm nic manually but the > >ip can not be accessed. > >This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > >solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views > >or > >opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > >represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not > >the > >intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based > >upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the > >sender > >if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a > >company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is > >operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered > >trademark. > > > > > >-- > >Thanks. > >-Jason > > > > > >This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > >solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. 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