Thanks Lucian@Nux and Shankar, with your suggestions I was able to fix the issue. For fixing the current running VM i did "dhclient eth0". and for making it a template i changed the ONBOOT=yes and BOOTPROTO=dhcp (also required for restart of machine/ network) and it works well. :)
Thanks & Regards On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Shanker Balan <shanker.ba...@shapeblue.com > wrote: > On 23-Oct-2013, at 9:21 pm, Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote: > > > On 23.10.2013 13:55, Chirag Choudhary wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I created a new instance of rhel 6.2 from iso in cloudstack. > >> Cloudstack UI is showing the it has an IP assigned to it with the > netmask , > >> gatway and other things but when I logged in to the VM, it only has one > >> network interface running : lo > >> I manually did the network configuration to the match that of > cloudstack. > >> I took its template and created one more instance but still in the new > >> instance the only interface running was lo. Here are the logs while > >> installing the VM from the iso : > >> http://pastebin.com/1xvmV454 > >> what can be the possible reason behind it and how can it be rectified. > >> ( I had previously created Ubuntu VM and it was properly configured , so > >> the cloudstack network manager seems to be good. ) > > > > I'm citing from distant memories here, but I believe the default EL6 > install does not activate the network unless you tell it so. > > You just need to make sure eth0 starts at boot and is set up as dhcp, or > manually do a "dhclient eth0". > > > Yeah. > > Its an install time option to ensure that your ethernet is set to activate > on boot. I have run into the same on a baremetal RHEL/CentOS setup where I > forgot to tick the checkbox during the installation phase. > > Chirag, make sure the ONBOOT=yes flag is set in the ifcfg-eth0 file as > below: > > [root@csman2-1 ~]# grep ONBOOT /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 > ONBOOT=yes > > > -- > @shankerbalan > > M: +91 98860 60539 | O: +91 (80) 67935867 > shanker.ba...@shapeblue.com | www.shapeblue.com | Twitter:@shapeblue > ShapeBlue Services India LLP, 22nd floor, Unit 2201A, World Trade Centre, > Bangalore - 560 055 > > CloudStack Bootcamp Training on 27/28 November, Bangalore > http://www.shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/ > > > > > 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 a > company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue > Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil > and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a > registered trademark. > -- Chirag Choudhary, Software Engineer
