What is the current recommended configuration regarding NetworkManager for diskless compute nodes (CentOS 7.3/7.4)?
We are upgrading xCAT with a large jump (from 2.8 to 2.13.8) and running into issues with our compute images losing IP address after 12 hours (dhclient is not running). The Release Notes for 2.13 show Issue 1972 as being resolved, but this sounds like the problem we are seeing. <https://github.com/xcat2/xcat-core/issues/1972> has a long set of comments and some of the referenced patches seem to be applied. <https://github.com/xcat2/xcat-core/issues/1972#issuecomment-254120700> references a fix <https://github.com/xcat2/xcat-core/pull/1977/files> which adds NetworkManager to the compute image. This change seems to address our problem, but does not seem to have made it into mainline xCAT. In general, I would prefer to not have NetworkManager running, but that is mostly a historical bias. NetworkManager does bring in a few unneeded modules (ppp and wireless support in particular), but I can live with it if necessary. We are not explicitly running hardeths, configeth or anything similar. Is NetworkManager required? Or should I remove it and search for some other cause of the problem? Thanks for any suggestions, Stuart Barkley -- I've never been lost; I was once bewildered for three days, but never lost! -- Daniel Boone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
