[ovirt-users] oVirt 3.6: Dummy interfaces

[Alan Murrell]

Hi Frank,

Thanks for info!  Does your script automatically load the dummy module  
as well, or do you create a separate file in '/etc/modprobe.d' to load  
it (that's how I currently do my dummy NICs)

Thanks! :-)

Quoting "Frank Wall" <fw at moov.de>:

> Hi Alan,
>
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 10:37:17AM -0800, Alan Murrell wrote:
>> Are dummy interfaces still supported in 3.6?
>
> I'm running ovirt 3.6 AiO and dummy interfaces are working just fine.
> Instead of modifying oVirt's python source files, I'd recommend you
> rename the dummy interface(s) to match the required pattern.
>
> I've setup a service for this by creating  
> /etc/systemd/system/dummynics.service
> with the following content:
>
> [Unit]
> Description=Rename dummy network interfaces for oVirt
>
> [Service]
> Type=oneshot
> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ip l set dev dummy0 name dummy_0
> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ip l set dev dummy1 name dummy_1
> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ip l set dev dummy2 name dummy_2
> ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ip l set dev dummy3 name dummy_3
> RemainAfterExit=yes
>
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
>
>
> Then enable this service as follows:
>
> systemctl daemon-reload
> systemctl enable dummynics
> systemctl status dummynics
>
> Of course, you need to use the new dummy_* names when configuring the
> network interfaces. I'd recommend to reboot the host after making these
> changes.
>
>
> Regards
> - Frank
>