Enable connection to other nodes and web interface

[patogit]

Continuing the conversation from https://github.com/libremesh/lime-packages/issues/389.

How can the docker node connect with other nodes on the network? This is probably the same solution as: How can the docker node make its LuCI web interface accessible?

Maybe with a tap as done by @nicopace or with a bridge as done by @gmarcos87 ?

[patogit]

@aparcar any idea of moving forward on this?

[patogit]

@aparcar @nicopace @gmarcos @nicoechaniz any chance of this happening? I need a way to test my changes in a VM / Docker image in order to participate in development.

[patogit]

Relevant links:

• http://blog.oddbit.com/2018/03/12/using-docker-macvlan-networks/
• https://docs.docker.com/network/#network-drivers
• https://developer.ibm.com/recipes/tutorials/bridge-the-docker-containers-to-external-network/

[aparcar]

Hey @patogit maybe you can use the following:

• Read this blog post and check the MACVLAN Driver part
• LibreMesh usually runs routing protocols on different VLANS (e.g. BMX7 on 18), figure out which VLAN you will need
• Setup the LibreMesh config to use VLAN 0 but docker to use the VLAN LibreMesh usually assigns
• Connected routers to your device desktop should be able to communicate

Please let me know if this works, I just came up with the idea and have not tested anything

[patogit]

Maybe this will work for us (from this readme):

docker run -it --rm --net=host haakonn/mactelnet mactelnetd … Note that Docker runs containers on isolated internal networks by default. --net=host instructs Docker to provide mactelnet direct access to the host machine's network interfaces.