/etc/default/lxc-net non-existent on Debian

[DavidVentura]

Hi I'm using debian 8.0 and I don't have the /etc/default/lxc-net file. Could you at least provide the default file? I've modified "/var/lib/lxc/Test-container/config" according to my needs and the container works, but I don't get the web panel to show the data (I'm getting lwp.exceptions.LxcConfigFileNotComplete because the file doesn't exist)

[claudyus]

Hi @DavidVentura the content for /etc/default/lxc-net on my pc is (I'm pretty sure that I change the private ip class here):

USE_LXC_BRIDGE="true"
LXC_BRIDGE="lxcbr0"
LXC_ADDR="10.0.99.1"
LXC_NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
LXC_NETWORK="10.0.99.0/24"
LXC_DHCP_RANGE="10.0.99.2,10.0.99.254"
LXC_DHCP_MAX="253"

while the upstart script is:

description "lxc network"
author "Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>"

start on starting lxc
stop on stopped lxc

env USE_LXC_BRIDGE="true"
env LXC_BRIDGE="lxcbr0"
env LXC_ADDR="10.0.3.1"
env LXC_NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
env LXC_NETWORK="10.0.3.0/24"
env LXC_DHCP_RANGE="10.0.3.2,10.0.3.254"
env LXC_DHCP_MAX="253"
env LXC_DHCP_CONFILE=""
env varrun="/run/lxc"
env LXC_DOMAIN=""

pre-start script
    [ -f /etc/default/lxc ] && . /etc/default/lxc

    [ "x$USE_LXC_BRIDGE" = "xtrue" ] || { stop; exit 0; }

    use_iptables_lock="-w"
    iptables -w -L -n > /dev/null 2>&1 || use_iptables_lock=""
    cleanup() {
        # dnsmasq failed to start, clean up the bridge
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -D INPUT -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p udp --dport 67 -j ACCEPT
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -D INPUT -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p tcp --dport 67 -j ACCEPT
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -D INPUT -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -D INPUT -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -D FORWARD -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -j ACCEPT
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -D FORWARD -o ${LXC_BRIDGE} -j ACCEPT
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -t nat -D POSTROUTING -s ${LXC_NETWORK} ! -d ${LXC_NETWORK} -j MASQUERADE || true
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -t mangle -D POSTROUTING -o ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p udp -m udp --dport 68 -j CHECKSUM --checksum-fill
        ifconfig ${LXC_BRIDGE} down || true
        brctl delbr ${LXC_BRIDGE} || true
    }

    if [ -d /sys/class/net/${LXC_BRIDGE} ]; then
        if [ ! -f ${varrun}/network_up ]; then
            # bridge exists, but we didn't start it
            stop;
        fi
        exit 0;
    fi

    # set up the lxc network
    brctl addbr ${LXC_BRIDGE} || { echo "Missing bridge support in kernel"; stop; exit 0; }
    echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
    mkdir -p ${varrun}
    ifconfig ${LXC_BRIDGE} ${LXC_ADDR} netmask ${LXC_NETMASK} up
    iptables $use_iptables_lock -I INPUT -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p udp --dport 67 -j ACCEPT
    iptables $use_iptables_lock -I INPUT -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p tcp --dport 67 -j ACCEPT
    iptables $use_iptables_lock -I INPUT -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
    iptables $use_iptables_lock -I INPUT -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
    iptables $use_iptables_lock -I FORWARD -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -j ACCEPT
    iptables $use_iptables_lock -I FORWARD -o ${LXC_BRIDGE} -j ACCEPT
    iptables $use_iptables_lock -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s ${LXC_NETWORK} ! -d ${LXC_NETWORK} -j MASQUERADE
    iptables $use_iptables_lock -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -o ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p udp -m udp --dport 68 -j CHECKSUM --checksum-fill

    LXC_DOMAIN_ARG=""
    if [ -n "$LXC_DOMAIN" ]; then
        LXC_DOMAIN_ARG="-s $LXC_DOMAIN -S /$LXC_DOMAIN/"
    fi
    dnsmasq $LXC_DOMAIN_ARG -u lxc-dnsmasq --strict-order --bind-interfaces --pid-file=${varrun}/dnsmasq.pid --conf-file=${LXC_DHCP_CONFILE} --listen-address ${LXC_ADDR} --dhcp-range ${LXC_DHCP_RANGE} --dhcp-lease-max=${LXC_DHCP_MAX} --dhcp-no-override --except-interface=lo --interface=${LXC_BRIDGE} --dhcp-leasefile=/var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.${LXC_BRIDGE}.leases --dhcp-authoritative || cleanup
    touch ${varrun}/network_up
end script

post-stop script
    [ -f /etc/default/lxc ] && . /etc/default/lxc
    [ -f "${varrun}/network_up" ] || exit 0;
    # if $LXC_BRIDGE has attached interfaces, don't shut it down
    ls /sys/class/net/${LXC_BRIDGE}/brif/* > /dev/null 2>&1 && exit 0;

    if [ -d /sys/class/net/${LXC_BRIDGE} ]; then
        use_iptables_lock="-w"
        iptables -w -L -n > /dev/null 2>&1 || use_iptables_lock=""
        ifconfig ${LXC_BRIDGE} down
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -D INPUT -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p udp --dport 67 -j ACCEPT
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -D INPUT -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p tcp --dport 67 -j ACCEPT
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -D INPUT -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -D INPUT -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -D FORWARD -i ${LXC_BRIDGE} -j ACCEPT
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -D FORWARD -o ${LXC_BRIDGE} -j ACCEPT
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -t nat -D POSTROUTING -s ${LXC_NETWORK} ! -d ${LXC_NETWORK} -j MASQUERADE || true
        iptables $use_iptables_lock -t mangle -D POSTROUTING -o ${LXC_BRIDGE} -p udp -m udp --dport 68 -j CHECKSUM --checksum-fill
        pid=`cat ${varrun}/dnsmasq.pid 2>/dev/null` && kill -9 $pid || true
        rm -f ${varrun}/dnsmasq.pid
        brctl delbr ${LXC_BRIDGE}
    fi
    rm -f ${varrun}/network_up
end script

I don't know which is the default for debian and googling around I just found a ref. here [1] that suggest to look at /etc/init.d/lxc.net. I believe that this file could be pretty different. Can you post yours?

Anyway here I found an equivalent init script for debian https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-lxc/wiki/Usage-on-debian-hosts#bridging-to-your-host-lanwan let we know if this fix the debian problem!

Ciao

1. http://www.flockport.com/lxc-networking-guide/

[DavidVentura]

/etc/default/lxc-net is what I needed. Thanks Maybe you could provided without values, just in case the server doesn't have (the distro doesn't ship it/whatever)