On Mon, 2019-12-02 at 14:27 -0500, Dusty Mabe wrote: > > On 11/27/19 4:50 PM, Thomas Haller wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > > We (NetworkManager) are working on a tool that should help > > configuring > > NetworkManager in cloud. > > > > This is for example for configuring the secondary IP addresses on > > AWS/EC2 ([1], [2]) > > > > [1] > > https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/ec2-centos-rhel-secondary-interface/ > > [2] > > https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/ec2-ubuntu-secondary-network-interface/ > > > > > > It's inspired by and serves a similar purpose as SuSE's cloud- > > netconfig > > ([3], [4]) and ec2-net-utils package on Amazon Linux ([5]). > > > > [3] https://www.suse.com/c/multi-nic-cloud-netconfig-ec2-azure/ > > [4] https://github.com/SUSE-Enceladus/cloud-netconfig > > [5] https://github.com/aws/ec2-net-utils > > > > > > > > The tool can be triggered via a systemd.timer and/or a > > NetworkManager > > dispatcher scripts. Then it fetches meta data from the Instance > > Metadata Service (thereby detecting whether it runs in a cloud > > environment). Finally it configures the networking using > > NetworkManager. > > > > Currently it only supports EC2 and IPv4. But if the tool shows to > > be > > useful, it could be extended to also support other cloud providers > > (Azure). > > > > > > There is a merge request on review ([6], [7]). There is a bit of a > > hurry to get this merged, because it should make the cut for the > > next > > NetworkManager release. So, I will merge it soon to master, albeit > > still in an experimental state. > > > > [6] > > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/merge_requests/348 > > [7] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1642461 > > > > > > The plan is that cloud images could install and enable the tool, so > > you > > boot a (Fedora) image and networking would just work. > > > > > > Is there interrest in something like this? Any comments, questions? > > I think the cloud images are already using Network Manager. Would we > need to include > another rpm and enable a service? Yes, that would be the idea. It's called NetworkManager-cloud-setup and now built in Fedora 32: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-fbcebb7cb3 (note: it's still experimental. It definitely needs first better testing). best, Thomas
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