diff --git a/pve-network.adoc b/pve-network.adoc index 2dec882..1c6b723 100644 --- a/pve-network.adoc +++ b/pve-network.adoc @@ -168,31 +168,53 @@ occurences of the old interface name in the following files: * `/etc/network/interfaces` * `/etc/pve/nodes//host.fw` * `/etc/pve/sdn/controllers.cfg` +* `/etc/pve/sdn/fabrics.cfg` NOTE: Since the generated mapping is local to the node it is generated on, interface names contained in the Firewall Datacenter configuration (`/etc/pve/firewall/cluster.fw`) are **not** automatically updated. -The generated link files are stored in `/usr/local/lib/systemd/network`. +The generated link files are stored in `/usr/local/lib/systemd/network`. For the +configuration files a new file will be generated in the same place with a `.new` +suffix. This way you can inspect the changes made to the configuration by +using diff (or another diff viewer of your choice): -It is currently only possible to generate names with the prefix `nic`, since -otherwise the interfaces would not get recognized as a physical interface. When -auto-generating new interface names, the tool will use `nic0`, `nic1`, ... +---- +diff -y /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.new +---- + +If you see any problematic changes or want to revert the changes made by the +pinning tool **before rebooting**, simply delete all `.new` files and the +respective link files from `/usr/local/lib/systemd/network`. The following command will generate a .link file for all physical network interfaces that do not yet have a .link file and update selected Proxmox VE -configuration files (see above): +configuration files (see above). The generated names will use the default prefix +`nic`, so the resulting interface names will be `nic1`, `nic2`, ... ---- proxmox-network-interface-pinning generate ---- +You can override the default prefix with the `--prefix` flag: + +---- +proxmox-network-interface-pinning generate --prefix myprefix +---- + It is also possible to pin only a specific interface: ---- proxmox-network-interface-pinning generate --interface enp1s0 ---- +When pinning a specific interface, you can specify the exact name that the +interface should be pinned to: + +---- +proxmox-network-interface-pinning generate --interface enp1s0 --target-name if42 +---- + In order to apply the changes made by `proxmox-network-interface-pinning` to the network configuration, the node needs to be rebooted.