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It is now possible to use arbitrary prefix names and target names for
network interfaces. Update the documentation to reflect this behavior
and add some more examples.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hanreich <s.hanreich@proxmox.com>
Link: https://lore.proxmox.com/20250731121827.311601-1-s.hanreich@proxmox.com
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2025-07-31 14:18:25 +02:00
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@ -168,31 +168,53 @@ occurences of the old interface name in the following files:
* `/etc/network/interfaces`
* `/etc/pve/nodes/<nodename>/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.