Public bug reported: On Ubuntu xenial,
$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Release: 16.04 $ apt-cache policy systemd systemd: Installed: 229-4ubuntu4 Candidate: 229-4ubuntu4 Version table: *** 229-4ubuntu4 500 500 http://apt/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status The systemd-nspawn manpage states that the existing --network-interface= device should be returned to the host's namespace on exit: --network-interface= Assign the specified network interface to the container. This will remove the specified interface from the calling namespace and place it in the container. *When the container terminates, it is moved back to the host namespace*. Note that --network-interface= implies --private-network. This option may be used more than once to add multiple network interfaces to the container. However, this does not appear to be the case for a VLAN interface (created using systemd-networkd): $ ip link 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:26:b9:5a:45:03 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 3: eno2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:26:b9:5a:45:04 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 6: vlan-terom-dev@eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 66:c9:35:09:49:74 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff $ sudo systemd-nspawn -M obelix-terom-dev --network-interface=vlan-terom-dev bash Spawning container obelix-terom-dev on /var/lib/machines/.#machine.obelix-terom-devfc1e2f39f5df67dd. Press ^] three times within 1s to kill container. mount(/var/lib/machines/obelix-terom-dev/sys/fs/selinux) failed, ignoring: No such file or directory mount(/var/lib/machines/obelix-terom-dev/sys/fs/selinux) failed, ignoring: Invalid argument /etc/localtime is not a symlink, not updating container timezone. root@obelix-terom-dev:/# ip link 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 6: vlan-terom-dev@if2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 66:c9:35:09:49:74 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 0 root@obelix-terom-dev:/# exit Container obelix-terom-dev exited successfully. $ ip link 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 2: eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:26:b9:5a:45:03 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 3: eno2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:26:b9:5a:45:04 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff $ sudo systemd-nspawn -M obelix-terom-dev --network-interface=vlan-terom-dev bash Spawning container obelix-terom-dev on /var/lib/machines/obelix-terom-dev. Press ^] three times within 1s to kill container. Failed to resolve interface vlan-terom-dev: No such device mount(/var/lib/machines/obelix-terom-dev/sys/fs/selinux) failed, ignoring: No such file or directory mount(/var/lib/machines/obelix-terom-dev/sys/fs/selinux) failed, ignoring: Invalid argument /etc/localtime is not a symlink, not updating container timezone. $ Possibly related upstream mailing list thread, including workarounds: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd- devel/2015-April/030934.html Is this just a documentation bug in the man page? ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1580192 Title: systemd-nspawn --network-interface= disappears when container exits To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1580192/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs