Guy Godfroy(guy.godf...@gugod.fr) on 2020.07.22 14:59:53 +0200: > Hello, > > So I read in 6.7 release note that it's finally possible to use dhclient > on CARP interface. That's great news. > > However, I'm not sure how to use it on a hostname.if file. I tried to > replace inet instruction directly with dhcp: > > dhcp vhid 11 carpdev em1 pass xxxx description "test" > > > But that didn't do the trick: at boot time, none of my nodes carp were > in master state so dhclient didn't manage to get any lease. > > So I have first to give a static IP to my carp in order to activate it, > and only then trigger dhcp: > > inet [...] vhid 11 carpdev em1 pass xxxx description "test" > > dhcp > > It doesn't feel right. Is there a better way to do this?
Maybe someone will correct me on this, but I don't think so. carp(4) needs an ip address to come up, thats how the protocol works. Just pick one, there are many (from rfc1918 private use of course).
