Hi Rob, On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:30:20AM -0400, Rob Nelson wrote: > We use VMware's vSphere, which still results in "random" but predictable > interface names - eth0 is now eno16780032, eth1 is now eno3359296, etc.
In my experience, the numbers are rather random, different on each VM. > We've stuck with that because while it's somewhat painful (eth# is soooooo > much easier to comprehend), it's far less painful to memorize that than to > maintain some udev rules that may need tweaked across time. having net.ifnames=0 looks easier than working with those eight-digit numbers. > However, if we were on bare metal, it might be worth disabling the > rules to get the older style back. That's probably still less optimal > than customized names, but it's well documented at least. For > example, http://carminebufano.com/?p=108 or > http://amolkg.blogspot.in/2015/05/centos-7-change-network-interface-name.html > - though there are multiple ways to do it even then. Yes, that's what I'd see as a last moment manoeuvre. My gut feeling says "bad idea, don't do that". I don't have any evidence-based arguments for that though. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/20160825123035.GZ2471%40torres.zugschlus.de. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.